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RHINELANDER - The DNR wants your input regarding a proposed area ATV trail.
A public open house will be held August 19th at the Northwoods Community Elementary School in Harshaw.
People will have the chance to talk about the proposed trail for a portion of the Woodboro Lakes Wildlife Area.
The Nokomis ATV Club has asked for an ATV trail to be added across the southeast portion of the wildlife area.
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MADISON - Some Wisconsin school districts worry about Governor Scott Walker's recent move away from Common Core educational standards.
Walker has asked the Wisconsin Legislature to pass a bill in January to repeal Common Core.
He wants to replace it with standards set by the public.
Common Core is the set of curriculum standards that specify what is taught in grade-school classrooms throughout the state.
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EAGLE RIVER - Vilas County Judge Neal Nielsen sometimes feels rushed while in the courtroom.
The large number of cases he needs to hear requires the court calendar to keep moving.
That number of cases has steadily increased over the last several years.
That's why Nielsen is pushing for a second judge in Vilas County.
"Judge need" is measured by a statistic called weighted case load.
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RHINELANDER - The former Rhinelander High School teacher convicted of having and making THC and stealing from the school district faces another charge for stealing.
Joshua Juergens is charged with a felony for stealing from Ministry St. Mary's in Rhinelander.
According to the criminal complaint, Juergens went to urgent care because his back hurt. Juergen's girlfriend said that he was given painkillers at the hospital. She was in the exam room for part of the exam. Juergens was walking around touching the medical equipment. She told him to stop. After that Juergens told her he had questions for the nurse and told her to leave.
His girlfriend drove him home about a half hour later. When they both got home she said she saw the patient monitor and thermometer in a St. Mary's bag. That's when she brought the equipment back.
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TOMAHAWK - You could learn more about a proposed Northwoods homeless shelter this weekend.
Volunteers in Lincoln County are working on the county's first homeless shelter. Three Rivers United Temporary Housing, or TRUTH, leased the house next to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tomahawk.
They will be hosting an open house this Saturday from 4-6 P.M.
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LINCOLN COUNTY - Wisconsin State Patrol shut down Highway 51 South near Irma Tuesday afternoon.
An SUV hit a semi around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. No one was seriously hurt.
Traffic going south was rerouted while traffic going north was fine.
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THREE LAKES - A Northwoods store offering a little bit of everything calls its first summer in business a success so far.
Three Lakes Mercantile and General Store opened up earlier this summer.
Every inch of the store is covered with something.
The store manager says that it's a "one stop shop" for anything you need.
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