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With the cold and snowy winter and spring fresh in our memories, the idea of being too hot seems far-fetched. But a week where temperatures could reach the upper 80's by Friday brings to mind heat safety.

The state designated Wednesday(June 5) as Heat Awareness Day in Wisconsin.

MINOCQUA – Minocqua’s public fishing pier adjacent to the Highway 51 Bridge is failing and should be extensively renovated or replaced, the Minocqua town board learned Tuesday.

Director of public works Mark Pertile showed the board photographs of a section of the pier that recently became dangerous when one of the 140 timber pilings underneath collapsed. The pilings are from the old highway bridge decades ago.

Longtime Director of Business Services at the School District of Rhinelander has resigned to take a job at another school district.

Marta Kwiatkowski has been with the district since 2006. She will leave her position on June 30th to begin a job at an unnamed school district.

This past February, Kwaitkowski was recognized as School Business Manager of the Year by the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials.

WJFW TV is reporting Rhinelander Public Works Director Tim Kingman has been placed on administrative leave for what is reported to be 'non-disciplinary' reasons.

Kingman has been the focal point of controversy after he and other city employees signed a letter of no confidence in City Administrator Daniel Guild.

At recent meetings, public works employees said they were dealing with workplace harassment.

Mayor Chris Frederickson confirmed Kingman's job status to WJFW.

A press release is expected from the city to update the matter.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is trying a new strategy to expand Medicaid in the state.

Evers announced a new push to get more people enrolled in BadgerCare or, have them buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act website. He calls those the first steps toward getting more Wisconsin residents covered. I

n an interview with WXPR recently, a Republican member of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, Senator Tom Tiffany, said they feel the matter would long term come back to backfire on taxpayers.

The Langlade County Board is meeting Thursday evening to discuss whether to add a county administrator position. The position would oversee all departments along with a variety of other duties.

The supervisors began discussing adding the position late last year. Supervisors got an update in February.  The board has the authority to terminate the person at their judgement. In Wisconsin you must have one of three forms of county administrative government.

WASHINGTON - A movement is growing to try to save the news business by reining in the power of tech giants Google and Facebook, which together control 60% of digital advertising. Watchdog groups accuse the companies of profiting off the work of journalists while undercutting the ad revenue that pays their salaries.