by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
Georgia Thompson is one step closer to getting her legal fees paid for. Just a day after the Joint Committee on Finance approved a compensation package for the vindicated state worker, the Senate voted to approve the measure. Thompson was convicted in 2006 of steering...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
A Dane County babysitter convicted of reckless homicide in the death of an infant will get a new trial. The state Appeals Court ordered a new trial today for Audrey Edmunds of Waunakee, who was convicted in the death of a baby in her care. Edmunds is serving an 18...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
Governor Jim Doyle is promoting his small business insurance initiative. Announced in his State of the State address, BadgerChoice is the Doyle administration's attempt to fix a big problem — the large number of small business employees who have no health...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
The American Cancer Society is still willing to talk, on the future of a smoking ban in Wisconsin. State Sen. Roger Breske (D-Eland) appeared to pound the final nail in the coffin during remarks at the Capitol on Wednesday . Allison Prange with the American Cancer...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
A southeast Wisconsin rail project is part of an economic stimulus package from state Senate Democrats. It's called KRM — commuter rail connecting Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee, and Racine. “We believe that rental care fee is the way to fund...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
Milwaukee Bucks rookie forward Yi Jianlian, the 6th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, leads a list of 18 players selected to play in the 2008 Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam on Friday, Feb. 15 in New Orleans. Yi will be one of nine athletes representing the Rookie...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss said he was initially interested in playing with QB Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers but became less thrilled about such a move with the type of financial package the Packers were offering. Speaking at the Super Bowl...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
The Milwaukee Bucks wrapped up their quick 2-game trip out East with one of their worst performances of the season, a 1169 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers shot 54% from the field, while the Bucks hit just 38%. Milwaukee didn't surpass the...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy is the 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year. In 2007, McCarthy took a Green Bay team that finished 8-8 the previous season, to a 13-3 record, securing the number two seed in the NFC and tying the Packers franchise record for...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
FedEx and the NFL named Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre the 2007 FEDEX AIR NFL PLAYER OF THE YEAR at a press conference in Arizona, site of Super Bowl XLII. With the award, FedEx will donate $25,000 to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in the name of...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
Wisconsin's Attorney General is calling for a statewide system that would alert businesses about criminal activity in their area. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen wants lawmakers to approve the creation of a Wisconsin Crime Alert Network. The network would share...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
A state lawmaker wants more Wisconsin students learning foreign languages. State Representative Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) is introducing legislation to provide grants for school districts to teach world languages in grade one to six. Hebl says the bill is intended to...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2008
One state lawmaker talks about the importance of the average person in the political process. Democratic Senator Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) ( pronounce ) addresses a group of farmers in the capitol city, but could easily be talking to just about anyone. "When I...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
State Senate Democrats unveiled an economic stimulus package at the Capitol on Wednesday. The plan, Wisconsin Invests Now, includes $50 million more for road construction, $5 million in tech college retraining grants, expansion of the Technology Zone tax credit...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
A fake cop is being sought in Racine County for improperly touching a Kenosha woman during a phoney traffic stop. The 21-year-old victim said she pulled over because of a red light on the dashboard of what she though was an unmarked police vehicle. The man who...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
Firefighters battled flames — and sub-zero temperastures — following a mobile home explosion near New London. The homeowner, 43 year-old Laurie Bellile, was listed in critical condition with burns, at Theda Clarke Regional Medical in Neenah. Firefighters...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
Speed and alcohol are blamed in a recent rash of fatal snowmobile accidents. Department of Natural Resources Chief Warden Randy Stark says those were the common elements in the recent deaths of five snowmobilers in four days . When the night time speed limit of 55...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
Governor Jim Doyle says time is of the essence in repairing the state budget. Doyle says a lot depends on just how significant the budget shortfall is going to be, but he expects it to be large enough to require prompt action. Revenue projections indicate a shortfall...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
Members of the agriculture community are in the capitol city to meet their representatives and talk about farming. Farmers from across the state gather at the Monona Terrace in Madison for Ag Day at the Capitol. Bill Bruins, President of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2008
University of Wisconsin right winger Patrick Johnson, who helped his team to three of four points in a conference series agaisnt two-time defending WCHA champion Minnesota last weekend, has been named the WCHA's Rookie of the Week for Jan. 29-Feb. 4. The Badger...
