by Bob Hague | Aug 19, 2009
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett spoke with reporters Wednesday, for the first time since being released from the hospital Monday. Barrett credited his niece, Molly, West Allis police and emergency workers, Milwaukee police and the staff at Froedert Hospital, for the help...
by Brian Moon | Aug 19, 2009
X-ray techs don’t need to be licensed in Wisconsin but there is again a push to change that. The Senate Health Committee heard testimony Tuesday about a bill requiring all radiology operators to be certified. Judy Warmuth, workforce specialist Wisconsin Hospital...
by Brian Moon | Aug 19, 2009
Insurers would have to cover the cost of colorectal screenings for those 50 and older or younger persons considered high risk under a bill in Madison. At a Senate Health and Health Insurance Committee hearing Tuesday, UW Professor of Radiology Dr. Perry Pickhardt...
by Bill Scott | Aug 19, 2009
The Milwaukee Bucks completed a trade that sent forward Amir Johnson and guard Sonny Weems to the Toronto Raptors for small forward Carlos Delfino and point guard Roko Ukic. Delfino, who is the main player in this deal, played three seasons with the Detroit Pistons...
by Bill Scott | Aug 19, 2009
Neil Johnson of River Falls fired a 2-under par 70 to take a 4-shot lead at the halfway mark of the Wisconsin State Open at Blackwolf Run in Kohler. Johnson holds a 4-shot lead on Tyler Obermueller, who won the State Amateur last month. First-round leader and...
by Bill Scott | Aug 19, 2009
The Milwaukee Brewers moved 2008 first-round draft pick Brett Lawrie from Class “A” Wisconsin to Class “AA” Huntsville. The move will allow the Brewers to use Lawrie as the designated hitter for 10 days prior to his leaving for World Cup play...
by Bill Scott | Aug 19, 2009
Prior to the Milwaukee Brewers coming to town, the Pittsburg Pirates had lost 18 of 22 games and had dropped seven consecutive series during that stretch. Just like most teams that have matched up against the Brewers in the second half, their problems seem to go away...
by Bill Scott | Aug 19, 2009
I knew it was coming, but I didn’t think it would be so soon. Just three weeks after Brett Favre said no to Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress, he changed his mind and signed a 2-year, $25-million contract with the Vikings on Tuesday. Favre even practiced...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 19, 2009
Fond du Lac County supervisors last night worked in closed session to tweak an incentive package for Mercury Marine hoping the company decides to keep its engine making operations in Fond du Lac. Prior to that closed session, Supervisor Mel Heller has spent his more...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 19, 2009
The Wausau area will host a statewide swine flu summit Wednesday to give state leaders a chance to map out what an outbreak of the H1N1 virus may look like this fall. The health department says the state has updated its plans even though swine flu may have fallen off...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 19, 2009
A Marathon County man convicted in 2005 for the shaken baby death of his daughter will get a new trial. A judge wrote that the jury in Quentin Louis’ first trial didn’t hear all the evidence about alternate theories to shaken baby syndrome. Prosecutor...
by Jackie Johnson | Aug 18, 2009
We’ve been hearing a lot about rowdy townhall meetings. As members of congress make use of their August recess to meet with their constituents, UW-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer says anger at such political forums is nothing new. “Now just...
by Bob Hague | Aug 18, 2009
Brett Favre a Viking? For one Wisconsin t-shirt store, it’s all good. Isaac Lenz is store manager at Sconnie Nation in Madison, home of the ‘We’ll Never Forget You, Brent’ t-shirt. “The day has finally come, they’re flying off the...
by Bob Hague | Aug 18, 2009
He say’s he’ll consider a run for governor, but right now Congressman Ron Kind wants to focus on health care reform. While President Obama may be backing off on the concept of a ‘public option,’ Kind – who supports establishment of a...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 18, 2009
Wisconsin’s SeniorCare program is being granted new life. The federal government has renewed a waiver for the popular prescription drug program, allowing it to continue through 2012. Governor Jim Doyle says that’s good news for the nearly 90,000 seniors...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 18, 2009
Most freshmen entering college this fall were born in 1991 and the Beloit College Mindset List shows current events are a blast from the past. Ron Nief, co-creator of the list, gets a feeling of deja vu as headlines back then talked of financial bailouts, government...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 18, 2009
The dean of the Wisconsin Assembly says Governor Jim Doyle may have announced his intentions too soon. “He has lost his power, and nobody will really care what he thinks about anything,” says state Representative Marlin Scheider. “In my view he...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 18, 2009
A former high school resources officer with the Milton Police Department will not face criminal charges, after he was accused of sending lewd text messages to a female student. Officer Jason Casper was accused of inappropriately touching a student when she was 17 and...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 17, 2009
Democrats like their chances of holding on the Governor’s mansion. Governor Doyle’s decision not to seek re-election means the field is wide open, and Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Mike Tate expects to see many qualified candidates step forward in...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 17, 2009
The head of the Republican Party of Wisconsin has some doubts about Governor Doyle's reasons for not running for a third term in office. RPW Chairman Reince Priebus says there are plenty of reasons for the Governor to get out now, such as his low approval rating,...
