by WRN Contributor | Dec 21, 2007
Green Bay Packers safety Atari Bigby is the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on December 13-17. Bigby made four tackles and two interceptions in the Packers' 33-14 win over the St. Louis Rams.
by WRN Contributor | Dec 21, 2007
Former Boston Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler is coming out of retirement. He's agreed to a 1-year, $800,000 deal with the Milwaukee Brewers . The 32 year old Kapler spent the 2007 season as the manager of the Greenville Drive, the Class-A affiliate of the...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 21, 2007
Wisconsin football fans would get another season of Travis Beckum. The 2007 first-team All-American said Thursday that he has decided to return to the Badgers for his senior season. Beckum has 73 receptions for a nation-leading (among tight ends) 960...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 21, 2007
The UW-Green Bay women's basketball team (6-3) rolled to a 40-15 halftime lead and went on to beat Arizona 40-15 at the Kress Center on the UW-Green Bay campus. Green Bay juniors Rachel Porath and Kati Harty both set career highs in scoring in the win. ...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 20, 2007
A bill to take politics out of the DNR is advancing in the Legislature. The Assembly Natural Resources Committee has approved a measure taking away the Governor's authority to appoint the head of the agency. Instead, the secretary would be named by a committee of...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 20, 2007
Interests on both sides of the debate on why the Big Ten and NFL networks aren't on several cable TV networks comes to the Capitol. Representative from networks, the NFL, UW-Madison, and the cable industry were on hand for a legislative hearing at the Capitol...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 20, 2007
Former Brewers outfielder Geoff Jenkins is reportedly headed for Philadelphia and will get a 2-year deal worth around $13-million. ESPN.com is reporting the deal today and say the agreement includes a third year option that could bring the total to $20-million....
by WRN Contributor | Dec 20, 2007
A US Representative from Wisconsin helps to stop the military from reneging on bonuses given to soldiers. Men and women who enlist in the military are denied their bonuses if they are unable to fulfill their military obligations. But, when GIs are injured...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is hoping a plea deal can be worked out to avoid another trial for former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen. The move comes after Jensen's the three felony convictions for illegal campaign activity were overturned by the state Appeals...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
President Bush has signed a law today increasing fuel efficiency standards. However, a state legislator wants Wisconsin to go a step further. The new federal law requires cars and light trucks to get an average of 35 miles a gallon by 2020. State Representative...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
A proposal at the Capitol would require corporations to tell the public what taxes they're paying, along with which one's they're not. The Corporate Tax Accountability Act would require businesses to disclose their state tax liability, along with any...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
A sewer line trench collapse at a retail development project in the Kenosha County town of Somers claims the life of a private contract worker. Fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to initial reports of a man in his mid-40s stuck in about a 10-foot trench, but...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
A state lawmaker wants to make sure 17-year-olds are treated by the courts as juveniles, if they commit a non-violent crime. State Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) says 17-year-olds who break the law should not be treated as adults. He's introducing...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
A proposal at the Capitol would make it harder for thieves to sell stolen metal for scrap. Prices for scrap metal have seen large increases over the last six months, and that's lead to some easy targets for thieves. Beer kegs, grave markers, and copper wiring has...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 19, 2007
Wisconsin's Second-in-Charge is calling on the legislature to act on 'mental health parity'. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton is urging all 132 lawmakers to support bipartisan legislation (LRB-1049/5) that would ensure equality in healthcare insurance...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 18, 2007
President Bush is expected to sign a new energy bill. The House of Representatives Tuesday approved an energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks for the first time since 1975, boost production of ethanol and cut energy use in light bulbs and...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 18, 2007
New Jersey has joined Wisconsin and twelve other states in ending capital punishment. Sachin Chheda is Executive Director of the Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty . "This is really a watershed moment, because New Jersey is the first state in many...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 18, 2007
Call one presidential candidate the six million dollar man. UW Stevens Point political scientist Ed Miller says there's no doubt that a little known Republican congressman from Texas is creating an enormous buzz, among people who've been willing to...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 18, 2007
Governor Jim Doyle has high praise for the generosity of John and Tashia Morgridge: $175 million to support a Fund for Wisconsin Scholars , and provide need-based financial aid for thousands of students. Still, Doyle wants to make sure the Legislature doesn't get...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 18, 2007
The death of an elderly New London man, James Park, has police hunting for a suspect, and chief Kevin Wilkinson says an arrest is inevitable. "You are being hunted. You will be found," Wilkinson said during a press conference called to discuss the case. The...
