Wisconsin News and Sports
More than 4,000 youth soccer players are ready for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships in the Fox Valley.
The tournament consists of 214 total teams, comprised of boys and girls ages 13 through 19. Region II Chairman Bob Hart said this is a tournament of champions. [Read more...]
The federal government has filed a lawsuit against New Berlin, claiming the city was racially motivated in rejecting a low-income housing project.
The 13-page complaint filed in federal court accuses New Berlin of violating the Fair Housing Act last year. It also alleges officials went as far a changing the city’s 10-year comprehensive plan to stop approval of a 180-unit housing complex, aimed at serving residents making 60 percent or less of the area’s average income.
The lawsuit claims the actions of city officials were the due to concerns the development would lead to an increased minority presence and more crime.
According to the complaint, the mayor and his family were subjected to threats and insults during the controversy.
The developer has filed its own lawsuit against the city, seeking $13 million in damages.
Breaking with a long standing tradition of signing the state budget in Madison, Governor Scott Walker has decided to move the event to Green Bay this weekend with plans to sign the $66 billion billion.
The Governor will hold the signing ceremony Sunday afternoon at Badger Sheet Metal Works in Green Bay. Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch says the location was chosen because the city and that business reflect Walker’s goals for the budget of getting Wisconsin back to work. [Read more...]
After his Milwaukee Brewers dropped their second interleague series this season, skipper Ron Roenicke said the interleague schedule setup is not fair.
The Brewers lost the rubber match of their series with Tampa Bay 6-3 on Wednesday and Roenicke took advantage of a post game press conference question to let his feelings on the issue show.
AUDIO: Ron Roenicke says interleague scheduling isn’t fair :19
The Brewers have already played Tampa Bay and Boston from the American League East, two of the top three teams in that division. They’ll face the other top team from the East next week when they go to New York. That series with the Yankees will be sandwiched by a pair of 3-game series with the Minnesota Twins, in Milwaukee this weekend and at Minnesota next weekend. The Twins have won 8 of their last 9 games.
In contrast, the St. Louis Cardinals won’t have to play the Red Sox or the Yankees at all this season. The defending NL Central champion Cincinnati Reds face the Yankees at home but don’t have a meeting scheduled against the Red Sox.
According to Mark Miller at the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook, the WIAA Board of Control, at its summer meeting today, has put an end to the Super Tuesday Sectional game that was implemented for Division 1 in both Boys and Girls competition last season.
Division 1 teams last year were forced to get down to four teams on Tuesday, just 2-days before the start of the WIAA Tournament in Madison. It brought about considerable debate at the time and it was hard to find anyone besides the WIAA that thought it was a good idea.
More details coming!
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