by Brian Moon | Sep 23, 2011
The Wisconsin Association for Justice is applauding jurors for their sacrifice in helping decide trials. WAJ President Mike End says the jurors he’s dealt with have all taken their responsibilities seriously. “My experience is jurors have been very conscientious in...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 23, 2011
“It’s a sad day for Two Rivers.” Those are the words of City Manager Greg Buckley after learning that the Thermo Fisher Scientific Columbus Street Plant will close. By the end of the year a latter containing that information was sent by Thermo Fisher...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 23, 2011
As President Obama makes the push to spend billions of dollars rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, a new report suggests Wisconsin could use the attention. Kyle Bailey of WISPIRG says a review done by the public policy group found one out of every 12 bridges...
by Bob Hague | Sep 22, 2011
A memorandum to state lawmakers from Madison police comes in the wake of last week’s beer dumping incident. Madison Chief of Police Noble Wray drafted the document in order to make sure legislators in his city know they that just because they are elected...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 22, 2011
The state will no longer be required to negotiate with Wisconsin’s largest public employee unions. That’s after unions representing about 50,000 state workers decided not to hold recertification votes required under the collective bargaining law passed...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 22, 2011
Progress is being made on the roads, with motorcycle fatalities in Wisconsin dropping from a year ago. Greg Patzer, the Motorcycle Safety Manager at the DOT, says agency reports show deaths from motorcycle crashes are down about 20-percent so far in 2011, with 73...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 22, 2011
For the first time since results were verified in a recall election that unseated former State Senator Randy Hopper, he is talking about the election. In an interview with KFIZ, the radio station he owns, Hopper said if collective bargaining and the state budget were...
by Brian Moon | Sep 22, 2011
A UW-Madison law group – that clears those who’ve been wrongfully convicted – is getting a big boost from more than a million dollars in federal grants. Until now the Wisconsin Innocence Project has worked on exonerating individuals following their...
by Bob Hague | Sep 22, 2011
Could you go car free for a day? Sam Weis with Madison-based Clean Wisconsin is betting some of us can come close — by cutting out shorter car trips. “Over forty percent of car trips are actually less than two miles,” notes Weis. “That’s...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 22, 2011
Under current state law, utility companies are allowed to back bill customers for up to two years of charges that are overlooked because of a malfunctioning meter. State Senator Mike Ellis (R-Neenah) says that’s an unfair business practice that needs to be...
by Bob Hague | Sep 21, 2011
AUDIO: Bad River chair Mike Wiggins (8:15) A proposed iron ore mine is running into opposition from a Wisconsin tribe. Bad River Ojibwe tribal chair Mike Wiggins met with Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday to discuss the proposed open-pit iron ore mine on tribally...
by Bill Scott | Sep 21, 2011
The Green Bay Packers signed DL Johnny Jones to the practice squad today. The 6’4, 310 lb-rookie out of Marshall, signed with the Miami Dolphins as a non-drafted free agent on July 28. He appeared in two preseason games for the Dolphins before being released...
by Bill Scott | Sep 21, 2011
The Green Bay Packers start preparing today for Sunday’s game at Chicago against the Bears. They do so without their 3-time pro bowl safety Nick Collins. After Clay Matthews, Collins would join a short list of players like Charles Woodson and B.J. Raji that the...
by Bill Scott | Sep 21, 2011
The Milwaukee Brewers inched closer to their first division title in 29 years by beating the Chicago Cubs 5-1 at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night. Shaun Marcum threw eight strong innings, allowing 1-run on 5 hits with no walks and 7-strikeouts to pick up his 13th win...
by Jackie Johnson | Sep 21, 2011
A Senate committee on Tuesday confirms Governor Scott Walker’s appointment of John Scocos to Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, despite harsh opposition from Anthony Hardie, who had worked closely with Scocos during his stint as leader of...
by Jackie Johnson | Sep 20, 2011
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Robin Vos (R-Rochester) says, “In general recalls should be used very rarely and they should be when someone commits a malfeasance in office.” Vos is officially introducing a constitutional amendment in response to the...
by Bob Hague | Sep 20, 2011
Spending in August’s state Senate recalls broke records. Mike McCabe with the Madison-based Wisconsin Democracy Campaign said the $44 million dollars spent on the nine recalls by the campaigns and special interest groups set all sorts of records. “One of...
by Bob Hague | Sep 20, 2011
All the campuses in the University of Wisconsin System will be banning concealed weapons. “It’s long been effectively state law, that people were not allowed to carry any kind of weapon, a firearm or anything else, on any part of the university’s...
by Bill Scott | Sep 20, 2011
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team will start the road to defending its national title as the national preseason favorite. The Badgers claimed all 14 first-place votes in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll on Monday. The Badgers spent...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 20, 2011
A 25-year-old soldier from Appleton was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. Sergeant Garrick Eppinger, Junior was a member of the Army Reserve’s 395th Ordnance Company. Eppinger was on his third tour of duty and he was serving with about 100 soldiers from...
