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RHINELANDER - You can check out thousands of books from the Rhinelander District Library, but you do need to return them. Now, the library hopes you stop by to take and keep one of the most important documents in our nation's history.
The library is giving out free pocket copies of the Constitution this week. Director Virginia Roberts started the program last year and ordered 100 more copies this year for Constitution Week, which started Sept. 17.
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RHINELANDER - A Rhinelander facility helps people shake drug addictions, counsels families, and assists others in getting their lives back together after issues such as arrests for drunk driving.
The Human Service Center has seen a 36 percent increase in the number of people it's helped this year.
But financial changes could dramatically impact those services.
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PORTAGE COUNTY - A crash in Portage County this summer tore apart a family. On July 8, a repeat drunk driver crossed the centerline and hit a motorcycle in the Town of Alban.
Now, a memorial on Highway 49 stands in memory of 48-year-old Robert Korhonen.
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MADISON - Republican legislators are circulating a bill aimed at ending the federal requirement to use reformulated gas in six southeastern Wisconsin counties.
The legislation asks President Donald Trump's administration to grant a reprieve from use of the specially formulated gas that reduces ozone pollution. The requirement was implemented in 1995 in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine and Kenosha counties. Supporters say the gas is no longer needed because of advancements in emission control equipment.
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MADISON - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is signing the nearly three-month late state budget into law, a move that will allow him to transition into re-election mode.
Walker planned to sign the budget Thursday afternoon at an elementary school in Neenah.
On Wednesday, he made public nearly 100 items he was striking from the $76 billion, two-year spending plan.
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- Tonight on Newswatch 12:
We'll tell you why the Northwoods Transit Connection which provides transportation in Oneida and Vilas Counties may discontinue some operations temporarily.
We'll bring you the details of a Rhinelander swimming coach who has resigned from her position after her third year as head coach for the girls and boys team.
And we talk to a group of people who are walking from Portage County to Madison to help bring awareness to the dangers of drinking and driving after a motorcyclist was killed by a drunk driver in July.
We'll bring you the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
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WASHINGTON - An inscrutable provision in the Republican health care bill would apparently steer extra cash to Wisconsin. That's the home state of GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a co-sponsor of the bill.
One health care consultant says the language could mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Wisconsin, though others say it's hard to tell how much money is at stake. Several analysts said they weren't aware the provision would apply to any states but Wisconsin.
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