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Filling Prescriptions Gets Easier
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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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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CSA Helps Connect Farms and Families
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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RHINELANDER - You might support a local grocery store by shopping right in your town.
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.
But it is possible to support local farmers.
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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Wisconsin History on Display at Heritage Days
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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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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Logging Work Started Massive Wildfire
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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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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Weather Conditions Create High Fire Risk Across Northern Wisconsin
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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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.
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Michigan Company Wins Walmart Bid
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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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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Price County Among 405 Agencies to Focus on Seatbelt Safety
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Submitted: 05/17/2013 |
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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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