by admin | Sep 29, 2012
The Green Bay Packers (1-2) and the New Orleans Saints (0-3) are two NFC powerhouses that are off to slow starts this season. In what could be a make or break game for either team’s playoff dreams, the Packers face a dangerous Saints team on Sunday afternoon at...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 29, 2012
Several Milwaukee aldermen on Friday called for an independent investigation into the death of Derek Williams, a 21-year-old man who died in the back of a police squad car in July of 2011, after he was arrested on suspicion of robbery. The squad car dashboard video...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 29, 2012
Prosecutors in Portage County now say a couple who are accused of fraudulently cashing the Social Security checks of an elderly relative also killed the woman. The new development came the same day that investigators stopped the search for human remains. Husband and...
by Bob Hague | Sep 29, 2012
With a host of national, state and local elections set for this fall, campaign signs are popping up like mushrooms. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation reminds campaign supporters that state law prohibits the placement of any type of sign on highway...
by Bob Hague | Sep 28, 2012
Tommy Thompson and Tammy Baldwin had their first U.S. Senate debate Friday night. The candidates sparred on a variety of issues, but of particular interest for many in Wisconsin, what they had to say about the future of Medicare. “My opponent supports a plan to...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 28, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama made a campaign stop in Appleton Friday afternoon, and focused on what President Obama has accomplished over the last four years. Mrs. Obama spoke in a packed Alexander Gymnasium, on the campus of Lawrence University campus. “While my...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 28, 2012
Construction begins on two expansion projects at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac. A ceremonial groundbreaking is held this morning for the $20 million project. Three years ago officials in Fond du Lac were fighting to keep Mercury from leaving the state. Since the...
by Bob Hague | Sep 28, 2012
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed suit against a Madison company, in connection with decades worth of alleged environmental laws violations. The lawsuit, filed at the request of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, alleges that...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 28, 2012
Speed and alcohol were not factors in an Altoona crash which killed one person and injured two others Wednesday evening. According to the Altoona Police Department, a car driven by 77 year-old Roger J. Zwart, of Longville, Minnesota, was southbound on McCann Drive and...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 28, 2012
The head of Wisconsin’s prison system is leaving. State Corrections Secretary Gary Hamblin said Thursday that he’ll resign on October 26th to attend to health concerns involving him and his wife. Hamblin said he had prostate cancer surgery 12 years ago, but the...
by Jackie Johnson | Sep 28, 2012
Disposing of your un-used medications this Saturday. Wisconsinites are being encouraged to participate in the national Prescription Drug “Take Back” Day. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says prescription drugs are horribly abused in our society and many...
by Bill Scott | Sep 28, 2012
The Milwaukee Brewers looked like they were going to leave Cincinnati having won 2 out of 3 from the Reds. Leading 1-0, John Axford needed just 1 more out to climb to within 3-games of the St. Louis Cardinals for the final National League wildcard spot. ...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 28, 2012
Republican U-S Senate candidate Tommy Thompson says claims that he plans to get rid of Medicare and Medicaid are an “absolute lie.” On a video that surfaced this week, Thompson is shown speaking to a Tea Party group about doing away with Medicare and...
by Bob Hague | Sep 28, 2012
The increase in student debt in the U.S. has been well documented, and now a new study shows the drain student loan debt places on Wisconsin’s economy. Scot Ross, Executive Director of the Institute for One Wisconsin, a Madison-based group with a liberal...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 27, 2012
Wisconsin’s Voter ID law will likely remain on hold during the November elections. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen had asked the state Supreme Court to take up a pair of lawsuits challenging the controversial law, and to stay injunctions that currently stop the...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 27, 2012
The Legislature’s Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules has granted another 60-day extension for the temporary policy being used to issue concealed carry licenses in Wisconsin. The move comes as the fate of a permanent set of rules in the...
by Brian Moon | Sep 27, 2012
A former Milwaukee mayor is trying to do away with what he considers favoritism in federal home loan disbursement. John Norquist now heads the Congress for New Urbanism, a group pushing for mixed-use projects in walkable, environmentally sustainable communities....
by WRN Contributor | Sep 27, 2012
Despite the recession, gambling remained a big business for Wisconsin’s Indian tribes over the last few years. A report from the Legislative Audit Bureau shows casino gambling generated about $1.3 billion dollars a year for tribe, while gaming profits rose from...
by Bill Scott | Sep 27, 2012
Right hander Shaun Marcum worked 6-innings of 4-hit ball, pitching the Milwaukee Brewers to a 8-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night at Great American Ballpark. Ryan Braun clubbed his NL leading 41st home run and Norichika Aoki got the Brewers on the...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 27, 2012
Democratic state lawmakers are calling on Governor Walker to start work on implementing the federal Affordable Care Act right away. The health care reform law requires states to establish health insurance exchanges by January of next year. The governor has halted work...
