MANITOWISH WATERS - A Manitowish Waters woman wants to change the look of the area's downtown.
Some local residents aren't thrilled with her plans.
The town used a forum to talk things out.
Newswatch 12 was there and talked with the town's supervisor.
"It's creating a lot of tension in the community. I think we have to find a way to fix it and to ease their feelings." said Manitowish Waters Town Board Supervisor, Eric Behnke.
Construction can cause tension.
You can find that feeling in Manitowish Waters.
One person in the community want to upgrade a local park.
But a good portion of the funding would come from a private donor.
"It's creating a lot of hardships, people are not happy about it and as a town we need to find a way to make this situation better." Behnke said.
Liz Uihlein owns businesses in the area.
She wants to change the look of the community and she could.
But the town hasn't approved her proposal.
That's why the chamber sponsored a town forum so people could talk and ask questions about the donations.
"Is there a process that you use to evaluate them? At what point do we say, you know, 'Too much of our budgets is these donations and it's not what we have funded'?" said town resident, Scott Bertz.
"As well as how much of this is the town's plan and how much of this is someone else's plan?"
But many of those questions don't have answers.
That's because donations don't need a vote by the town's people.
"Unfortunately with our policy, if it's a donation, some of the town board members can use that money without townsmen approval," Behnke said.
"I think that's what we need to focus on."
But the possibility of voting on donation spending is still up for question.
"The one thing we can do is be open and honest with people. We have to communicate with people about what's going on," said Behnke.
"If they don't have an opportunity to vote on these projects, then they really don't know about them. So I think it's our job to communicate with the people about what's happening and educate them on where the money's coming from and what it's being used for."
WAUSAU - Ales, lagers, or stouts â€" every beer connoisseur has a favorite. But Tuesday, one ale garnered the most attention.
Beer drinkers from far and wide gathered at Red Eye Brewing in Wausau to try something totally new. Tuesday evening Red Eye released a beer unlike any other.
"A lot of you are here for probably the craziest beer release we've ever done in the history of Red Eye," said Brewmaster and Co-owner Kevin Eichelberger.
The beer is brewed in the same way as most. It's an American Pale Ale and it's fairly hoppy.
RHINELANDER - A backhoe ripped down a part of the Oneida County Humane Society on Tuesday morning.
It's the beginning of a new, expanded shelter that will offer more resources for pets and their future families.
The shelter will add space for intake, dog quarantine, and new owner meet-and-greet.
"We've always had the need for the areas that we are going to be able to have when this is finished, but the funding was always an issue," said Humane Society Treasurer Sue Otis.
ARBOR VITAE - You won't find Neal Anderson where he'd like to be this time of year: on a lake. Instead, he mainly stuck in the shop taking out his frustrations on cedar boards with a saw.
"This is where you get the meaning of the term 'pier pressure,'" Anderson said.
The Northland Docks owner traditionally likes to have his team wearing waders and putting docks in on area lakes this week, but with more than a foot of ice still on many lakes, they're pretty much stuck on shore.
WAUPUN - The remains of an unidentified woman found in a frozen creek in Fond du Lac County nearly 10 years ago will be exhumed this week at a cemetery in Waupun.
Sheriff's officials say forensic anthropologists will examine the remains of "Jane Doe" using techniques that weren't available when her body was found. Through chemical isotope analysis, investigators may learn where the woman lived and her approximate age. DNA testing can determine eye, skin and hair color, as well as genetic ancestry and face shape.
CRANDON - Former Crandon School Board President Brian Tupper has resigned from the board, effective early Tuesday morning.
The board voted Tupper out as president at a meeting Monday night. Within hours, he submitted his resignation from the board. The board had selected Jeff Ackley Jr. as its president and Glen Pfeifer as its vice president on Monday.
The move leaves the district with a new school board president, no permanent middle/high school principal, and no working superintendent.
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