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Open Enrollment Application Re-Opened in Wisconsin School Districts Submitted: 02/11/2013

EAGLE RIVER - Having your child get the best education might be your top priority.

That's what one school district in the Northwoods wants for its students as well.

Just last week on February fourth, school districts throughout Wisconsin opened their enrollment programs.

The program gives parents the opportunity to send kids to the district of their choice.

Just last year, Northland Pines school district had 77 students come in and 71 went out.

District Administrator, Mike Richie, thinks this is a great option for parents.

"It's about accountability and it's about what's best for their specific children. So again I'm a fan of open enrollment," Richie said.

"I think it helps makes districts accountable. I think that parents should have the option as to what school or school district they would like to send their children, no matter where they live."

Amy Price is a teacher at Northland Pines High School and wants the best for her son.

She wants him to have the best options to be successful.

"We know that he will be given a lot of opportunities that he may not have been able to have at the other district that he would have been attending." said Price.

The state's open enrollment progam started in 1998.

There have been new changes to program this year.

The application for the program will close April 30th.

Districts will notify parents June 7th whether their application has been approved or denied.

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PHILLIPS - Fourth graders read about Native American wigwams, pioneer blacksmiths, and ethnic folk music.

All those things form Wisconsin history.

On Friday, every fourth grader in Price County experienced them at Heritage Days.

They traded their textbooks for the chance to see, hear, and feel Wisconsin history.

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Meet with Your Local Representative Monday Submitted: 05/17/2013

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WOODRUFF - The capitol may be far away but one of our local legislators wants to bring it closer. Assemblyman Rob Swearingen is meeting with constituents around the 34th district.

He visited Woodruff and Eagle River today.

Swearingen is five months into his freshman term. He wants to make sure people can put a face to his name.

He also wants reach those who might be skeptical of him because of his political party.

"You get that, just because I have the "R" in the back of my name that you're automatically not going to be friendly to those issues. And we encourage you to reach out. I may respond and it may not be the response you want to hear, but if you're going to ask me an honest question I'm going to give you an honest answer," says Rep. Swearingen.

Swearingen says everyone's working hard on the budget in Madison. He's hearing a lot of concerns about school funding locally.

"I just really feel that people should be engaged with their own local legislators so the legislator knows them, and knows how they feel. And I showed him my tax bill and he got a real perspective for someone who's on a fixed income and how all the costs for education impact one of his constituents," says Shirley Kufeldt, from Conover.

"We're looking for more funding for the K-12 funding program. I think there's been a lot of heightened awareness in the capital on both sides of the isle and in the Governor's office. So I'm looking for hopefully some good results to help rural schools as the budget moves forward before the Governor signs it in the first part of July," says Rep. Swearingen.

Swearingen's first budget motion was to allow Nicolet College to be eligible for state aid based on enrollment. That motion passed unanimously.

He says his weekly drive to his office in Madison is a reality check.

"There's the state capitol and you realize that your office is inside that building. It's a really surreal feeling to walk into that building each morning. Every time I press that button, whether it's green or red, I am voting on behalf of over 50,000 people in the 34th Assembly District. And that is something you don't take lightly," says Rep. Swearingen.

Swearingen will continue district dialogues on Monday. He'll be in Florence, Rhinelander and Crandon.

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Crandon, May 20th 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Forest County Courthouse, Board Room

Rhinelander, May20th 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Oneida County Courthouse, Committee Room 1

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Michigan Company Wins Walmart Bid Submitted: 05/17/2013

MERRILL - Micco Construction out of Pontiac, Michigan won the bid to build a new Super Walmart in Merrill.

Workers have surveyed and staked out the site to start working on the store.

Construction should start sometime after June 1.

The Highway 64-Pine Ridge Avenue intersection also has to be rebuilt.

That will start sometime after July 4th and finish up in the fall. Work on the store will go through winter.

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But look at a few labels and you realize, that the oranges come from Mexico, the bananas come from Chile, and the fish from as far away as China.

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A farm in the Northwoods provides fresh and local food for hundreds of families.

EverGood Farm is nestled on 10 acres of land in Rhinelander.

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Weather Conditions Create High Fire Risk Across Northern Wisconsin Submitted: 05/17/2013

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A small burn got out of control on Loop Heights Road in Pine Lake today. Fire Chief, Brian Gehrig, says the weather conditions make it easy for fires to get out of control.

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Logging Work Started Massive Wildfire Submitted: 05/17/2013

MADISON - A logging operation triggered what became Wisconsin's biggest wildfire in 33 years.

Investigators say negligence was not involved in the blaze in Douglas and Bayfield counties.

A logger noticed smoke coming from equipment while harvesting timber Tuesday afternoon.

Efforts were made to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, while another member of the logging crew called 911.

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Price County Among 405 Agencies to Focus on Seatbelt Safety Submitted: 05/17/2013

PHILLIPS - More police and sheriff's departments than ever before will make sure your seatbelt is buckled on the roads.

Next week kicks of Wisconsin's Click It or Ticket enforcement push.

More than four hundred agencies will participate across the state.

That includes two police departments and the Sheriff in Price County.

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