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MERRILL - In January 2009 a judge convicted and sentenced Derek Domke to life in prision for the murder of Rochelle Anderson.
Police found Anderson stabbed to death in 2008 behind the Zephyr Gas Station in Tomahawk.
This past November Domke filed a motion requesting he be resentenced.
Tuesday a Lincoln County judge decided Domke's fate.
The decision filed yesterday with the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts, denies Derek Domke of a new trial and resentencing.
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RHINELANDER - A Northwoods company lays off 16 employees this week.
Marko Modic is the Human Resources manager for Doctors Foster and Smith in Rhinelander.
Modic says the 16 people were in various levels of management and the layoffs are because of the economy.
He says in his 15 years at the company, they've never had a layoff of this size.
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MERRILL - The city of Merrill is looking to its citizens to help expand.
The Why Merrill? marketing plan takes positive hometown stories and prints an impression for others to see.
Tony Chladek celebrates his fourth year in the "City of Parks" this April, he says, "I'm the First City Administrator of Merrill, they created the position, and I'm enjoying every minute of it."
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TOWN OF RUSSELL - Officials respond to a house fire Tuesday evening in the Town of Russell.
The homeowner called reporting that the attached garage of their home on Basel Lane in the Town of Russell in Lincoln County was fully engulfed.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says the fire spread to the home.
Two family members were home at the time of the fire and everyone, including some pets, got out safely.
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- Wisconsin is offering free help to low income taxpayers filing this year's returns, but some local people have hit a snag.
We told you about this story Tuesday.
There are more than 200 free tax-help sites across the state for low-income filers, as well as senior citizens, people with disabilities and those who don't speak English.
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MADISON - No-call violations again led the state's list of top 10 consumer violations last year.
State consumer protection officials say they received 2,187 complaints about no-call violations in 2009.
No-call violations have led the top 10 complaint list every year since 2003, when a state law creating a no-call list went into effect.
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