Wisconsin News and Sports
A showdown is looming in Congress over proposed financial sector reforms, and Vice President Joe Biden says those changes are needed to help protect the security of the American people.
Biden and U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner were at the UW-Milwaukee Tuesday, where they addressed business students on the need for reform legislation. [Read more...]
The man convicted of murdering a Rock County family will spend the rest of his life in prison.
51-year-old James Koepp was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to three life sentences without parole for the murders of Danyetta Lentz and her two teenage children, Nicole and Scott. He was convicted in February of first degree intentional homicide for strangling and stabbing the family in January of 2007. [Read more...]
What happens in Wisconsin, on the National Day of Prayer? That depends on who you’re talking to. According to Annie Laurie Gaylor with the Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation, organizers can expect state recognition, despite a recent ruling against the national event by federal judge Barbara Crabb, in a lawsuit filed by Gaylor’s group. “They’re (event organizers) getting Governor Doyle to issue their proclamation word-for-word, that is all about publicizing a federal statute calling that date the National Day of Prayer,” Gaylor said during an interview. “This is what you’d expect in a in a theocracy.” [Read more...]
The Green Bay Packers have signed safety Charlie Peprah and released TE Devin Frishknecht.
Peprah, a fifth-year player, spent three previous seasons (2006-08) in Green Bay and appeared in 37 games for the Packers. he appeared in two games for Atlanta in 2009.
Frischknecht spent the 2009 season on injured reserve after signing with the Packers as a non-drafted free agent last summer.
Outside linebacker Jeremy Thompson has been released by the Green Bay Packers. Thompson is headed for retirement from football after sustaining a neck injury late last season.
Thompson was a 4th round pick of the Packers in 2008. He was hospitalized after injuring his neck in a collision during a practice in December. Thompson was unable to play for the remainder of the season.
Without Thompson, Brad Jones and Brady Poppinga are expected to compete for the starters job at outside linebacker, opposite Clay Matthews.
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