by WRN Contributor | Sep 25, 2007
The twenty-eight-hundred striking workers at the GM plant in Janesville are hoping for the best and planning for the worst. Anita Ahrens is a seven year veteran of GM. Her husband, Ron, has been on the GM-Janesville line for twenty-one years and has been through one...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
State budget negotiations got underway this morning at the Governor's mansion. Legislative leaders and Governor Jim Doyle say they're optimistic about the budget talks leading to a compromise. During a morning press conference at the Executive Residence, the...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost blamed the umpires for the team's 7-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. With two close calls going against the Brewers, the Atlanta Braves put four runs on the board in the 7th, coming from 4-1 down to win it. That...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
The United Auto Workers Union called a strike for ten this morning. The three-thousand UAW workers at the Janesville GM plant are now shut out and walking the picket line. Reporter Steve Benton reports from outside the Janesville plant where the mood is quiet but...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
Brett Favre threw three touchdown passes for the second straight game, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 31-24 win over the San Diego Chargers at Lambeau Field. The win pushed the Packers to a perfect 3-0 to start the season. Favre's three touchdown...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
Universal health care may not be on the budget negotiation table anymore but it hasn't died yet. Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) is the chief architect and promoter of Healthy Wisconsin. He says it will be re-introduced in the senate in a week or two as a...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
Families in Waukesha County will participate in a national study of childrens' health. Dr. Christine Cronk is with the Medical College of Wisconsin , and will oversee Waukesha County's participation in the study. "Nothing like this has ever been done...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2007
The number of motorcycles and mopeds on Wisconsin roadways is on the rise…and so is the number of people being killed in accidents involving those vehicles. The Division of Motor Vehicles is reporting a 20 percent increase in state motorcycle registrations and a...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
San Diego scored the only touchdown of the 3rd quarter, a 21 yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers to Ladanian Tomlinson. The Chargers lead the Packers 21-17 at the end of three quarters.
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
The San Diego Chargers moved back in front of the Green Bay Packers with Philip Rivers 21 yard touchdown pass to Ladian Tomlinson. With the conversion, the Charges moved in front 21 to 17. Tomlinson had been held to 23 yards rushing in the first half, but found...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
Philip Rivers connected with Craig Davis on a 9 yard touchdown pass to draw the Chargers to within 3 points of the Green Bay Packers at halftime. Rivers is a perfect 16 for 16 for the game for 159 yards. The Chargers touchdown drive covered 80 yards on 9 plays and...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
Brett Favre hit Bubba Franks from 5 yards out to give the Green Bay Packers a 17-7 lead on the San Diego Chargers with 2:48 to play in the first half at Lambeau Field. For Favre, it's his 419th, leaving him 1 shy of tying Dan Marino's all-time record 420....
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
TE Antonio Gates returns to Chargers lineup in second quarter. Gates with a 2-yard reception in 2nd quarter. Packers still lead 10-7.
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
After forcing a San Diego punt, Brett Favre marched down the field and the Packers scored on Favre's 5 yard touchdown pass to Donald Driver. It's the 418th touchdown pass of Favre's career, leaving him two shy of tying Dan...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2007
The San Diego Chargers struck first in their game with the Packers at Lambeau Field as quarterback Philip Rivers found wide reciever Vincent Jackson for 27 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown. The Packers answere back on their next possession, setting...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 22, 2007
Seven communities in the Western District of Wisconsin are getting federal grants to fight gang and gun violence. The US Attorney's office is handing out the grants worth a quarter of a million dollars to law enforcement agencies from Rock County to Superior....
by WRN Contributor | Sep 21, 2007
Wisconsin marks POW-MIA Recognition Day, and one prisoner of war recalls his experience. More than 63 years later, Cliff Syverud of Madison still gets emotional when he talks about his experience as a prisoner of WWII. Syverud was shot down over Germany in 1944. He...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 21, 2007
The Governor is thanking lawmakers for showing their willingness to move forward with budget negotiations. Governor Jim Doyle on Friday thanked Senate Democrats for offering to remove Healthy Wisconsin from the budget. His comments come after Democrats on the...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 21, 2007
Compromise on a state budget may finally be on the horizon. Democrats have taken their Healthy Wisconsin plan off the table, but Republicans like state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald don't like the rest of the offer, which includes items such as taxes on hospitals and...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 21, 2007
The Green Bay Packers added a name to their already oversized injury report. Rookie wide receiver James Jones suffered a hamstring pull and left practice early for treatment. With 15 players already on the injury report, coach Mike McCarthy didn't...
