RHINELANDER - Towns use industrial and business parks to help attract business to their area.
The county spent more than $500,000 for the land.
But it didn't work out.
Now they're making steps to sell the land.
The land is on Rifle Road next to Northwood golf course.
They bought the it from Wausau Paper.
One Oneida County Board member feels it's in the County's best interests to sell the property.
"There are several problems with the land. Which it surprises me that the County Board went along with it. You can't access it from Highway 8, you can't access it through the Oldenburg property because they won't let us. The only place you can access it is from the Golf Course. To get to the usable portions of the land you have to cross swamp meaning you have to build some type of a bridge," said Jerry Shidell.
Rhinelander City Administrator Blaine Oborn said at the time it made sense to buy the land.
"Given the economy I think they bought it when the economy was doing well and everything was expanding. Now since then we're in a downturn," said Oborn.
They could take action at the next County Board meeting.
RHINELANDER - Nicolet College's Motorcycle Basic Rider Course teaches folks to safely hit the road on their bike.
The class is in full swing for the season.
Nicolet College Rider Coach Mike Murray says even experienced riders can use a "safety brush-up" this time of year.
Riders should always wear their helmet, long pants and shirts, gloves, and boots.
It's also important to keep your eyes moving for critters that come out of the woods,especially deer.
"If you know you're going to hit it: let off your brakes, hit it with your handle bars straight ahead looking straight ahead so that your bike stays straight up," says rider coach Mike Murray.
The course covers the basics about motorcycles and riding techniques.
It's meant to build confidence when you ride, so that you're prepared for emergencies on the road.
"I've been a rider for a long time. When I completed the class, I had to look back and say man there is a lot of stuff I learned here and a lot of things I was doing the wrong way," says program coordinator Mark England.
You have until October to sign up for the Basic Rider Course at Nicolet.
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee jury has acquitted a former police officer of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots in the city.
Jurors on Wednesday found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was justified when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a brief foot chase following a traffic stop Aug. 23. Smith had a gun when he ran, but prosecutors said Smith had thrown the weapon over a fence and was defenseless when Heaggan-Brown fired the shot that killed him.
Heaggan-Brown's attorneys argued the officer had to act quickly to defend himself. Bodycam footage showed 1.69 seconds passed between a shot that hit Smith in the arm - as he appeared to be tossing his gun - and the one that hit his chest.
NORTHWOODS - Some people turn to the internet, social media and newspapers to find a job.
However, the job hunt can still bring challenges.
Some employers say it's not easy on their end either.
It is Steven Pletta's first year owning Hoggie Doggies in Woodruff.
"I haven't had any luck with any conventional advertising, Craigslist, newspapers or the Wisconsin Job Service. None have really produced any quality applicants," said Pletta.
Pletta wants a bigger work team.
He's not the only local employer that's been looking. Ferron Fisher faces the same problem at Steigerwaldt Tree Farm in Tomahawk.
"We usually bring on eight to 12 [people] in the summer," said Pletta.
MADISON - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is urging Republican senators to reject a Medicaid expansion he turned down but that most states accepted under the health care law passed by former President Barack Obama.
Walker said in a statement Wednesday that there are "no excuses" for Republicans in Congress not to repeal the law and not allow the Medicaid expansion to grow.
EAGLE RIVER - Yoga typically means twisting and bending your body in all types of positions. But for Katie Hawke, she teaches a simpler kind of yoga - one for kids.
"Yoga is the glue that glues together your thoughts, your body and your breathing," said Hawke.
She is a teacher at MHLT in Minocqua and even uses it in her classroom.
"I've seen remarkable results," said Hawke.
Youth yoga essentially teaches children the same things it teaches adults.
"It helps teach them breathing techniques and self-calming techniques," said Hawke.
And of course with kids, they do and say the darnedest things.
"A lot of them, they like to make up their own yoga poses," said Hawke.
But Hawke mainly wants to get kids up and moving, and teach them that yoga has no boundaries.
"Yoga is something that is for every body and every age," said Hawke.
All donations from the yoga classes went to The Warehouse Art Center in Eagle River.
ANTIGO - Shaughn Novy figured the perfect place to make a big announcement would be, literally, on her high horse. On a brown horse, Wenesday Novy announced a significant grant to help promote a rodeo dedicated to Antigo's rich equestrian history.
Novy and her family recently opened the non-profit Black Hawk Hill Horse Park in Antigo. It focuses on teambuilding and leadership, using horses to teach those skills.
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