MADISON - Should people have to show ID when they vote?
Wisconsin has been in a two-year legal deadlock over that question.
On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court heard arguments in what could be the final legal fight over that question.
"The right to vote is a fundamental right, in fact, the most fundamental right. It is what drives our democracy," argued plaintiff attorney Lester Pines.
"This case," said Assistant Attorney General Clayton Patrick Kawski, "is not about whether the voter ID law is good public policy. It is instead about whether the legislatute had the authority to enact such a law."
The League of Women Voters brought the lawsuit against the state.
They argued requiring ID takes away a fundamental voting right guaranteed in the state constitution.
Representatives from the League's Northwoods chapter were watching the arguments in court on Tuesday.
"Anything that nibbles away at that right to vote - the League of Women Voters has been fighting for 93 years to make sure people have that right to vote," League of Women Voters of the Northwoods Spokesperson Jane Trotter.
A public release of the Supreme Court's decision could be months away.
CONOVER - Vilas County could see more ATVs on the road.
Complaints about the popular sport decreased within the last year as safety precautions increased.
"It's just a good way to get together and have a good time with a lot of comradery," said President of the Landover ATV/UTV Club Roger Flaherty.
Flaherty started the Landover ATV club in 2001 with him and his grandson as the first members.
Now the club has over 300 members.
His grandson is the trail boss and is responsible for making sure riders stay safe, by putting up road and route signs. Keeping riders safe was an important part of the clubs growth.
"Well it makes me feel really good it's an accomplishment.
I was told many times it would never happen and I heard "no" so [many times] I didn't think there was any alternative word," said Flaherty.
MILWAUKEE - Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence is meeting with campaign volunteers in Wisconsin, including Gov. Scott Walker's son.
Pence stopped by a Republican campaign headquarters outside of Madison Tuesday after spending the afternoon with Walker preparing for his debate next week with Democrat Tim Kaine.
RHINELANDER - Firefighters never know exactly what to expect from a house fire, but they do know the safety of people and animals come first.
On Monday, local firefighters rescued Emmy, a house cat, from her home in Sugar Camp.
"We actually have a pet rescue kit, it's an oxygen mask that we can put over their snout, their nose and mouth, and we can apply oxygen to them that way," said Pine Lake firefighter Blake Jensen.
The rescue kit worked, and Emmy regained her energy and gave her rescuers hope.
The Boulder Junction Town Board voted two to one Tuesday night to move forward with a town plaza plan. The plan will now go to a design phase.
The board estimated the cost of the design phase to be between $30,000 to $50,000, but it was dropped to about $25,000 at the meeting.
Town Chairman Dennis Reuss and Town Supervisor Dennis Duke voted in favor, with Town Supervisor Denny McGann voting against the plan.
A little more than $1 million may not seem like a lot of money to a city like Madison or Milwaukee. But for a town of fewer than one thousand people, it's a lot. The Boulder Junction Town Board could vote Tuesday whether or not to move onto the next phase of a $1.26 million town plaza project.
Dennis Duke has a vision of what Boulder Junction could look like in a few years.
"This one has a much more artistic flair, this has a more engineering flair if you will," said Duke while looking at potential design plans.
MANITOWOC - The U.S. Coast Guard says the body of a missing sailor may have been found on a beach in Manitowoc County.
The body was found Tuesday near private property near the town of Clover, south of Manitowoc. A medical examiner is at the beach, which is blocked off.
THREE LAKES - The DNR hopes it won't find more Northwoods deer with chronic wasting disease.
Last year, a deer on a game farm near Three Lakes tested positive for the deadly disease. Although it hopes that incident is isolated, the DNR wants more data on the health of the Northwoods deer herd.
The agency is urging hunters near Three Lakes to give their deer heads to the DNR for CWD testing.
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