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RHINELANDER - You could find a decent amount of businesses closed early Friday.
That's because many of the owners and employees were in church.
People filled the pews at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rhinelander on Good Friday.
People honored the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
"His death which looks really bad for us is really good because it's in our place," said Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor, Richard Krahn.
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RHINELANDER - A Northwoods team broke their own state record last month by winning a 17th state title.
A pair of state legislators honored them Friday.
Republican State Representative Rob Swearingen and Republican State Senator Tom Tiffany honored the Rhinelander Mock Trial Team at the Oneida County courthouse today.
"It's on behalf of myself and Senator Tom Tiffany from the 12th senate district," said Republican State Representative, Rob Swearingen.
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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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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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TOMAHAWK - Statton’s General Store in Tomahawk will close its doors after ten years.
Dick and Rita Statton opened the business in May of 2004.
“I decided it was time for a change,” says Dick Statton.
Dick worked in manufacturing for 32 years before opening the business.
He wanted to try something new.
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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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EAGLE RIVER - The snow on the ground makes it seem more like January than mid-April.
The record-breaking snow will make it more difficult for lakes to melt in time for the fishing opener on May 3rd.
Fishing guides have just two weeks until opening weekend.
They say they're having flashbacks to last year's late season ice, but they're not worried.
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