Wisconsin News and Sports
After rebounding from a 3-1 deficit to tie the series at 3-games apiece, the Milwaukee Admirals saw their season come to an end, falling 2-1 to the Chicago Wolves in the 0pening round of the of the American Hockey League playoffs.
The Admirals managed just 16 shots on goal last night.
Milwaukee Bucks guard Carlos Delfino broke out of his shooting slump, hitting six 3-pointers and scoring 22 points to help the Bucks knock off the Atlanta Hawks 111-104 before a sold out crowd at the Bradley Center. The win drew the series even at 2-games apiece.
John Salmons added 22 and Brandon Jennings led the way with 23 points and he said they continue to prove their doubters wrong.
AUDIO: Brandon Jennings on proving doubters wrong :21 [Read more...]
State Ag officials are getting set to renew the search for the Emerald Ash Borer in Wisconsin. In the coming weeks, the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection will begin placing traps across Wisconsin that will help detect where the tree-killing beetle is currently living.
DATCP pest specialist Mick Skwarok says there planning to set nearly 8,700 traps this year, in what may be the biggest effort in the U.S. to track the EAB. He says traps will be set in every county in the state, with the greatest focus on high risk areas near infestations, such as campgrounds and lumber yards. [Read more...]
JB Van Hollen (Photo: JB Campaign)
Van Hollen officially announces his reelection bid for a 2nd term as the state’s top cop.
It had been assumed, but it’s official now. JB Van Hollen is vying for another four years as Wisconsin’s attorney general.
“Even though it was assumed, I think it’s important to make it very clear to people that I have been honored to serve as their attorney general for three plus years and I look forward to hopefully doing so for three plus more years.” [Read more...]
In Southern Milwaukee County, a seemingly routine traffic stop leads Oak Creek police to chase a vehicle into neighboring Racine County, followed by a crash into a building, shots fired, and the driver ending up dead.
Oak Creek police say a resident called in to report a man going door to door selling auto parts, who seemed suspicious. Officers spotted a man’s car a shot time later. The driver took off, leading officers on a chase which ended with his car through the front of a building in Caledonia. The man was shot by an officer whose squad car had ended up in a ditch at the scene. The suspect was declared dead at Wheaton Franciscan Hospital in Racine.
Janet Hoff, WRJN
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