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Communities are working around laws so the public uses fewer plastic bags, Harvesting of crops is slowed by yet more bad weather, Three Marshfield teens are in trouble for allegedly making terrorist threats, High school trips are under scrutiny after hidden cameras are found.

Annual Christmas dinner takes place Wednesday in Rhinelander Snowmobile trails open in Langlade County Dog and cat owners usually need a license for their pets, but many don't have one A class assignment will lead to the creation of some new basketball courts in Laona

Another attempt is moving forward to pump water from Carlin Lake in Vilas county, State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he might consider a medical marijuana law, AARP backs a bill to allow tax breaks for caregivers, Farm Aid money goes to Wisconsin organizations.

200 people meet with Attny. Gen. Josh Kaul in Marinette about PFAS contamination, Local questions are answered concerning Rhinelander's PFAS problem. Marshfield Police make arrests in school bomb threat... Wisconsin is not the 'drunkest' state in the union

Snowmobile trails are opening in the Northwoods, A fundraiser pays off the unpaid lunch debt for central Wisconsin schools, A former sheriff's deputy is caught stealing from people attending funerals, An insanity defense is successful in the homicide of a man.

Marshfield students getting schooled on threats today, More threats made in the D.C. Everest school district, Madison firefighters replace PFAS causing foam.

A Rhinelander council member says he doesn't have a key file in an investigation, An area legislator is working to pass a medical marijuana bill in Wisconsin, Two Republicans seeking the 7th Congressional seat debate in Wausau,

Roads are snow covered and slippery as a large winter storm hits the Northwoods, Charges are filed in a traffic death near Wausau, High school students are tackling the water issue known as PFAS, Lights of the Northwoods begins this weekend at Hodag Park in Rhinelander.

A Michigan man pleads guilty to federal charges concerning a captured goshawk from Vilas county, The sign up for 2020 coverage for the Affordable Care Act ends Sunday, An art professor from UW-LaCrosse resigns amid sexual harassment allegations, Bringing homeless people in from the cold to a senior center is causing debate.

Bills would seek to help with affordable housing for first responders Program to discuss efforts to preserve a waterfall and forest area in the Upper Peninsula New leader named for the DNR's Woodruff warden team Change in leadership for the Vilas County Economic Development Corporation