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LOCAL NEWS
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THREE LAKES - The Three Lakes School District will host its high school graduation ceremony in-person Thursday, the first event of its kind in the Northwoods.
"One thing we have done is probably over plan. But in this case, I don't think you can over plan," said District Administrator Teri Maney. "We're keeping it very much within guidelines suggested by the Oneida County Health Department."
Maney says the event was originally slated to take place at the athletic fields, but due to rain, they're ready to move it indoors.
"The big gym has a capacity of 1,350. We figure even with the number of folks attending we would be at under 20% capacity," said Maney.
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MINOCQUA - Among all other fish you can catch, walleyes are especially popular in the Northwoods.
30 years ago, the Minocqua chain of lakes had a sustainable population of walleyes; people could fish freely.
But when the population started to fall in the mid-1990's, artificial management became the only option to help restore the numbers.
Oneida County Fisheries Management Biologist Zach Woiak remembers the time when the walleye's population was all due to their natural way of life.
"Historically the Minocqua chain has had a very good walleye fishery that was all based on natural reproduction, so there was no stocking needed," said Woiak.
A local group of stakeholders, including representatives from the DNR, Walleyes for Tomorrow, and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission came together back in the early 2000's.
The group developed a plan while gathering public input
Woiak says the majority of anglers sided with the stakeholders.
"They were on board with it. We had a lot of public meetings and got a lot of public input. We made sure that all the stakeholders were on board. It's been pretty good," he said.
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ST. CLOUD - Baker Cheese, a fourth-generation family-owned, St. Cloud, Wisconsin-based cheese manufacturer, announced today that it has been named the 2020 Dairy Plant of the Year by national trade publication Dairy Foods.
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MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers announced today that citizen soldiers staffing the Dane County National Guard COVID-19 testing sites have completed as many as 40 percent more tests per hour over two days last week, courtesy of the new COVID Connect testing registration system.
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REGIONAL NEWS
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict Thursday on demands for President Donald Trump's financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the public eye for the time being.
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NEW YORK - Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter.
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- President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if America's schools don't reopen in the fall despite the coronavirus, and he lashed out at federal health officials over reopening guidelines that he complained are impractical and expensive.
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COLUMBUS - A statue of Christopher Columbus that had stood for more than 30 years in his namesake Wisconsin city is coming down.
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