by Jackie Johnson | Oct 31, 2012
President Barack Obama leads former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney 51 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in Wisconsin, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll. Two weeks ago, the two candidates were nearly tied. Poll Director Charles Franklin says 5...
by Bob Hague | Oct 31, 2012
A plea to close the private gun sales loophole. Jeri Bonavia with the WAVE Action Fund said a glaring loophole in state gun laws make it all too easy to buy guns from private sellers, who do not – in fact, cannot – run background checks. “One of our...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
Former state Senator Randy Hopper resigned Tuesday as the head of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation. Hopper was arrested 10 days ago for the second time since he was recalled from his Senate post in the summer of 2011. He faces several charges,...
by Jackie Johnson | Oct 31, 2012
Attorneys are standing by to answer voters’ questions now through Election Day. The Wisconsin Election Protection voter hotline is available to anyone. Stacy Harbaugh with the ACLU wants voters to know they can call with election-related questions or complaints....
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
It was back to campaign issues today for Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, as he continued a sweep across his native state of Wisconsin. Speaking this morning to a standing-room only crowd at a conference center in Eau Claire, Ryan encouraged people to...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
Drug investigators in the Fox Valley say two gas stations in Menasha and Neenah were illegally selling synthetic marijuana behind the counter. The Lake Winnebago Area MEG Unit executed search warrants last week. Director Brad Dunlap said they found more than 460...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
Plenty of drivers took advantage of a special gasoline promotion Tuesday in Rib Mountain. Americans For Prosperity sponsored the event with Mount View Mobil that allowed the first 300 cars through the station to buy gas at $1.84 per gallon. The move was meant to...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
For most of Wisconsin, the effects of Superstorm Sandy have blown away. The East Coast storm brought strong winds Tuesday to all of the Badger State. Most of those have died down, even along some areas of Lake Michigan. Door County is the only place that remains under...
by Bill Scott | Oct 31, 2012
Josh Gasser was preparing to take over as the Wisconsin Badgers starting point guard. He worked hard in the offseason and entered training camp ready to replace the graduated Jordan Taylor. That all came crashing down when Gasser tore the anterior cruciate ligament...
by Bill Scott | Oct 31, 2012
Wisconsin sophomore goaltender Joel Rumpel stopped 64 of 66 shots on goal and recorded a shutout while leading the Badger men’s hockey team to a 2-0 win and a 2-2 tie (OT) against Minnesota-Duluth. Rumpel blanked UMD on Friday with a 29-save effort for his...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
Ruling that a police officer was wrong to walk into his garage to question him, a state appeals court has thrown out the drunken driving conviction of a 64 year-old Eau Claire man. Michael Christofferson was arrested in July of 2010 for his third OWI offense. Court...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
Several Republican state legislators have settled a lawsuit that accused them of breaking the state’s Open Records Law. Under the deal, Representatives Pat Strachota of West Bend, Dan Knodl of Germantown, Tyler August of Lake Geneva, Tom Larson of Colfax, and Jeremy...
by Bob Hague | Oct 31, 2012
A survey shows lingering pessimism about the current state of Wisconsin’s economy, but a surge in optimism about the future. The Wisconsin Economic Scorecard is a quarterly poll of Wisconsin residents that began earlier this year. It measures perceptions of the...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 30, 2012
A Dane County judge has found portions of a state law unconstitutional. The decision comes out of a legal challenge filed against a law passed last year that gave the governor more control over the administrative rules process. Several state and local teachers unions...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 30, 2012
A new state website will help users find private land that’s supposed to be open to the public. More than one million acres of private land in the state is enrolled in a landowner-incentive program that allows the public to access the property. In exchange for...
by Bob Hague | Oct 30, 2012
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen won’t comment – for now – on a mass shooting in Brookfield. But the state Department of Justice will provide specialized training on domestic violence issues, at the request of the Brown Deer Police Department, for law...
by Brian Moon | Oct 30, 2012
Strong winds are expected today into early Wednesday in Eastern Wisconsin as the remains of Sandy, the east coast storm, rolls along Lake Michigan. Wind advisories are in effect along the lake from Door-to-Kenosha counties. The Weather Service says the strongest winds...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 30, 2012
The owner of a consulting firm for business mergers now admits that he paid for anonymous billboards in Wisconsin and Ohio that warned about the penalties for voter fraud. Stephen and Nancy Einhorn came forward Monday after the liberal group One Wisconsin Now said the...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 30, 2012
The Department of Natural Resources is looking for feedback on a plan to allow hunting and trapping in many state parks starting in 2013. Wisconsin State Parks Director Dan Schuller says it will allow hunting in many areas from October 15th through the Thursday before...
by Jackie Johnson | Oct 30, 2012
Helping our friends on the east coast. The American Red Cross has been preparing for hurricane Sandy for several days, so says Tom Mooney with the Badger Chapter. “We put an S.O.S. out to our volunteers nationwide.” Mooney says they already sent mobile...
