MADISON - The second day of the state wrestling championships is in the books. Quite a few area wrestlers were looking to make it to Saturday night's championship matches.
In Division One, Merrill had three wrestlers who won their respective semifinal matches on Friday. They are Garrett Schmelling at 126 pounds, David Pophal at 170 punds, and Tyler Schmidt at 220 pounds.
In Division Three, Edgar's Devin Lemanski remained undefeated at 126 pounds. Matt and Luke Nowak are also wrestling for titles at 170 and 182 pounds respectively.
Other results from Friday's action includes, Rhinelander's Connor Johnson will try to earn a spot in the third place bout in the D-1 195 pounds. Tomahawk's Austin Bellile looks to do the same ine the D-2 182 pound weight class. Crandon's Hayden Krueger is in the Division 3 145 pound consolation.
Marisa Silvas caught up with some of the wrestlers. You can also click on the link below to track your favorite wrestler.
ACROSS THE NORTHWOODS - A week with little to no rain pushed fire risks dangerously high across northern Wisconsin. A fire in Bayfield spanning 9-thousand acres destroyed 17 homes. Fire crews want everyone to be smart about burning this time of year.
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.
MERRILL - You won't find candy bars or chips in the new vending machine at Ministry Good Samaritan in Merrill. This machine dispenses prescription medication.
It won't replace the regular pharmacist. But it will help patients who visit the hospital late at night.
"It allows patients to receive full prescriptions after hours for the local pharmacies. So if you have babe in arms that's sick that needs a prescription, we can fill that full prescription and get you on your way within less than five minutes," says Pharmacy Manager Jim Mason.
The machine has anything you would need for infections or pain; the kind of things a person goes to the ER for.
It's the fifth machine in Ministry facilities. Pharmacy Manager Jim Mason says they have a track record of safety. Each prescription is triple checked before it's dispensed.
"There has never been an error from dispensing the InstyMeds. So it's extremely safe, and it's well over a million prescriptions through InstyMeds," says Mason.
So far the Good Samaritan machine has filled around a hundred prescriptions. Doctors and patients say it's worked out well.
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