WJFW News
Staff vs. Students Basketball Scores for RHS Key Club
Submitted: 03/21/2013
RHINELANDER - Rhinelander High School was hosting their annual Staff vs. Students basketball game.
It's a fund raiser for the school's Key Club. About 50 people attended.
Brad Knote of the Hodag Boys Basketball team having some fun with one of the staff members.
Senior Shane White connected on a 3pt field goal for Students.
However Hoadgs Head Coach Derek Lemmons also showed some sharp shooting. The Staff won a close game.
But the bigger story, the Key Club raised around $250 which will be put toward a scholarship.
The Key Club helps teach young people the value of volunteer work in the community.
Sponsored in part by HodagSports.com
In Other News:
Gogebic Taconite submits sampling plans
Submitted: 06/19/2013
MADISON - Gogebic Taconite wants to move quickly to dig an iron mine in Ashland and Iron Counties. This week, they submitted plans for the next step in the state's process. The company is asking the DNR for permission to sample hundreds of thousands of tons of earth, part of a bulk sampling plan. Gogebic Taconite also officially told the DNR it will seek a mining permit. The DNR will tell Gogebic within two weeks whether it can go forward with the sampling.
Merrill City Council plans to at Tomahawk to Municipal Court cases
Submitted: 06/19/2013
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.
Daigle Brothers Inc, expands business through new inventions
Submitted: 06/19/2013
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.
Woman with Alzheimer's found safe
Submitted: 06/19/2013
WOOD COUNTY - A barking dog led searchers to a Wood County woman with Alzheimer's disease. Just before five last night, a call came in saying the woman was missing from the 46-hundred block of Lynn Hill Road in Port Edwards township. The woman was enrolled in the "Project Lifesaver" program, and was wearing a transmitter. However, the battery had apparently gone dead, so searchers could not find her that way.
Forest Co. man gets jail for firing gun in house, pointing it at wife
Submitted: 06/19/2013
CRANDON - The Forest County man who pointed a gun at his wife and fired a shot in their home will serve conditional jail time. Forrest Schaller was originally charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide. But today he agreed to a deal with the State. He pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering safety and felon possession of a firearm. In exchange, the Court dropped the attempted homicide charge. Schaller will serve one year in Forest County jail with work-release privileges. He'll be on probation for eight years.
7th annual historical society picnic
Submitted: 06/19/2013
ANTIGO - Cars, ATVs and snowmobiles can take you to nearly any destination in the Northwood’s. But without the steam-engine locomotive, many of those spots wouldn’t be on the map. Joe Hermolin, Langlade County Historic Society president, said at one point in Antigo's history, half of the town worked for the railroad. “They would ship out wood products and eventually farm goods," Hermolin said. "It used to all come through Antigo.”
Man dies when a train hits his van
Submitted: 06/19/2013
TOWN OF UNITY, WI - An elderly man from central Wisconsin killed in a terrifying crash when a train crashes into his van. Charles Podbelsek, 81, was driving on a Clark County Road Tuesday morning. When he approached the railroad crossing he did not stop at the stop sign and hit a Canadian National train. His Caravan was thrown from the crossing, landed on its roof, and Podbelsek was thrown from the van.