by Bob Hague | Mar 23, 2015
Many residents of southern Wisconsin were digging out from a an overnight snowstorm on Monday morning, and dealing with snarled commutes to start the work week. The southwestern corner of Wisconsin received heaviest snowfall amounts. Prairie du Chien had almost a foot...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 23, 2015
UPDATED: In a statement, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said that Wisconsin’s Voter ID law will not be in effect for the upcoming April 7 election, because absentee ballots have already been sent out. However, Schimel noted that “The Voter ID law...
by Bill Scott | Mar 23, 2015
For the fourth time in the last six year, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference can claim ownership to the NCAA Division III National Champion after the UW-Stevens Point Pointers upended Augustana (Ill.) 70-54 in Salem, Va. Four Pointers scored in double...
by Bill Scott | Mar 23, 2015
The top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers are moving on to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the seventh time under Bo Ryan after beating eighth-seeded Oregon 72-65 in a West Region 3rd Round game in Omaha, Neb. Wisconsin’s frontline of Sam Dekker (17), Frank...
by Jackie Johnson | Mar 23, 2015
Among those opposing Governor Scott Walker’s $70 billion budget are advocates and participants in Family Care and IRIS. The third of four public hearings on the state budget takes place Monday in Rice Lake. IRIS provides daily support to the elderly and people with...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 23, 2015
While campaigning across the country in recent weeks, Governor Scott Walker has remained cryptic about a likely presidential bid. Walker has delivered speeches focused heavily on his vision for the nation. However, the second term Republican governor has been careful...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 23, 2015
Members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee kick-off another public hearing this morning on Governor Scott Walker’s $70 billion biennial budget plan. The JFC will hold its third public hearing in Rice Lake from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 23, 2015
A bill being considered at the Capitol would help identify schools where students are graduating short of being college ready. The bill from state Representative John Jagler (R-Watertown) would require the UW System to collect data on students who are forced to take...
by Jackie Johnson | Mar 22, 2015
It’s a last resort, according to Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison). The Madison Democrat is introducing “Right-to-Try” legislation for individuals who are dying and all other treatments have failed. “It applies only to terminally ill patients...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 21, 2015
A federal district judge has struck down a Wisconsin law that requires doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. In the decision released late Friday, Judge William Conley found that law is unconstitutional and issued a permanent...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2015
The 3rd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers moved into the round of 32 by cruising to a 86-72 win over Coastal Carolina in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday night. Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes combined to scored 38 points on 15 of...
by Jackie Johnson | Mar 21, 2015
A second round of testimony from individuals giving their two-cents worth on the governor’s budget took place all day Friday. Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver asks members of the Joint Finance Committee to provide a sustainable and...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2015
The 4th-seeded Wisconsin Badger women’s hockey team outshot Minnesota 35-23, but it was the Gophers that got the final say with a 3-1 win in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals at Ridder Arena. The top seeded Gophers extended their unbeaten string against the...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2015
UW-Stevens Point will attempt to win their fourth NCAA Division 3 men’s basketball championship when they face Augustana (Illinois) (27-4) in today’s title game (2 p.m. – CBS Sports Network). The Pointers knocked off Virginia Wesleyan 68-59 on Friday...
by Bill Scott | Mar 21, 2015
The Milwaukee Bucks saw their losing streak reach 10 games on the road and five games overall, falling to the Brooklyn Nets 129-127 in triple OT. The Nets (28-39) kept their playoff hopes alive while the slumping Bucks (34-35), dropped to 4-12 since the all-star...
by Bob Hague | Mar 20, 2015
Former Wisconsin congressman Robert W. Kastenmeier has died. The Democrat represented Madison and Dane County in Washington from 1959 to 1991. “I think what people might remember about Kastenmeier was that he was one of the members of the committee which voted...
by Bill Scott | Mar 20, 2015
The Wisconsin Badgers face off against the rival Minnesota Gophers tonight in the women’s Frozen Four semifinals at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. The Badgers will be trying not only to get into the Frozen Four championship game, but they’ll be trying to...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 20, 2015
Del Monte will close a plant in Pulaski and a warehousing and labeling facility in Oconto Falls. Nearly 245 workers will be impacted. The company recently purchased the Sager Creek Vegetable Company, and Del Monte officials announced that the closings are part of a...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 20, 2015
A group of state Democrats will be holding a hearing on the proposed state budget Saturday in Wausau. That session is being hosted by Assistant Assembly Democratic Leader Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point), Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point), and Joint Finance...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 20, 2015
The head of the state Government Accountability Board is asking lawmakers to remove several changes to the agency that are included in the governor’s budget plan. Among the requests made in a letter to the Joint Finance Committee this week, GAB director Kevin...
