by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
After obtaining Scott Linebrink in a trade with the San Diego Padres last week, the Major League Baseball waiver trade deadline passed this afternoon without another deal. The Milwaukee Brewers had an offer on the table for Texas closer Eric Gagne, who is now...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
The Green Bay Packers have signed former UW-La Crosse basketball standout Joe Werner to a free agent contract today. The 6-6, 252-pound tight end, was a two-time Division III All-American and the 2007 WIAC Player of the Year. He led the Eagles both in scoring...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
A state lawmaker wants to know why Republicans oppose the Senate's universal health care plan, when it would simply expand the same coverage they receive to all of Wisconsin. State Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) says state health insurance coverage for him...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
A not so subtle reminder asks state budget negotiators to protect women's health. The problem, according to Lon Newman with the Wisconsin Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association , is funding cuts contained in the Assembly Republican version of the...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
Having already lost reserve tightend Tory Humphrey for considerable time and maybe the season, the Green Bay Packers learned that their top running back, Vernand Morency, will miss a couple more weeks after injuring his knee on Saturday. Packers officials didn't...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
Tom Glavine attempts to become Major League Baseball's 23rd 300 game winner when the New York Mets open a 3-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. The Brewers have allowed a 6 1/2 game lead after the all-star break, slip all the way to 1/2 game...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
A political science professor from the UW-Oshkosh is taking on Wisconsin's gay marriage ban. Wisconsinites approved a statewide ban on gay marriage last November. Bill McConkey has filed a lawsuit in Dane County to prevent it from being enforced and is also...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
The President of the UW System is urging lawmakers not to compromise on funding higher education. The budget offered by Assembly Republicans includes $120 million in cuts to University of Wisconsin campuses. System President Kevin Reilly says even meeting half way on...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
It might seem convenient at the time, but snuffing out cigarettes in flower pots can be very dangerous. A recent apartment fire in Madison that was started when someone attempted to put out a cigarette in a potted plant highlights the danger of potting soil. Glen Loyd...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 31, 2007
Big Oil gets even more record profits, and one lawmaker says they should not be let off the hook for gas gouging. State Representative Mark Pocan (D-Madison) cites Exxon Mobile Corporation's second-quarter net income of $10.26-billion, which he says is the...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
It's not a scam, per se, but Consumer Protection says it's not good for consumers. It involves companies with door-to-door sales crews selling home alarm systems. Consumer Protection's Glen Loyd says the contracts are 3-4 pages of information that...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Governor Jim Doyle is joining University of Wisconsin Chancellors from across the state in blasting the Assembly Republican budget. During a roundtable hearing at the Capitol on Monday, Governor Doyle met with Chancellors from all UW campuses to discuss the impacts of...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
A lot of state legislators are in a quandary over health care reform, and it's driven by money. That today from Mike McCabe of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, who says politicians are being tugged in both directions by a general public who wants reform and big...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Students from the Weston High School took the stand this morning, to testify against a student accused of murdering his principal. The students talked about their experience on September 29th of last year, when 16-year-old Eric Hainstock allegedly came to school with...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Wisconsin's political class isn't letting budget work get in the way of fundraising, in fact far from it. State Senate Republicans attending a game between the Madison Mallards and La Crosse Loggers, and Lieutenant Governor Barb Lawton at a fundraiser for...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Tommy Thompson claims the crowds at his campaign stops in Iowa are getting bigger and more enthusiastic. With the state's presidential straw poll now less than two weeks away, the former Wisconsin governor and Bush administration Secretary of Health and Human...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Cambridge, Wis. native Matt Kenseth struggled on Sunday at the All-State 400. He started from the 31st position and managed to climb to 10th. Tony Stewart won at the Brickyard for a second time, beating Juan Pablo-Montoya to the finish line. Kenseth...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Is Iraq turning the corner? A member of Wisconsin's congressional delegation who's been a persistent critic of the Bush administration's war there doesn't think so. The White House is attempting to peddle a picture of success in Iraq, thanks to its...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
For the second straight day, the Milwaukee Brewers flew a big lead and fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-5, watching their lead on the Chicago Cubs fall to 1/2 game in the National League Central Division. The Brewers dropped 3 of 4 to the Cardinals and finished 2-6...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 30, 2007
Neither Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy or General Manager Ted Thompson would announce injured tight end Tory Humphrey's status for the season, but it appears he'll be lost for the year. Humphrey suffered a broken bone in his lower left leg on the...
