TOMAHAWK - Over the river and through the woods - in an RV - might be a more popular option for people during the holiday season. RV sales and interest across the nation have seen a spike recently.
Heritage RV in Tomahawk is the only dealer closer than Sheboygan to sell Class B RV's.
"There is more interest in RV's than there was a couple of years ago. The FMCA, or Family Motor Coach Association, is a very active organization that supports their members," says Roger Schlegel, the owner of Heritage RV in Tomahawk.
Many times, traveling in an RV is a nice alternative to flying.
RV dealers point out that it saves the hassle of airports and saves money by avoiding hotels.
"As it takes a day in the airport to get somewhere, a day in the airport to get back, that's time that could be devoted to travel. More and more, we see people are shying away from the crowds in the airports, and they're deciding to drive instead," Schlegel says.
The dealership sells most of its vehicles to retired couples for road trips.
TOMAHAWK - Workers at Daigle Brothers in Tomahawk can build almost anything out of steel. Most of their business is creating custom parts and putting up buildings, but more recently, they've been building a new invention.
Daigle Brothers began in 1987. Back then they did a lot of construction related jobs like painting. Later they focused on steel construction.
"In the 90's we did a lot of school buildings, there was a lot of schools being built, so we supplied structural steel for these building projects... Currently our biggest markets are universities, hospitals, office buildings... we do a lot of fire stations," said Steve Daigle President of Daigle Brothers Inc.
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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