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RHINELANDER - Kids found one of the biggest races of the year in the Northwoods Tuesday.
The Rhinelander District Library hosted their annual worm race.
Teams of two faced off with worms in hand.
Each believing their worm would win the trophy this year.
"ShadowWind is the fastest racer. Because he is never beaten," said 10-year-old Louis Malias.
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RHINELANDER - Artists found out who won the Northern National Art Competition Tuesday night.
Artists from across the country submitted artwork to the art competition held at Nicolet College in Rhinelander this year.
Organizers expect about 200 people at the reception.
Some of the artists that submitted work will be at Nicolet.
The artists competed for $8,500 in prize money.
The entries come from all over the country, but there is art from the Northwoods on display.
Artists from Rhinelander, Antigo and Lake Tomahawk have work in the show.
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RHINELANDER - Gusty winds forced a domino effect that caused a small fire south of Rhinelander Tuesday morning.
Winds blew over a tree, which sent a power line to the ground.
The electrical current started the fire.
It happened just before 11:00 on Hat Rapids Road near Highway 17.
Firefighters were glad the land nearby wasn't too dry with drought.
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ANTIGO - The Antigo Public Library can help high school students better prepare for college.
The library's page program helps students become familiar with all of the library's resources. The students get paid to work at least 12 hours a week during the school year. They have a lot of responsibilities like shelving books and helping the librarians.
Librarians think getting them familiar with library will help them succeed in college.
"It's surprising how many kids go to college freshman year and they don't understand how the Dewey Decimal system works," says Children's Librarian Jackie Rammer. "They don't understand how to find a book in the library. Getting experience at a small library, such as the Antigo Public Library, will help you."
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FOREST COUNTY - Prosecutors believe a Forest County man made meth and had other people buy ingredients for him.
36-year-old Shandon Tallier of Laona faces four felony charges.
Police became suspicious when Tallier bought ephedrine or pseudophedrine more than 50 times during the last year. Those are drugs commonly used to make meth.
Tallier was also blocked from buying the drugs more than 20 times in the last year. That's because he already bought more than the federal limit allows in a 30 day period.
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ACROSS THE NORTHWOODS - Home sales across Wisconsin are up for the first time in 2014 compared to previous year statistics recorded by the Wisconsin Realtors Association.
A strong June for home sales could hint at good news for the rest of the year. Home sales statewide were up more than four percent compared to June 2013.
More than 600 homes were sold in Northern Wisconsin last month. Realtors like Bonnie Byrnes, Headwaters Real Estate, deal with water-front property in the Manitowish Waters area. She credits the second home market for some of the boost in northern numbers
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STEVENS POINT - Stevens Point police want to find the man who robbed a gas station last night.
A store employee told police a man came into the Southside B P on Church street just after 9:30 last night.
He demanded cash from the register.
No weapon was seen, but the man kept his hand in his pocket.
He escaped on foot with the money.
Police have not said exactly how much he got away with.
The Portage County K9 unit was brought in to try to track him.
The man is described as being six feet tall with short blond hair.
He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses.
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