Kevin Murphy / N.E.W. Media Correspondent

Andrew Dryja, of Suring, was a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conservation warden in Langlade County for 19 years before the DNR fired him in 2018 for three work rule violations, including transporting his children in an agency vehicle.
Dryja contended he was wrongfully terminated and contested his dismissal before the Wisconsin Employee Relations Commission (WERC), in Oconto County Circuit Court and, finally, before the District IV Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, he was hired as a deputy by the Oconto County Sheriff’s Department.