TAYLOR COUNTY - Taylor County calls in outside help to look into the hanging death of an inmate.
The Talor County sheriff's department says 21 year old Jesse Holz of Edgerton was found hanging from a sheet at 6:45 Friday night.
He was cut down immediately but was non-responsive.
Efforts were made to save Holz, but he was pronounced dead at Memorial Health Center in Medford 45 minutes later.
He had been in the Taylor county jail for about a week on misdemeanor charges.
Foul play is not suspected, but the Rusk County Sheriff's office has been asked to work with the Taylor County Medical Examiner's office in reviewing the death.
Taylor County says three other suicide attempts at the jail this year were prevented.
RHINELANDER - Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P. (“KPS”), a New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the paper industry.
The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC (“Expera”).
KPS, as previously announced, has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the specialty paper business of Packaging Dynamics Corporation
ANTIGO - Most of us waited eagerly for spring so we could start our summer hobbies.
But farmers wait for spring so they can get to work.
John Schroeder runs a potato farm in Antigo.
He says the late spring could mean a bad harvest for crops like alfalfa, but potatoes should be just fine.
"It generally started a little wet and cold, he said. "We were probably three or four days behind planting right now, but we had a good week last week, so we're catching up."
Massive tornado flattens homes, neighborhoods in Oklahoma
Submitted: 05/20/2013
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roars through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.
NBC News reports at least 10 people are confirmed dead as of 7 p.m.
The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city.
The National Weather Service says it had winds up to 200 mph.
People wearing neon-green vests were joined by residents in the search through rubble. Neighborhoods are flattened and homes blown apart.
Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says an elementary school took a direct hit from the mile-wide tornado.
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