by Brian Moon | Mar 22, 2013
At a state Supreme Court candidate debate on Friday, sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin, a common theme was experience. Challenger Ed Fallone touted his 25 years of practicing law and his time as a constitutional law professor at Marquette University....
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
Wisconsin’s Tyler Graf lost his 133 lb. semifinal match on Saturday against Iowa’s Tony Ramos. The Badger 3-time All-American will wrestle for 3rd place on Saturday against Minnesota’s Chris Dardanes at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des...
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 2012 championship baseball team received their Midwest League Championship rings during a pre-game ceremony prior to Friday’s 4-1 Milwaukee Brewers loss to the Chicago Cubs. Timber Rattlers field manager Matt Erickson, who will be...
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
The Wisconsin Badgers will face Colorado College in the WCHA Tournament championship game on Saturday night. Wisconsin knocked off St. Cloud State 4-1 in the WCHA’s Final Five semi-finals, while Colorado College blanked Minnesota 2-0 in the other semi-final....
by WRN Contributor | Mar 22, 2013
Pilots at eight of Wisconsin’s small airports will soon have to rely on each other for landings and take-offs. The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday announced plans to shut down towers at airports in Eau Claire, Janesville, Kenosha, La Crosse, Mosinee,...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 22, 2013
The incoming chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says she’s looking forward to getting to work, although acting US Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank also acknowledges that many challenges face her at the state’s flagship campus. A special...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 22, 2013
The S.S. Badger Car Ferry could get two more years to adopt a cleaner way to get rid of its coal-ash emissions. The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a tentative two-year extension for the 60-year-old boat to end the dumping of coal ash into...
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
It’s happened before, where the Wisconsin Badgers couldn’t throw the ball in the lake if they were standing right next to it. They simply picked the worst time of the year to do it again. The Badgers, who made the Sweet 16 in each of the last two seasons,...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 22, 2013
The Walworth County district attorney has ruled that a sheriff’s deputy did nothing wrong when he killed a suspect who was trying to escape from a hospital in Elkhorn. D.A. Daniel Necci said Officer Richard Lagle was acting in self-defense when he shot Alfredo...
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
University of Wisconsin’s Tyler Graf has advanced to the semifinals tonight at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Graf advanced by beating Missouri’s Nathan McCormick. Graff will face #2 seed Tony Ramos of Iowa tonight, with the winner...
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
The Wisconsin Badgers open play in the NCAA Tournament later this morning (11:40am CT) against the Rebels of Mississippi in Kansas City. The Badgers will try to slow down a team that averages almost 80-points a game. The key to the Rebels success is flamboyant guard...
by Bill Scott | Mar 22, 2013
Ryan Braun clubbed an inside-the-park home run in the 1st inning but that’s about all the Milwaukee Brewers had to be excited about. The Brewers fell to the Chicago White Sox 8-3 in Cactus League baseball action. Chris Sale pitched 7-solid innings for the White...
by Bob Hague | Mar 22, 2013
Will top Democrats in the legislature run against Governor Scott Walker? No definitive answer from Assembly minority leader, Representative Peter Barca of Kenosha, or his opposite number in the Senate, Senator Chris Larson of Milwaukee. “I feel very confident...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 22, 2013
Wausau Paper has a tentative agreement to sell the Mosinee and Rhinelander paper mills. In a press release Thursday, Wausau Paper says they have a non-binding letter of intent to sell their specialty paper business to a new company being formed by KPS Capital Partners...
by Bob Hague | Mar 22, 2013
Democrats at the Capitol urge background checks for all gun buyers. Elvin Daniel – who said he’s an NRA member, sport shooter and hunter – stood with legislators and law enforcement, five months to the day after his sister Zina and two other women...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2013
The Marquette Golden Eagles came from six points down with 70 seconds left to play to beat the Davidson Wildcats 59-58 in their NCAA men’s basketball tournament opener in Lexington, Kentucky. Davidson led by one in the final seconds and turned the ball over. ...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2013
The 14th ranked Wisconsin Badgers (20-12-7) scored a season-high seven goals to roll past No. 8 Minnesota State (23-13-3) with a 7-2 win in the quarterfinals of the WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center on Thursday afternoon. Eleven Badgers recorded points and...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2013
Brad Jones took his tour around the NFL in free agency, then he returned to Green Bay to talk with the Packers and a deal was struck. Jones decided to resign with the Packers, despite receiving significant interest from a number of other NFL teams. Jones was a big...
by Jackie Johnson | Mar 21, 2013
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly testifies before the legislature’s budget committee in favor of the governor’s budget proposal. “If the governor’s proposed budget passes as is, we could see the lowest tuition increases in...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 21, 2013
It could be another year before a group decides whether a fallen Wisconsin police officer’s name will be included on a national memorial. Officials with the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund have decided to delay a decision on adding Jennifer...
