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Plans for next wolf hunt move forward
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin wildlife officials want hunters and trappers kill more wolves this year.
Yesterday the DNR finalized proposed kill quotas for the state's second wolf season.
The quota was set at 275 wolves.
The state's Chippewa tribes are entitled to part of that quota.
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USDA Merrill Service Center Relocates
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MERRILL - Farmers in Lincoln and Langlade Counties may need to make a longer drive or call a different office for USDA services.
The Merrill Service Center will be temporarily split up between Rhinelander, Wausau, and Medford.
The Farm Service Agency will move to the Wausau Service Center and the Natural Resources Conservation Service will be relocated to the Rhinelander and Medford Centers.
These moves will last until further notice.
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Budget likely just days away from passge
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin Republicans want to expand private school vouchers, put forth a huge income tax cut, and reject a federal Medicaid expansion.
Those ideas could be just days away from becoming law in Wisconsin.
The state Assembly passed the biennial state budget on a 55-42 vote Wednesday.
Those proposals are just some of hundreds in the $70 billion budget.
Democrats decided not to offer any of the 211 amendments they had ready.
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Medford man searches for photo of every Vietnam death from Wisconsin
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MEDFORD - “Our goal is to find them all," says Bryce Kelley.
Kelley, a Medford resident, wants to find a picture of every Wisconsin soldier killed in Vietnam.
“I know that I will continue to work, and I have enlisted the help of many others that will continue to work until we find them all," he says.
Nearly 1,200 Wisconsinites’ names are etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington.
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Newman High Schools received new solar panels
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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WAUSAU - A Wausau high school will go green to save money and teach students about energy conservation.
New solar panels will sit on top of the roof.
It will save Newman High School approximately $400 a year.
The W-P-S foundation donated the system as part of the SolarWise for school program.
It's an educational experience for the kids as well.
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Merrill City Council plans to at Tomahawk to Municipal Court cases
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MERRILL - We want our city officials to save money and resources where they can.
In Merrill, the city council is trying to do that with their municipal court.
The new plan means if you get a speeding ticket or citation for disorderly conduct in tomahawk, you'd have to go to court in Merrill.
The timetable is quicker for getting in and out of the municipal court than getting through Lincoln County Circuit Court.
The discussion came up when Merrill's city staff members decided they need to make a decision whether to continue funding the court.
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Mapping and controlling Yellow Iris in wetlands
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MINOCQUA - These plants may look pretty but they're taking over our rivers and lakes. Michele Sadauskas is Oneida County's Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator. She is working to map and control the yellow iris, the plant you see here. She and two other conservation workers spent the day weeding Stacks Bay.
"They invade our wetlands. They're a really robust, aggressive plant. What they do is they crowd out our native species and make actually the wetland a lot less diverse," says Michele Sadauskas, Oneida County AIS Coordinator.
Removing yellow iris is a slow process. It takes three hours of work just to properly map and control 20 feet of shoreline.
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