LAKE TOMAHAWK - The state DNR hopes you'll help out a charity with your extra deer meat this fall. This is the 13th year of the venison donation program.
Locally, the Lake Tomahawk Meat Market participates in the free program.
The process couldn't be easier.
"You shoot a deer that you want to donate," Lake Tomahawk Meat Market butcher Todd Ahrensdorf said. "All you have to do is bring it to us. It has to be registered. We'll take care of it from there. There's no charge."
Many processors donate the meat to local food pantries. Lake Tomahawk gives it to Camp American Legion.
"A few years ago, we had well over a hundred deer donated, which was over two thousand pounds of meat," Ahrensdorf said. "Last year I think we donated about 7 or 8 hundred pounds."
RHINELANDER - It often feels like there are two seasons in Wisconsin: Winter and Construction.
Drivers in Rhinelander will head into summer with a brand new construction-related headache to deal with on a major roadway.
"We're hopeful, and we'll work our best to get it to where we want it to be," city engineer Tim Kingman said.
Rhinelander city leaders think that's the mindset to take when it comes to a major construction project on busy Kemp Street. Smaller portions of the project will start in early June. That's on Bruner St. and Boyce Drive.
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 37 people are confirmed dead as of 7:30 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.
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
Motorcylcist speeds away from Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Deputies at 100+ MPH
Submitted: 05/20/2013
MERRILL - When most people see flashing red lights, they pull over.
Lincoln county deputies are looking for a motorcycle rider who didn't.
A Cafe Racer bike flew down highway 51 around 7pm last night going 84 miles per hour.
A deputy south of Tomahawk tried to pull the driver over, but the biker took off at over 100 miles an hour. For safety reasons, the deputy did not start a chase.
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