Updated: 8:50 PM Two funds are being set up for you to donate to the Cottonville fire victims.

Updated: 8:54 PM Northcentral Technical College is now home to a brand new health sciences building, and on Saturday it was dedicated to a local lawmaker.

Updated: 12:49 PM Officials say they believe the wildfire in Adams County began with a local resident getting an area ready for a campfire.

Updated: 9:47 PM The forest fire that burned nearly 4,000 acres in Adams County was officially declared "contained" early Friday morning, but in its wake, the "Cottonville Fire" left severe damage.

Updated: 9:48 PM Torie McKinney wanted to get her mother, Diane, something special for Mother's Day to let her know how much she's appreciated. She certainly did that by helping her win a great makeover.

Posted: 5:53 PM The Wausau and Weston Fire Departments start their Automatic Aid Agreement Friday to better serve the people in the area.

Updated: 5:42 PM The Society of American Foresters from U.W. Stevens Point goes for its annual river cleanup of the Wisconsin River and is joined by a class from a local elementary school.

Updated: 5:25 PM Investigators say they believe a campfire on private land started the fire in Big Flats where 15 homes were destroyed, along with 30 trailers and campers.

Updated: 9:50 PM This isn't the first time the Big Flats area has experienced disaster. It was just a little more than 10 years ago that a tornado ripped through the area, taking lives, leveling homes and causing an estimated $1 million in damage. Our team coverage continues by telling us how people who lived through that disaster are coping with this one.

Updated: 4:36 PM Firefighters in Adams County are battling what is easily one of the biggest wildfires in recent Wisconsin history. It's destroying land and forcing hundreds out of their homes. Newschannel Seven has had crews on the scene of this massive fire since Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 10:30 PM Some people are already employed. Others are just getting out of school. But they said they liked what was on display at Thursday’s career fair.

Updated: 10:22 PM Diane McKinney is our choice for this year's Newschannel 7 Mother's Day Makeover and it's easy to understand why.

Updated: 10:17 PM Dozens of residents of Big Flats have been evacuated as a brush fire threatens their homes.

Updated: 10:27 PM Sometimes telling your kids about the dangers and consequences of drug use isn't enough, but how else do you discourage it without letting them learn the hard way?

Updated: 4:53 PM One of Wausau's biggest portions of the population learns the importance of self breast exams and mammograms and how to teach their non-English speaking family members and friends all the knowledge they gained at the session.

Updated: 12:34 PM It’s a busy Thursday morning (May 5, 2005) for the Marathon County Sheriff's Department investigating a high-speed chase ending just south of Mosinee.

Updated: 8:27 PM The state calls its first witness to testify against Wausau's accused arsonist.

Updated: 3:33 PM For 11 years, Jeremy Lacoe was lost in the depths of a meth addiction.

Updated: 7:54 PM Some area women are being honored for their work and contributions to the Wausau community.

Updated: 8:26 PM They spent a year away from home fighting the War on Terror, but now they're back in their families' arms. Soldiers from the 397th Engineer Battalion are back in North Central Wisconsin after spending the last 12 months in Afghanistan.

Updated: 3:30 PM Something you use to make sure your child's feeling okay could be dangerous to their health.

Updated: 4:46 PM A new sheriff will be appointed to replace Kurt Heuer who left to become Wisconsin Rapids Police Chief.

Updated: 4:43 PM Village Administrator Dean Zulegar says he won't renew his contract when it's up in 2006.

Updated: 1:32 PM The language you use makes all the difference in parenting. We'll tell you about the right “parent talk” to help stop some of those struggles at home.

Updated: 4:19 PM March 17, 2003, it's the day he was caught, and his eight years of meth use finally came to an end.