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Preparing for Cold by Checking Furnaces Submitted: 10/01/2012

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RHINELANDER - Already late this week, temperatures could plunge as the Northwoods heads to fall and winter.

That means you'll begin to crank up the furnace for the first time soon.

High temperatures are still reaching the 70s.

But early fall is a perfect opportunity to look at your furnace.

"Usually now is a good time, definitely before the peak heating season, because that way we can try to catch something, in case there's something that's faulting with the system," says Ryan Black of Frasier's in Rhinelander.

Blacksays one of the biggest concerns is high levels of carbon monoxide from furnaces.

Leaking or inefficient machines can be very dangerous.

"A lot of times it's a flu-like symptom. Whole families can actually be experiencing that and think they just caught a bug, but next thing you know, it's the furnace and it's carbon monoxide poisoning," Black says.

Wisconsin law requires every home to have a C-O monitor on each level of the building.

Black recommends furnaces get checked once a year as well.

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Clean Boats, Clean Waters Program Trains Volunteers Submitted: 05/21/2013

MINOCQUA - Memorial Day weekend will bring lots of boaters to our lakes and rivers.

But hopefully, those boaters won't bring water and plants from other lakes.

Oneida County's UW-Extension held a "Clean Boats, Clean Waters" workshop to help prevent that today.

Volunteers learned to identify aquatic invasive species.

They also learned how to properly clean boats when they come off the water.

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Help Stop Emerald Ash Borer Spread when Camping Submitted: 05/21/2013

RHINELANDER - The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest's 52 campgrounds will be a big draw this Memorial Day weekend.

But campers bringing in outside firewood hurts efforts to stop Emerald Ash Borer in the Northwoods.

The disease hasn't been found in the forest yet.

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UPDATE: Names released in deadly Shawano County Crash Submitted: 05/21/2013

SHAWANO COUNTY - We now know the name of the man killed in a one-car crash this week. 75-year-old Leon Felix Wychesit of Gillet died Monday.

He was apparently the passenger in a car driven by Tina Wychesit.

Their car crashed into a tree on North First Street in Bonduel. Responders took both to the hospital.

The 75-year-old man was pronounced dead at the Shawano Medical Center.

There's no word yet if alcohol or speed played roles in the crash.

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A crash in Shawano County killed a man.

Bonduel police were called to a wreck on north First street shortly after noon yesterday.

A car had slammed into a tree.

A 75 year old man riding in the car was pronounced dead at the Shawano Medical Center.

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Man Accused of Lac du Flambeau Stabbing in Custody Submitted: 05/21/2013

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - James Peterson, 30, will be charged with stabbing a man in Lac du Flambeau over the weekend.

Peterson is accused of stabbing a 19-year-old man early Sunday morning.

It happened on Longs Point Lane in Lac du Flambeau.

The victim had been stabbed in the leg with a knife.

Peterson was also injured.

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New Printpack facility progressing nicely Submitted: 05/21/2013

RHINELANDER - Work on the new Printpack facility in Rhinelander seems to be going smoothly.

The new building is located on Highway 17, a little south of Lincoln Street.

Printpack Human Resources Director Jeremy VanCamp tells us the structure should be done by mid July. But it will take some time to get everything up and running inside.

Equipment will start going in by the end of summer. That will happen in various stages through March 2014.

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Plan Looked at Marathon County Jail Troubles Submitted: 05/21/2013

WAUSAU - Plans that could have made Marathon County Jail safer, were never put in place.

Marathon County officials told a citizens committee about the unused plan during their review of an attack on two officers in March.

Marathon County Administrator Brad Karger said they made the plan after 2010 survey showed widespread unease with jail employees.

The plan would have come up with solutions for specific problems shown by the survey.

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Rhinelander cell tower getting new flag soon Submitted: 05/21/2013

RHINELANDER - Think back to the last time you saw a flag on the tall downtown Rhinelander tower that doubles as a flagpole and cell phone provider.

You'd have to go back to last year. But Rhinelander leaders hope to get a new one up there soon.

They met with AT&T officials at the pole on Courtney Street in Rhinelander Tuesday.

Board Member Mark Pelletier says the cell phone company will likely add several mounts to help support a new flag.

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