VIDEO: A local fire captain was honored at a technology council luncheon at UW-Stout, Tuesday. Jeff Dykes, owner and founder of Northern Star Fire, won the 2017 Governor's Business Plan contest with an eight-directional electronic compass. Firefighters place the compass inside their breathing apparatus to help find their way inside burning structures. Meyer said, "What better hands-on learning is there to really extend the walls of the campus to business and industry and to our inventors and entrepreneurs that are developing businesses and help them with their quest."