by Bob Hague | Feb 28, 2015
Saturday was sunny, windy and cold as hundreds gathered at the state Capitol in Madison to oppose fast-moving and controversial right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin. “I stand before you, as a proud teacher and union member, not as a terrorist,” said WEAC...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2015
The 3rd ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team took an early lead and never looked back on its way to a 5-1 win over St. Cloud State in the opening game of the best-of-three WCHA first round playoff series on Friday night at LaBahn Arena. Five different players...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2015
A week ago, Wisconsin senior guard Traevon Jackson said he would be ready to return to action when the Badgers played host to Michigan State on Senior Day at the Kohl Center Sunday. As of Friday, Jackson hasn’t been cleared by the team’s medical staff to...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2015
The Milwaukee Bucks held the Los Angeles Lakers to 65 points through three-quarters and took a seven-point lead to the final quarter. That’s when the Lakers went off, scoring 36 points in the final quarter for a 101-93 win over the Bucks at Staples Center. The...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2015
3rd-ranked St. Norbert College advanced to the championship game of the Midwest Conference Tournament for the sixth straight year with an 85-74 win over Ripon College in a league semifinal at Schuldes Sports Center. The Green Knights (23-1) advanced to play Grinnell...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 27, 2015
A company exploring the possibility of creating an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin’s Penokee Hills has announced plans to close down its office in the area, putting the future of the project in question. In a statement released Friday, Gogebic Taconite...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 27, 2015
One expert says new rules on net neutrality will make sure content providers have equal access to the Internet, although regular customers are not likely to notice much of a difference in how they access information and entertainment online. The Federal Communications...
by Bob Hague | Feb 27, 2015
A provision in Governor Scott Walker’s proposed 2015-2017 state budget would allow University of Wisconsin System campuses to stop reporting sexual assaults. The language is part of the governor’s larger proposal to grant greater autonomy to the UW. A...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. and the Green Bay Packers announced today that fans who don’t have tickets inside the Lambeau Field Atrium for this summers Hall of Fame induction ceremony, can purchase tickets to watch the event inside Lambeau Field....
by Jackie Johnson | Feb 27, 2015
Eliminating the waiting period for new handgun purchases gets a public hearing at the Capitol Thursday. Rice Lake Republican Romaine Quinn sponsored the Assembly bill (AB-49). He says it brings the gun background check system into the 21st century. “The...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 27, 2015
Senator Ron Johnson is threatening to subpoena an investigation file into the issues at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center if the VA won’t turn the files over. Johnson is giving Acting VA Inspector General Richard Griffin until 5pm this afternoon to turn...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 27, 2015
The Natural Resources Board has sent a number of administrative rules adjustments about the annual deer hunt on to the governor’s office and the legislature for approval. The annual Deer Trustee Report was approved earlier this week, and along with new deer...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
The Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team captured it’s 17th straight Horizon League women’s championship, knocking off Oakland 70-55 at the Athletics Center O’Rena in Rochester, Michigan. Green Bay (23-4, 13-1 HL) shot 55.2 percent (16 of...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
The Green Bay Packers announced plans for the 10th anniversary ‘Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour,’ set for April 14-18. The tour will make stops in Menomonie (April 14), Prairie du Chien (April 15), Baraboo (April 16), Elkhorn (April 17) and Sheboygan...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
Keifer Sykes needed 19 points to reach 2,000 for his career. He scored 21 in the first half and 36 for the game as the Green Bay Phoenix knocked off Illinois-Chicago 72-67 in Horizon League play. Sykes scored 12 of Green Bay’s final 14 points as he joined Tony...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team saw their second-half rally come up short, falling to 17th ranked Iowa 78-74 in Big Ten Conference action in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes (22-6 overall, 13-4 Big Ten) led by as many as 13 points with just 3:27 to play. The...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
UW-Oshkosh ended a 15-game losing streak against 4th-ranked UW-Stevens Point, upsetting the Pointers 50-47 in the semifinals of the WIAC tournament. Alex Olson hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:13 to play that turned out to be the difference. Charlie Noone sank a...
by Bill Scott | Feb 27, 2015
J.J. Panoske’s three-pointer with four seconds left gave the UW-Milwaukee Panthers a 61-58 win over Wright State on Thursday night in Dayton, Ohio. Matt Tiby scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Panthers. He hit 7 of 9 from the field and 4 for 4 from...
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2015
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker used his remarks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to suggest that the people who participated in 2011’s Act 10 protests at the Capitol in Madison weren’t all that much...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 26, 2015
Following passage of a right-to-work bill in the state Senate this week, an Assembly committee has scheduled a public hearing on the proposal for next Monday at the Capitol. State Representative André Jacque (R-De Pere), who chairs the Assembly’s Labor Committee, has...
