by Bill Scott | May 26, 2013
UW-Stevens Point remains unbeaten at the NCAA Division 3 Baseball championships after rallying with 3-runs in the 8th inning to top Kean 4-3 on Saturday. The Pointers will face Linfield (40-7) at 8pm tonight with the winner advancing to the Monday championship game....
by Bill Scott | May 26, 2013
The Milwaukee Brewers put closer Jim Henderson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. The Brewers don’t think it’s a serious pull. No other roster move was announced on Saturday night. Henderson was injured while delivering a pitch...
by Bill Scott | May 26, 2013
The Milwaukee Brewers continued their offensive struggles and fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 at Miller Park on Saturday. Mike Fiers, who started in place of Kyle Lohse, served up three home runs to the Pirates in the loss. Fiers lasted four innings, allowing 4...
by WRN Contributor | May 25, 2013
A Loganville dairy farmer has been found not guilty on 3 charges of selling raw (unpasteurized) milk without the proper licenses. The jury deliberated in the case against Vernon Hershberger at the Sauk County Courthouse until Saturday morning, and also found him...
by WRN Contributor | May 25, 2013
An effort to break a Guinness Book of World Records record for the largest food drive culminates in Fond du Lac this Memorial Day Weekend. Fond du Lac High School junior Danny Loomans is one of the students spearheading the effort at the school Saturday and Sunday....
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2013
A Wisconsin Rapids man already serving prison time now faces more serious charges. Joseph B. Reinwand was charged Friday with the shooting death of 35-year-old Dale R. Meister in his Wisconsin Rapids home on or about February 28th of 2008. Wisconsin Rapids Police...
by Bob Hague | May 24, 2013
Lawmakers have pulled the funding rug out from under a UW student group. Mandatory refundable fees currently fund the student-led organization United Council, which represents the interests of UW System students. As part of the larger motion dealing with funding for...
by Brian Moon | May 24, 2013
A Central Wisconsin shooting range is being touted as a future jobs creator. The one-year-old, 280-acre Olympic Style Trapshooting facility in Adams County has only three other comparable ranges in the U.S., according to Jessica Fandrich of the Wisconsin Trapshooting...
by Bill Scott | May 24, 2013
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Thomas Harden announced today that he will retain the University’s Men’s basketball coach after an investigation into allegations he mistreated at least one former player. Harden outlined the actions the...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2013
Several Milwaukee area freeway projects will be delayed, after state lawmakers made changes to Governor Walker’s budget plan aimed at eliminating a $63 million shortfall in the transportation fund. The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday to delay...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2013
All non-convicted felony suspects and those guilty of misdemeanors would have to give their DNA to police for the first time, under a Wisconsin budget measure endorsed Thursday night. The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 13-to-3 to obtain the genetic...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2013
Wisconsin’s rent-to-own businesses will have to keep following state consumer protection laws, after the Legislature’s finance panel on Thursday rejected looser regulations. The panel voted 10-to-6 to reject Governor Scott Walker’s request to give the industry a...
by Bill Scott | May 24, 2013
In the Friday edition of the WRN Sports Daily, I give you my thoughts on Johnny Jolly. The Green Bay Packers defensive lineman has jumped through all the hoops in his return to football. Jolly is coming off of a 3-year NFL suspension and time in prison. He’s...
by Bill Scott | May 24, 2013
The Wisconsin Badger women’s golf team had their best round of the 72-hold NCAA tournament, shooting an 11-over-par 297 in 3rd round action in Athens, Georgia. Wisconsin is 43-over par, tied for 24th place at the NCAA women’s golf championships. No. 1 USC...
by Bill Scott | May 24, 2013
During his rookie season, Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Perry couldn’t get over the injury bug. Perry missed time with a knee injury but eventually had his season end early after a wrist injury that required season ending surgery. Team doctors have cleared...
by Bill Scott | May 24, 2013
UW-Stevens Point opens play in the NCAA Div. 3 College World Series later today when they face Manchester University of Indiana at Appleton’s Fox Cities Stadium. The Pointers are making their 5th appearance in the World Series. Previously, they made the 8-team...
by Jackie Johnson | May 24, 2013
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate says Governor Scott Walker is abandoning his current job as he campaigns for his next job and, he says, Walker’s denials about a potential bid for the White House is insulting. “You know, look, I think that it...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2013
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker fueled speculation about his presidential aspirations with a speech in Iowa Thursday night. Walker spoke of his childhood years in Iowa, made sure the audience knew he is among nation’s younger governors, touted his victory in...
by Bob Hague | May 24, 2013
There were plenty of recriminations Thursday night, as the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted on a budget amendment for the University of Wisconsin System. The budget panel’s vote came nearly a month to the day since UW System President Kevin...
by WRN Contributor | May 23, 2013
A man was arrested at a Duluth, Minnesota motel Thursday night, following a fatal shooting in neighboring Superior. The Duluth News Tribune reports that the Superior Police Department called the midday death of a man found in a parking lot with a gunshot wound...
