WXPR The Extra

A new Vilas County recreation warden, Several stories on the lame duck session of the Wisconsin legislature, Minocqua to update address signs.

The acrimony continues in Madison over the Lame Duck session, Oneida Co. Humane Society opens to the public it's updated facility, Grief over the holidays can be especially difficult and a session is set to help out, A Wausau man is facing prison over the drug death of a person.

Governor-elect Tony Evers vows to do what he can to retain his power, Disappearing bats due to disease is the subject of the next Science on Tap, An expert tells us the best way to feed birds as winter settles in, More WI kids are without health insurance, Fewer WI residents are signing up for health insurance under the ACA, and Evers says he will push for the expansion of Medicaid coverage.

Scammers are using fake shipping orders to get your personal information, UW-Stevens Point faculty are questioning the decision to cut majors, The number of uninsured kids is growing, A Merrill man is sentenced for homicide.

A judge rules there's enough evidence to continue attempted homicide charges against an Antigo man, Langlade county approves a grant to build an ATV bridge over the Wolf River, An albino deer is killed in southwestern Wisconsin, The cost to keep Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes: $775 million, A faulty water system is blamed for a bacterial outbreak in Madison.

A large land donation is announced in Hazelhurst(details later) Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport announces an additional flight daily this summer,(details later) A meeting tonight in Rhinelander discusses ATV-UTV's and bicycles, Marathon County officials arrest a woman whose children were living in filth, Scammers saying they're law enforcement hits Dane county.

November is National Family Caregivers Month, Vilas County Board of Supervisors approves land-based grant proposals, timber sales on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest have increased for the sixth year in a row.

Project North is a music festival coming to downtown Rhinelander in fall 2019, but you can get involved now at the Project North Launch Party on December 8th, the Oneida County Purple Tube Project is designed to assist first responders in a crisis situation by giving more information about patients, and Peoples State Bank has been collecting items to send to troops in Afghanistan this holiday season.

Governor-elect Evers wants to do away with the WEDC, A fatal crash in Price county, Another large drug bust in Forest county, Eagle River city council approves a plan to protect its water, Gas prices are low for the holiday weekend.

Slightly fewer deer hunters have hit the woods this fall, A cranberry research station is being built near Black River Falls, The Big Bundle Up provides warm clothes to people who need them, Two Keshena men are sentenced for a shooting incident involving a neighbor's dog.