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Earth Day Community Service Project
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Submitted: 04/29/2009 |
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EAGLE RIVER - Earth Day might be over, but that's not stopping some local students from helping the environment and their neighbors. More than 300 students from Northland Pines High School went around Eagle River today to rake yards for the elderly and to do clean-up projects for organizations. The projects give students a break from the books to show the community how thankful they are for their support.
Ann Perry, a Science Instructor at NPHS, "I think the kids get a lot out of it. There's alot of ability to just get out and see the community members that support us. We did just pass a huge referendum, so just giving back to our community and I think our students see that and they see see they are a part of the community not just within the school but with the environment as well." This is the 6th year students have participated in the Earth Day Community Service Project.
Story By: Janelle Dobson
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Pharmaceutical Drop-Off
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Submitted: 09/02/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - Experts say prescription drugs can be dangerous to you and the environment, so the Oneida County Sheriff's Office, along with the Oneida County Solid Waste Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration are hosting a pharmaceutical take-back event.
You can bring your expired, unwanted, or unused non-liquid medicines to the Oneida County Law Enforcement Center on September 25th.
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Record High Turnout Expected in Wisconsin Primary
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Submitted: 09/02/2010 |
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MADISON - A record-high 28 percent turnout is predicted for Wisconsin's primary on Sept. 14.
State elections officials made the estimate on Thursday, citing highly contested statewide races for governor as well as local legislative and congressional contests.
Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy says there appears to be tremendous interest in this election.
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Fire Destroys Local Garage
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Submitted: 09/01/2010 |
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TOWN OF CONOVER - Fire destroys a garage in Vilas County.
It happened in the Town of Conover at 3551 North Country Lane.
The Conover Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call around four Wednesday afternoon after the owner noticed fire around his feet while welding in the garage and called 911.
When firefighters arrived the garage was fully engulfed.
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Conover Soldier Killed
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Submitted: 09/01/2010 |
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- The Defense Department says a soldier who lived in Conover, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday.
36-year-old Staff Sgt. Matthew West was one of five Fort Carson soldiers killed when their unit was attacked with an improvised bomb.
West's sister, Kristine Willis, tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle that her brother was a 1992 graduate of Gaylord High
School in Michigan.
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Veteran Reacts to Staff Sgt. West's Death
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Submitted: 09/01/2010 |
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TOWN OF CONOVER - A local veteran says he feels West's family's pain.
Harold Kressin of Conover is an Army veteran.
Kressin says it's hard to hear about soldiers losing their lives overseas, and it's especially hard when they're from your community.
Harold Kressin, Army Veteran, says, "Everytime a man gets killed or a woman gets killed in service, it's just heart-breaking to me, I cry. Because these people are not going to have the freedoms that we have."
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