Updated: 6:51 PM Organizers and participants say they see more and more people each year, and the weather definitely helped with the greater turnout this year.
Updated: 6:01 PM With the sun shining down and the temperature approaching 90 degrees, medics at the Special Olympics Summer Games worry about the threat the heat might pose for its athletes and volunteers.
Updated: 9:29 AM Hundreds of athletes from across the state are converging on Stevens Point, and they're ready to get in gear for the Summer Games of the Wisconsin Special Olympics.
Updated: 5:43 PM The Law Enforcement Torch Run made its way to Stevens Point Thursday after police officers ran separate legs from seven different locations throughout the state.
Updated: 1:03 PM Dozens of area soldiers are now headed to fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 105th Cavalry out of Merrill and Antigo was called up for duty about a month ago, and now they'll spend the next several months serving our country overseas.
Updated: 5:49 PM They're installing Biohazard Detection Systems in seven different distribution plants throughout Wisconsin, which are the most technologically advanced ways of detecting anthrax.
Updated: 8:28 PM Farmers say the weather has been very conducive to growing strawberries, and they're right where they should be right now. As long as the weather keeps up, they should be ready for picking in a couple of weeks.
Updated: 3:30 PM By now we've heard the dangers of smoking while pregnant. It can cause low birth weight, an increased chance of miscarriages, and learning disabilities in children, but what you may not realize is how damaging cigarette smoke is to a couple's fertility.
Updated: 4:43 PM The judge says the Chai Vang trial will not be moved out of Sawyer County, where he's accused of murdering six people, and that a confession police say Vang made will be admitted during the trial.
Updated: 7:56 PM We got a chance this "Your Town" to see exactly how the beer at the Point Brewery goes from ground barley malt to stacks of beer cases.
Updated: 1:32 PM Wonder what you'll do to entertain the kids while they're off of school? In this week's Family First report, we have a look at a unique opportunity for parents in Central Wisconsin.
Updated: 1:11 PM Hundreds of Wisconsin soldiers will soon to the war zone in Iraq, including ones from Antigo and Merrill, but before they shipped out they got one last send-off from families, friends and the communities in which they're based.
