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OSHKOSH - A Winnebago County woman has been arrested after authorities found nearly two dozen animals living in deplorable conditions in the Town of Clayton.
WGBA-TV reports that since Thursday, authorities have rescued 17 horses and five dogs from the home. Winnebago sheriff's detective Chris Braman says they did not look healthy.
Another three horses were found dead.
Cattle Rescue Inc. will be caring for the surviving horses. Director Bill Blemke says they are malnourished.
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MINOCQUA - Easter weekend normally brings in a lot of tourist.
For business owners, that means an increase in sales.
The Pine Cone Boutique in Minocqua says they've seen an increase in customers.
They're right off Highway 51 North, right next to McDonald's.
One of the sales associates just started working there.
But she could tell that business picked up quickly.
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RHINELANDER - Snow on the ground can’t keep the Easter bunny away in the Northwoods.
Hundreds of kids and their families searched for Easter eggs in Rhinelander on Saturday.
“Even with the snow and the slush, they love running around and getting out there and getting the eggs,”said Nicole Polkowski, the Rhinelander Area Optimist Club president.
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STOUGHTON - Police in Stoughton are investigating a threatening letter that was sent to a black teenager, with a photo that depicted him as the victim of a lynching.
The letter had a Madison postmark but no return address. The family told the newspaper it contained a photo showing two men hanging from a tree, with a mob watching. A picture of the 18-year-old was superimposed onto one of the men.
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TOMAHAWK - A man in a wheelchair couldn't make it out of a burning Tomahawk home Thursday.
The fire killed 70-year-old Kenneth Pietila.
A snow plow driver saw smoke coming out of the windows of the home on East Pine Shore Lane just after 1 p.m.
Tomahawk firefighters found an active fire spreading throughout the home.
Pietila, in his wheelchair, couldn't be saved.
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THREE LAKES - Imagine not being able to move your body.
That was the reality for a 4th grader from Three Lakes
Hunter St. Louis has a rare nerve disease called Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome makes your body attack nerve cells.
The messages from the brain can't get to the nerves.
So his body was unable to move.
Hunter had to go through seven plasma replacements.
And now he'll go through intense physical therapy.
Hunter is leaving the hospital Friday, but he still has a long road to full recovery.
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MERRILL - Workers at the T.B. Scott Free Library in Merrill want people to use the library for more than just books.
They're offering the newest in technology and design to visitors.
The library just got a 3D printer for everyone to use.
3D printers are most often found at places like manufacturing plants and tech colleges.
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