RHINELANDER, WI (AP)-- An outbreak of illnesses is prompting a northern Wisconsin elementary school to call off classes.
Pelican Elementary School in Rhinelander will be closed Friday because of a variety of illnesses among students and staff. The school district says the two main illnesses are gastrointestinal and upper respiratory with fever.
The Oneida County Health Department says about 30 percent of the school's 295 students are sick. That percentage does not include a number of staff members who also are ill.
The school will reopen on Monday.