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MADISON - A federal judge has refused a union's demand to block Wisconsin's right-to-work law.
The law prohibits businesses and unions from reaching agreements that require all workers, not just union members, to pay union dues. Unions have argued the law enables nonunion members to receive free representation.
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MARATHON COUNTY - Highway 29 in Marathon County needed to be shut down for a time after cattle escaped from a trailer following a crash.
It happened at 11:15 p.m. Sunday when a tractor-trailer rolled on Highway 29, at County Y in the Town of Norrie.
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SUGAR CAMP - Fire badly damaged a house in Sugar Camp Monday afternoon. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office got a call of the fire on County Highway A around 1:00 p.m.The garage of the house appeared to be destroyed. Firefighters were still putting out flames on the roof of the house an hour later.
The Sheriff's Office thinks the fire might have started in a wood stove in the garage, where a man was burning garbage.
Police said there were two people in the home at the time of the fire, but they made it out safely. Police haven't said yet what caused the fire or how much damage there was.
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- Tonight on Newswatch 12:
Two people in Sugar Camp safely escaped a house fire that heavily damaged their garage. We'll give you the latest details.
Plus, we'll bring you new information on an attempt by Marathon County officials to keep drivers safe from cows that were let loose from an accident on Highway 29.
We'll bring you the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
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ONEIDA COUNTY - Outdoor sports in the Northwoods draw thousands of people to its lakes, streams, and ponds each year.
This year one of those popular sports seasons will be extended by two weeks.
"Historically inland trout season closed on September 30th, and beginning this year it will be open for another two weeks until October 15th," said DNR Fisheries Biologist John Kubisiak.
The DNR hopes that extra time will give trout fishermen a few more opportunities.
"The main goal was to simplify the number of regulations and number of regulation categories, increase opportunities where we could to try to just make it easier for anglers to get out and fish," said Kubisiak.
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MINOCQUA - Protests over a proposed oil pipeline running through sacred Native American land in the Dakotas could last for a long time.
Lac du Flambeau tribal members and a local church are now gathering donations to bring to the thousands in Standing Rock.
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LAONA - Whipping winds and off-and-on rain couldn't keep 91-year-old Bud Kuhrasch off the golf course Monday.
"Rain or shine, we'd be here," Kuhrasch said with a smile.
Then again, the weather doesn't really bother Kuhrasch. The U.S. Navy veteran helped invade Omaha Beach at Normandy on D-Day in 1944. Monday, he joined two other World War II vets and more than 100 other veterans at Nicolet Country Club's annual outing.
"It's an honor for me to be here with these guys," Kuhrasch said of fellow servicemen Dan Buschatz and Bernie Miller.
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