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- Tonight on Newswatch 12:
We'll tell you why the Northwoods Transit Connection which provides transportation in Oneida and Vilas Counties may discontinue some operations temporarily.
We'll bring you the details of a Rhinelander swimming coach who has resigned from her position after her third year as head coach for the girls and boys team.
And we talk to a group of people who are walking from Portage County to Madison to help bring awareness to the dangers of drinking and driving after a motorcyclist was killed by a drunk driver in July.
We'll bring you the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
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MADISON - Republican legislators are circulating a bill aimed at ending the federal requirement to use reformulated gas in six southeastern Wisconsin counties.
The legislation asks President Donald Trump's administration to grant a reprieve from use of the specially formulated gas that reduces ozone pollution. The requirement was implemented in 1995 in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine and Kenosha counties. Supporters say the gas is no longer needed because of advancements in emission control equipment.
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RHINELANDER - A Rhinelander facility helps people shake drug addictions, counsel families, and get their lives back together after things like a drunk driving arrest.
The human service center saw a 36 percent increase in the number of people it's helped this year.
However, financial changes could dramatically impact those services.
Center Director Tamara Feest sees the good her facility can do on a daily basis.
"We know that people need these services," said Feest.
The center helps people with drug and alcohol problems, developmental disabilities and mental health disorders.
"Not only are we having more people come in, but they are also needing to stay longer," explained Feest.
But the latest state budget could impact the center's ability to help those people.
"That was an unexpected cut," said Feest.
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WASHINGTON - An inscrutable provision in the Republican health care bill would apparently steer extra cash to Wisconsin. That's the home state of GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a co-sponsor of the bill.
One health care consultant says the language could mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Wisconsin, though others say it's hard to tell how much money is at stake. Several analysts said they weren't aware the provision would apply to any states but Wisconsin.
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MANITOWISH WATERS - Heavy, gray smoke poured out of Kay Lackas's home in Manitowish Waters on Wednesday morning while firefighters rushed in, keeping her in a daze.
"I feel like that smoke, foggy," Lackas said.
Lackas was sleeping inside around 8:20 a.m. when she heard a loud bang of thunder, but she didn't think much of it until she smelled smoke.
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PRENTICE - To some people, a pile of scrap metal may look like garbage. But to Prentice High School teacher Quan Banh, many of the things he finds inside still have life to them.
"I see that there are certain resources in there that could be used," said Banh.
Banh has spent the last four years collecting old and new bikes as well as bike parts.
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ONEIDA COUNTY - A group of older adults feel like life just got started. Volunteers took about 20 young-at-heart seniors on an all-day ATV and UTV ride.
They rode from Enterprise Camp ground down the west loop and around Pelican Lake.
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