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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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MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to rule Thursday in three major cases.
The court is planning to issue its ruling on the collective bargaining changes Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature approved in 2011, despite massive protests that led to a series of recall elections.
Elements of the law have been upheld by the state Supreme Court and two federal courts already.
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MILWAUKEE - Early election voting is underway at city clerks' offices across Wisconsin.
Voters who can't make it to the polls for the primary election next month are able to cast ballots. It's the first election since the Legislature put limits on the process. In-person absentee voting can only be conducted during the two business weeks prior to an election. Voting is to take place from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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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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WOODRUFF - Construction on the intersection of Highway 51 and Highway 47 in Woodruff will be pushed back to 2018. The project was supposed to start in 2017.
That's because DOT supervisors aren't sure how they want to reconstruct the road yet. They're looking at a few different design plans right now.
Project leaders want to make sure they pick the safest option. They also want more community input before they make a decision.
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WOODRUFF - Woodruff police want to know what happened to a person who died after ending up in the water.
The Woodruff Police Department was called to Indian Mounds boat landing about 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Two DNR rangers there had pulled an unconscious male from the lake.
Medical personnel at the scene told officers the victim had died, and the coroner was called.
An autopsy will be performed.
No name will be released until the victim is positively identified.
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