by WRN Contributor | Jul 29, 2009
Two men described as "persons of interest" are sought by Kenosha police, for the murder of 18 year-old Robby Wilde during a robbery at Shirl's Drive-In Sunday evening, a crime the city's police chief calls "an assualt on the community."...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 29, 2009
An airliner that's larger than any other in the world is on display at EAA AirVenture. The Airbus A380 landed at the airport yesterday afternoon, and EAA spokesman Dick Knapinsky says the plane is every bit as big as you could imagine, and more. He says people...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 29, 2009
A central Wisconsin hunter believes the number of wolves in the central forest region is greatly underestimated. Jason Tibbett was out training bear-hunting dogs just east of Fairchild Sunday. The dogs were performing magnificently, having bayed a bear in less than 10...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
The Milwaukee Bucks have signed their top draft pick, Brandon Jennings to a multi-year contract. Jennings was the 10th overall selection in the 2009 NBA Draft. Jennings played in the 2009 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas with the Bucks. He led the entire...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
After months of speculation on Brett Favre's future, the former Packers and Jets quarterback has decided to remain retired from the NFL, instead of taking the starting quarterback job in Minnesota with the Vikings. Favre told ESPN's Ed Werder said the...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
Wisconsin ranks number 10 nationally in a new state-by-state study on the well-being of America's children. The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation reveals that since 2000, Wisconsin improved on six of the 10 measures affecting...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
Legislation aimed at taking the politics out of the Department of Natural Resources receive a hearing at the Capitol Tuesday. State Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison) says the bill would restore a system for naming the DNR secretary that was in place until 1995,...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
A state lawmaker is hoping the legislature will ban sending text messages while behind the wheel. Recent news that the federal government suppressed a study showing the hazards of cell phoning and driving has state Senator Alan Lasee more optimistic over his...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
September 1st is the deadline and the UW-La Crosse baseball team is still more than $18,000 shy of the $50,000 it needs to raise to keep the program afloat for another year. The baseball and tennis programs at the school were eliminated in light of the...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
The Weston mother convicted in the prayer death of her 11-year-old daughter last spring testified that she and her husband did not take the girl to a doctor because it would have shown “complete disobedience” to their faith in God. Leilani Neumann...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
Another area of Wisconsin can now claim a case of the Emerald Ash Borer. A suspicious beetle found in a survey trap in Green Bay last week has been confirmed as the EAB. Brown County is the fifth county to have a confirmed case. The others are just to south on the...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
People at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh are the first people in the world to get a close-up look an aircraft that might help send ships into space. Will Whitehorn is the president of Virgin Galactic, which developed the WhiteKnightTwo. He says the craft looks like two...
by Bill Scott | Jul 28, 2009
After months of speculation on Brett Favre’s future, the former Packers and Jets quarterback has decided to remain retired from the NFL, instead of taking the starting quarterback job in Minnesota with the Vikings. Favre told ESPN’s Ed Werder said the...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
The Milwaukee Brewers were looking forward to getting their hands on the Washington Nationals, looking to make hay against the worst team in baseball. What they got was a big slap in the face from the Nationals. Washington's Josh Willingham clubbed a pair...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
Medical experts were a major part of Monday’s testimony at the trial of Dale Neumann who is accused of praying rather than seeking medical attention for his dying daughter. Prosecutors built a major part of their case with two physicians. St. Clare’s...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha announced Monday that reliever Carlos Villanueva would get the start tonight when the Brewers face the Washington Nationals in game 2 of their series at Miller Park. Macha said Villanueva's starting experience, the fact...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
What's up with those battery-operated cigarettes? They're touted as a fire-less alternative to the real thing; they're known as electronic cigarettes. One problem with them, according to Dr. Doug Jorenby, professor of medicine at the UW School of...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
The state's Government Accountability Board is considering changes to how elections are held in Wisconsin. A panel of election experts is meeting in Madison Tuesday to discuss the GAB's proposed five-year plan. Board spokesman Reid Magney says they'll...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 28, 2009
A recent study out of Texas blames sugar-free soda for people getting fat, saying they drank a diet coke but gave themselves free rein on high-calorie foods. UW Medical School Associate Dean Pat Remington is skeptical about the results, arguing there's little...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 27, 2009
The 911 call made from Shirl's Drive-in to the Kenosha dispatch center has been released, with the callers talking to dispatchers while Sunday night's deadly hold-up was still in progress. The first voice on the tape is that of the manager of the custard...
