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ACROSS WISCONSIN - A new survey released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shows fewer high school students are smoking, drinking and having sex.
The 2013 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey is taken every two years. It anonymously surveys more than 2800 students from more than 50 public school districts around Wisconsin.
The survey shows 12 percent of high school students had smoked a cigarette on one or more days in the past 30 days of the survey. That’s down from 32 percent in 1993.
Katie Kennedy, Options Counseling Services Clinician, works with teenagers that suffer from alcohol and other drug addictions. She believes intervention programs have helped lead to declines.
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RHINELANDER - A Northwoods team broke their own state record last month by winning a 17th state title.
A pair of state legislators honored them Friday.
Republican State Representative Rob Swearingen and Republican State Senator Tom Tiffany honored the Rhinelander Mock Trial Team at the Oneida County courthouse today.
"It's on behalf of myself and Senator Tom Tiffany from the 12th senate district," said Republican State Representative, Rob Swearingen.
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RHINELANDER - You could find a decent amount of businesses closed early Friday.
That's because many of the owners and employees were in church.
People filled the pews at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rhinelander on Good Friday.
People honored the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
"His death which looks really bad for us is really good because it's in our place," said Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor, Richard Krahn.
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EDGAR - Fire did $1.5 million dollars in damage at a Marathon County Highway Department garage overnight.
Someone driving by shortly before three this morning saw smoke coming from the building along State Highway 97 near Edgar.
One of the garages was on fire at the Marathon County Highway Department's location in the town of Wien.
Firefighters from Edgar and Stratford rushed to the scene.
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MADISON - A federal appeals court has upheld Republican Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions.
The restrictions stripped most public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights. Two unions representing city of Madison and Dane County public workers filed a lawsuit in 2011 alleging the law violated their right to freely assembly and equal protection.
U.S. District Judge William Conley found the restrictions constitutional in September. A three-judge appeals panel affirmed Conley's ruling Friday, saying the U.S. Constitution doesn't require the state to maintain policies that allow certain associations to thrive.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen calls the ruling ``a victory for the law and for Wisconsin taxpayers.''
An attorney for the unions tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he needs to talk to his clients before deciding whether to appeal.
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TOMAHAWK - A man in a wheelchair couldn't make it out of a burning Tomahawk home Thursday.
The fire killed 70-year-old Kenneth Pietila.
A snow plow driver saw smoke coming out of the windows of the home on East Pine Shore Lane just after 1 p.m.
Tomahawk firefighters found an active fire spreading throughout the home.
Pietila, in his wheelchair, couldn't be saved.
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MERRILL - Workers at the T.B. Scott Free Library in Merrill want people to use the library for more than just books.
They're offering the newest in technology and design to visitors.
The library just got a 3D printer for everyone to use.
3D printers are most often found at places like manufacturing plants and tech colleges.
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