Local Newscast

In the WXPR news roundup for Friday, March 27:

• Oneida County now has its first positive case of COVID-19
• Iron County is the first northern Wisconsin county with a death
• The pilot in the early-March plane crash in Rhinelander missed the runway by 225 feet
• Minocqua Brewing Company is now Minocqua Sandwich Company
• The Wisconsin Waters 2020 convention is moving completely online

• Aspirus is the latest health system putting a halt to non-essential appointments due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
• The Lakeland Union High School Board discussed employee pay, wearing gloves and facemasks.
• A robber at a Kwik Trip has been arrested by Wausau Police.
• A local police department is altering how it covers shifts during COVID-19.

• Civic leaders gather to discuss virus response
• Senior meal programs impacted by COVID-19 concerns
• Rhinelander District Library closes for now
• High speed chase leads to arrest

• Watch out for scam artists trying to take advantage of virus fears
• Blood donations may be impacted by virus concerns
• Positive COVOD-19 test in Wood County
• Conservation group has toolkit to help fight climate change

• Events, tournaments and classes set for the next several days are being cancelled due to COVID-19,
• Cong. Ron Kind wants more funding to test seniors for COVID-19,
• The State Elections Commission doesn't want voting places in nursing homes.
• A Merrill man is saved by recently-trained coworkers.

• Vice-President Mike Pence to campaign for Tom Tiffany next week in Rothschild,
• Crandon schools are closed tomorrow for a deep cleaning,
• Vilas County snowmobile trails are closed for the season,
• The latest Honor Flight is postponed until fall because of the coronavirus,
• Returning fish stocks to a central Wisconsin reservoir.

• Governor Evers wants the legislature to act to ease flooding this spring, but it's not likely,
• Crandon's girls basketball team wants it all this year,
• A climate change conference in Stevens Point,
• Graduation rates are on the rise.

•  "Swatting" could cost someone time in jail and lots of money,
• Wis. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says the Trump Adm. response to the coronavirus isn't enough,
• A second Wisconsin case of coronavirus is confirmed,
• Madison is the fifth-happiest city in the U.S.

• Water Walk Brings Together People Worried About Sulfide Mining
• Man Killed In Langlade County Snowmobile Crash
• Water Association Files Suit Over PFAS Contamination
• Vilas County Hopes For A Second Judge

• The School District of Rhinelander cancels upcoming class trips to Europe because of coronavirus,
• The most dangerous day to drive in Vilas county is Friday,
• It's 'spring forward' weekend and it's also time to check your home detectors,
• Several area road projects get funded by the state.

• Stevens Point Police Chief put on administrative leave
• A new golf pro for Eagle River
• Citizen's Police Academy opens in Rhinelander
• UW-Stevens Point chancellor to retire

• Another sentencing of a falconer charged with illegally capturing a northern goshawk,
• Two eagles die from gunshots,
• Cong. Ron Kind is concerned people with pre-existing health conditions could be in trouble,
• UW-Madison cancels overseas study in Italy due to Coronavirus.

• Local steps can help bird populations recover
• Tragedy helps show support for a local animal rehabilitation center
• Donations allow creation of trauma kits for Lakeland Union High School
• YMCA of the Northwoods to host "Day of Giving" 

• A fire at a Wood county business does not look suspicious,
• The noon time siren in Minocqua will be fixed,
• Michigan tackles infant and mother mortality,
• The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is continuing to upgrade recreation facilities.

• On this week's "The Stream", Ben Meyer explores possible mineral drilling in Oneida county,
• A Rhinelander business gets certified as autism-friendly,
• The U.S. Census is gearing up,
• Feed Our Rural Kids to host a new fundraiser.