Found from the Janesville Gazette Comments that follow their stories

You gotta admire their convictions - the Lake District said all along that if the WI Supreme Court would take their case, it would be the proper venue to receive a fair hearing.
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And for the constituents to stick with their Board as long as they have, that says a lot about their elections and what they expect from their reps.
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Having lost their case at every level, from Circuit Court to the Appeals Court, I expected some of those ole stingy river rats to vote against more legal fees, but the Lake District's leadership must be really effective to get residents to be patient.
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This is a very big precedent for the WDNR to have lost - not only are they wishing they would have found a way to preserve their Appeals Court victory, but they must be sweating the potential for a landslide of lawsuits that are now fair game by the many many other lake districts in WI.
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The governor too must be asking if he has the right person running DNR to have let this get away from them - unless, of course, if they wanted this decision as well.