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A Rhinelander man has died after a motorcycle-truck accident Thursday afternoon east of the city.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Department reports 26-year-old Charles S. Eye died from injuries sustained in the crash.

Eye was taken by helicopter to an area hospital after the crash in the town of Pelican.

The Sheriff's office reports they were called shortly after 3:30 p.m. about a crash on county highway "P".

Eye was initially taken to Ascension-St. Mary's Hospital then flown to another hospital.

Most of us travel with our phones and laptops, but an increasing number of individuals returning to the United States are finding that border patrol agents want access to those devices, without a search warrant.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday.

Establishing security at the Vilas County courthouse will cost an estimated $150,000 the first year and will include contracting with a private security firm for public entry weapons screening as well as video surveillance of the courthouse campus, both designed to keep the public safe while visiting and staff safe while working.

A Northwoods Republican says overall he's pleased with the Assembly-passed $76 billion state budget bill, saying it has good news for the north.

Republican Rob Swearingen of Rhinelander says he thinks the Northwoods got some money for key areas...

"one of the things I'm most happy about is the amount of money we're putting back into education, over $600 million dollars. High cost transportation aid is in that budget. I'm also excited there's additional money for FAB LABS as well as additional $14 million for broadband in this budget...."

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MILWAUKEE - Now in its 16th year, the annual Fighting Bob Fest will hold events in three locations. There will be a kickoff event tonight in Madison, and then half-day gatherings in Milwaukee and La Crosse. Traditionally, the Fest - which has been called America's largest gathering of grassroots progressives - had been held in Baraboo.

The challenge to a sentence for the double murder conviction of Ashlee Martinson has been denied in Oneida County court.

The 19-year-old Martinson was given a 23-year prison sentence for killing Jennifer and Thomas Ayers, her mother and stepfather, at their family home in rural Oneida County two years ago.