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MADISON - After protests, recall elections and lawsuits, a state supreme court decision came down Thursday morning on the law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers.
The court has upheld the 2011 law in a split decision.
The court ruled 5-2 Thursday morning that the law is valid.
The decision came in a challenge filed by the Madison teachers union and a union representing Milwaukee public workers.
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CONOVER - We now know the man pulled from the water of a Vilas County lake Wednesday died.
The Sheriff's Department says the man was in Upper Buckatabon Lake in Conover.
They now say the man collapsed over the side of his boat before being rescued from the water.
The first call to the sheriff's department yesterday afternoon said it appeared the man was hit by his own boat.
The man was pulled from the water and C-P-R was immediately performed.
He was flown to Wausau Aspirus Hospital.
The man's name has not been released at this time.
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MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning voters can be required to show photo identification at the polls.
But that law remains blocked by a federal court decision.
The law was struck down in April by a federal judge in Milwaukee.
His ruling is under appeal.
A federal appeals court would have act for the voter I-D law to take effect.
Four lawsuits have been filed over the law passed in 2011.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued rulings in two cases on the question Thursday morning, concluding in both that the law was constitutional.
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CRANDON - The case against an 18-year-old Laona man will go ahead after a Forest County judge found enough evidence to move forward Wednesday.
Austin Ginter, 18, faces reckless homicide charges in Forest County after a car crash killed 15-year-old Chance Harcus. Another 16-year-old girl was also injured in the July 13th car crash on Old 8 Road west of Crandon.
New information from a preliminary hearing Wednesday shows that Ginter only had his driver's license for two weeks before the crash.
Wisconsin State Patrolman Justin Bender testified for the prosecution. He was the officer that reconstructed the car crash. He says the car was going at least 114 miles per hour when the driver lost control, but could have been going as fast as 126 miles per hour.
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CRANDON - Prosecutors in Forest County accuse a group of four people of throwing rocks off of a bridge and damaging a car. Victims Wednesday described the sound like a bomb going off.
19-year-old Thomas Hines is one of four people facing charges for throwing rocks off of a Forest County bridge just after 3 a.m. June 3, 2014. The other three facing charges include 18 year-old Mariya Tuckwab, 20 year-old Ryan Kitchmaster, and 21-year-old Dillon Votis.
All four face multiple felony charges for recklessly endangering safety and criminal damage to property.
Prosecutors say those rocks hurt a woman inside of the car.
Hines was in court Wednesday for his preliminary hearing.
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TOMAHAWK - An ATV crash sent a Tomahawk man to the hospital last night.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's department tells us 49 year old Michael Van Strydonk was hurt around 11 last night just outside of Tomahawk.
His ATV had been going south on Cloverbelt road.
It rolled over as Van Strydonk approached the intersection with County D.
He was conscious and talking right after the crash, but was unresponsive by the time emergency personnel arrived.
Van Strydonk was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Marshfield, where he was in stable condition Thursday morning.
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ONEIDA COUNTY - Oneida County could get a county administrator in the future. The county is reaching out to other counties with an administrator for input.
The board wants to know how the change might help the county. They'll take input into consideration during an August meeting.
The idea stemmed from a former supervisor in March.
Committee members talked to counties, including Marathon, who already have county administrators.
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