GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - An Appleton area company that builds airplane cabins will soon add 100 more employees.

The Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation says it will need the extra workers this year as it prepares a new cabin for a large aircraft. The company will design the layout and install seats, furniture, carpeting, communication and entertainment systems, and galley and lavatory fixtures.

Gulfstream says the new employees will range from material handlers to engineers.

The company now employs 725 people at the Outagamie County Regional Airport at Greenville, west of Appleton. 

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Public Works Department says that East Mason Street near Bader Street and East Town Mall is scheduled to reopen to traffic at 6 p.m. Friday.

Crews are completing road repairs along that stretch of East Mason in the wake of a water main break last Saturday morning.

It caused between 7 and 8 million gallons of water to blast into the air. Officials needed to repair the 36 inch pipe underground, before repaving that section of the road.

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - You can hardly call this an official act. But one of Tammy Baldwin’s first tasks as a United States senator was to place a bet with her colleagues on tomorrow night’s Packer-Viking playoff game.

The Democrat Baldwin and Wisconsin Senate Republican Ron Johnson are teaming up against Minnesota’s two senators in a wager which, according to Baldwin, has brought some trash talk to the Senate’s hallowed halls.

Minnesota Democrats Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar are putting up a case of beer from the Gopher State – and Johnson and Baldwin are offering a selection of Wisconsin micro-brews and traditional labels.

After being sworn in just Thursday, Baldwin says it’s been an exciting week saying “It’s only going to get better when the Packers beat the Vikings, and put an end to this trash-talking from my Minnesota colleagues.”

Franken said the Vikes have out-performed all of the experts’ predictions this year, and he thinks they’ll keep doing it Satruday night at Lambeau Field.

Las Vegas has Green Bay as a seven-and-a-half point favorite.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - If you’re going to Saturday night’s Packer playoff game in Green Bay, the players will be much warmer than you.

The standard heaters will be on at both benches – but the playing surface itself will be toasty-warm, with the goal of creating the best playing conditions possible.

Plastic pipes with anti-freeze are covered by a foot of sand below the surface – and temperature sensors keep the turf from freezing.

The grounds crew can make adjustments if necessary, by using a central control dashboard.

It’s designed to keep the mix of natural and artificial grasses at 55-degrees when the air temperature falls to zero. It won’t be nearly that cold Satruday night.  Readings are expected to be in the low 20’s for the 7 p-m kickoff, with a slight chance of either snow flurries or patchy light drizzle.

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - The cable TV provider for much of eastern Wisconsin plans to add 250 jobs in Milwaukee and Appleton.

Time Warner Cable announced Friday it would add 200 customer retention specialists in downtown Milwaukee – and it would bring the total employment to over 800 at that site.

The first 70 jobs have been posted at Time Warner’s Web site, and the other openings are due to be filled from now through August.

Another 50 jobs are being added at Time Warner’s customer service center in Appleton.

MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin Public Service is agreeing to pay $1.2 million civil penalties related to violations of the Clean Air Act. 

The U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency says WPS has also agreed to make substantial investments to reduce emissions from its Green Bay and Weston coal-fired plants. 

WPS will invest around $300 million in pollution controls and another $6 million in beneficial environmental projects. 

WPS allegedly failed to apply for federal air permits for improvement as far back as 1994. 

Under the agreement, WPS has until 2015 to permanently retire, refuel or repower some of the several units at the two plants. 

According to the EPA's website the total combined sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emission reductions secured from these settlements will exceed 2 million tons each year once all the required pollution controls have been installed and implemented.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) -Four people are being treated for serious injuries after an early morning shooting in Green Bay.  Green Bay police say the shooting happened about 12:15 a.m. this morning (SAT) in the area of Ashland Avenue and Walnut Street.  Cops say the victims were found at two different locations. All of them, two 17 year old males, a 21 and 23 year old male, were taken to local hospitals. Police say at this point no one is in custody.  At this point, police are not calling this a random act.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Packers found a way to contain Adrian Peterson, and the offense found it's stride in defeating the Minnesota Vikings 24-10 in their NFC Wild Card game at Lambeau Field Saturday night.

Peterson, the NFL's leading rusher during the regular season, ran 22 times for 99 yards.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers finished the game 23-of-33 for 274 yards and 1 touchdown. DuJuan Harris gained 47 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown, and John Kuhn scored 2 TD's, one rushing and one receiving.

The Vikings played without starting quarterback Christian Ponder, who was ruled out for Saturday's game with a right elbow injury about 90 minutes before kickoff. Backup Joe Webb 11-of-30 for 180 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Minnesota turned the ball over 3 times.

The Packers will now travel to San Francisco and square off with the NFC West Division champion 49ers next Saturday night.

Get a full recap of the Packers win over the Vikings with Mark Daniels and Nick Vitrano on the 5th Quarter, Monday at 5 p.m. exclusively on 97.5/1360 News Talk WTAQ.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ)-A 18-year-old Michigan man is in custody after leading police on a four-county high speed chase. It happened Sunday night. Police say a call for a out-of-control driver came in to Ozaukee County. Cops continued to follow the car through Sheboygan and Manitowoc counties. The car was finally stopped on Interstate 43 north just short of Highway 172 in Brown County. Turns out the car was reported stolen in Illinois.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Police Department is expected to release more information Monday regarding a shooting early Saturday that injured four people.

Police say no one is in custody right now for the shooting that injured two 17-year-olds, a 21-year-old and a 23-year-old. It happened near the corner of Walnut Street and Ashland Avenue.

Some of those shot had multiple gunshot wounds.

Officials say the public is not in danger.

MANITOWOC COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - Fire officials in Manitowoc County are investigating a blaze that killed about 120 head of cattle.

Valders Fire Chief Dan Esser said a dairy barn might have been burning for two hours or more before firefighters were called early Friday.

Up to 15 cows died in the barn. The rest managed to escape – but they had to be euthanized because they suffered smoke inhalation.

The barn had partially collapsed by the time firefighters arrived.

Esser said the flames and strong winds made it hard to get the cattle out. He said he wasn’t sure how stable the barn was – and he did not want to risk injuries to the firefighters. None of them were hurt. Units from four fire departments responded.

CHILTON, WI (WTAQ) - A man who died after being buried underneath straw at an eastern Wisconsin dairy farm was identified Sunday as 47-year-old Wallace Fhlug of Chilton.

Calumet County authorities said Fhlug was apparently moving straw when it collapsed on top of him.

Others at the farm started looking for him when they saw an unmanned tractor which was still running. Fhlug’s body was found Friday afternoon in a barn where the hay was stored.

It was not immediately known how long he had been buried.

CRANDON, WI (WTAQ) - A juvenile male was arrested over the weekend in Forest County for making a video that depicts students being shot outside the Crandon school complex. 

The Forest County Sheriff’s the teenager was arrested after getting information about a threatening video posted on YouTube. A parent contacted the a school board member on Saturday. 

A search warrant was conducted at his residence where they did not find weapons or additional evidence.  School and Sheriff’s officials also searched the Crandon school complex in the video and found no further evidence.  

Superintendent James Asher says the video was shot with an Apple iPhone or iPad outside the school and deemed the video a threat to the safety of students. 

The video depicted a student pretending to shoot a gun.  Then in post production, the video was overlaid with graphics of guns, blood splatter, and sound effects. 

Asher says the video has since been taken down from the YouTube site.

The juvenile male is expected to make a court appearance Monday. 

The Sheriff’s department says their investigation indicates that while the video was made in very poor judgment, there appears to be no indication of danger to students, school personnel or the general public.   

A letter was sent to parents explaining the situation, and that since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, security has been ramped up at schools. 

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Green Bay police say 21 people were arrested and 91 others were ejected from Lambeau Field during Saturday night's Packers-Vikings playoff game.

In an effort to provide a safe gameday experience, Packers officials stopped alcohol sales after halftime. People at the game also saw an increased police presence. 

Still, the Green Bay P.D. say the 21 arrests were a record for the season. That included 12 people from Wisconsin and seven from Minnesota 

Lt. Jody Buth said the 91 ejections is the highest police have ever seen. 

"That number we were somewhat prepared for," said Buth. 

Buth says nearly all offenses were alcohol-related. 

"The ejection side of it looks to be one of those where we took a zero tolerance policy, a pro-active policy, right at the gates and that's where a lot of that may have increased," said Buth. 

Police said its too early to say whether the decision to stop serving alcohol early and toughen up security made a difference, and that includes whether fans drank more heavily before they got into Lambeau. 

"We're going to get together with the Packers organization, and we will look at the numbers, and look at how things went and do some internal auditing," Buth said. 

A Packers spokesperson tells FOX 11 team officials are still reviewing the police reports, so they didn't want to comment yet on Saturday's numbers. 

Police point out those who caused problems at Saturday's game equal about a fraction of one percent of the 70,000-plus fans who attended. 

MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning Packers fans to watch out for ticket scams as the green and gold make their way through the playoffs.

The opportunity for sports fans to be scammed by fake ticket sellers occurs most often when people buy tickets from individuals outside the stadium, on the street or through online auctions, classified ads and bulletin boards, the organization says.

In addition, the BBB cautions fans to be careful if they’re looking for tickets online.

“The Internet has become the arena of choice for sports fans looking to buy or sell tickets,” president and CEO Randall Hoth said in a news release. “Unfortunately, it also has become a breeding ground for scammers looking to take advantage of sports fans.”

The BBB has offered the following tips for fans looking to cheer on the Green and Gold in person:

• Be careful buying tickets from someone on the street.  When you get to the gate and find out your tickets aren’t real, the seller will be long gone. 
• Before buying from an online ticket broker, look for the BBB logo on the website and click on it to make sure it’s real.  The BBB’s dynamic seal will take you directly to the BBB Business Review, where you can view the company's reliability report. 
• Make sure the website has a secure payment processing system, usually denoted by https:// at the start of its website address or URL, or a small closed lock icon at the bottom of the screen. 
• If you buy tickets through an online auction site, choose a seller with a long history of satisfied customers. Scammers can hijack old accounts, so make sure the seller has recently sold other tickets. 
• Ticket buyers also should be wary of sellers who try to lure buyers from a legitimate site to another site for a “private” transaction.  Scammers often want to conduct their business on sites with names that mimic well-known companies but actually are fakes. 
• If you are buying tickets through an online classified ad site, never pay the seller by wire transfer. You will have no way to get your money back if the tickets do not arrive or are counterfeit. Pay by credit card. Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, credit card customers have the right to dispute charges for services not rendered.
• Ask the seller to email you a picture of the tickets, including a receipt or other proof that the tickets are not counterfeit. Scrutinize the picture carefully, looking for any alterations or inaccuracies, and cross-check the seat assignment with the map on the venue’s Web site before you buy. 
• Try to purchase from a local seller that you can meet in person. Meet in a public place and do not go alone. The “seller” could be a scammer who is looking for a victim to rob. He/she knows where you’ll be and that you’re carrying a lot of money, which makes you an easy target. 
• When meeting the seller, ask for some identification, and write it down in case you need it later. 
• Before you do business with a charity or company, check its  BBB Business Review  at  www.bbb.org  or by calling 414-847-6000 (metro Milwaukee), (920)-734-4352 (Appleton), (608)-268-2221 (Madison) or 1-800-273-1002 (elsewhere in Wisconsin). Consumers also can find more information about how to protect themselves from scams by following the Wisconsin BBB on Twitter  and  Facebook .

The Packers play the San Francisco 49ers Saturday night in an NFC Divisional round playoff game.

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin will continue to have one member on the House Agriculture Committee.

Sherwood Republican Reid Ribble was named to the panel right after he was first elected two years ago – and Chairman Frank Lucas recently gave Ribble another two-year term.

Ribble led a successful effort to continue the federal safety net for dairy farmers, as part of the bill passed by Congress last week that averted the fiscal cliff.

The Milk Income Loss Contract program was supposed to be replaced by a new insurance package in the 2012 Farm Bill that never passed.

Ribble said keeping the program in its current form would protect Wisconsin farmers in the event that milk prices drop dramatically and feed costs rise before the next Farm Bill can be approved. He also said it would prevent the so-called “dairy cliff,” in which dairy policy could have reverted back to 1949 levels – and both producer and consumer milk prices could have jumped drastically. 

DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) - A business owner from De Pere has been sentenced to a year-and-a-day in a federal prison, for not paying income taxes to the IRS that she withheld from her employees.

Prosecutors said Lisa Bartz Vanden Elzen failed to give the IRS $193,000 in payroll taxes she withheld – and she failed to pay the employer’s share of those taxes, totaling $81,000.

Officials said the violations occurred between 2005 and 2010.

She and her husband own Dairy Transport Services of De Pere. The 47-year-old Vanden Elzen was ordered to pay $274,000 in restitution to the federal government.

NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) - The son and daughter-in-law of Wisconsin Congressman Reid Ribble are caught in the middle of the Russian adoption controversy.

Jared and Krystal Ribble of Neenah have filed paperwork to adopt 8-year-old Alina, who lives in a Russian orphanage just east of Moscow. But the adoption was held up after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new law which bans Americans from adopting Russian children.

There have been complaints in the past about U.S. parents abusing kids from Russia. And some have reportedly viewed the ban as retaliation against a new U.S. law which demands sanctions against Russians who are known to violate human rights.

The U.S. State Department says Russia has not provided any details on what the ban means for families like the Ribbles, who were in the normally-long adoption process before the ban took effect a week ago.

Krystal Ribble tells the Appleton Post-Crescent, “I feel like (the girl) is on a chessboard,” and the Russians are “using her for their game. She’s just a child.”

The Ribbles are among 70 families with a group called Reece’s Rainbow, to see if they can get their adoptions moving again.

Congressman Reid Ribble, a Republican from Sherwood, said he was extremely proud of his son and daughter-in-law, and the compassion and kindness they’re showing.

OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Oshkosh are searching for the suspect in a pharmacy robbery early Tuesday.

Cops say the man walked into the Walgreens store at West 9th Ave. and South Koeller Street around 2:20 a.m., approached the clerk, demanded money and took off with an undisclosed amount.

The robber was described as a white man in his early 20s, about 6'4" with a thin build. He was wearing a camouflage baseball hat, blue jeans, white tennis shoes and black and white camouflage jacket.

Police have released surveillance photos of the man as well as a red or maroon and silver or tan Chevrolet pickup truck that may have been involved.

Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Dean Artus at (920) 236-5726.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - When the Green Bay Redevelopment Authority Committee meets Tuesday, there are four agenda items that could translate to more residential housing options in the city's downtown.

The items call for either presentation and approval or development discussion and possible action on parcels of land or properties near downtown.

Downtown Green Bay, Inc. executive director Jeff Mirkes says the demand for quality, affordable downtown residential living is vital as young people come to Green Bay for their careers.

City leaders are also asking for the public’s input through an online survey.