by WRN Contributor | Sep 30, 2015
A Fond du Lac police dog who survived being shot twice during an incident four years ago has been euthanized. Grendel’s former partner, Officer Ryan Williams, said the decision to let the 12-year-old German Sheppard go was difficult, but became necessary due to...
by Bill Scott | Sep 30, 2015
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been named the N-F-C’s Offensive Player of the Week. Rodgers completed 24 of 35 for 133 yards and five touchdown passes with a passer rating of 138.5 in the 38-28 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night. It...
by Bill Scott | Sep 30, 2015
The Green Bay Packers haven’t acknowledged the four to six week time frame on the knee injury to Andrew Quarless, but their actions today are doing the speaking for them. Quarless suffered a sprained M-C-L in Monday nights 38-28 victory over the Kansas City...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 30, 2015
Visitors to the state Capitol building in Madison will have to avoid the rotunda for the next month. The state Department of Administration says the area will be closed from October 5 through November 10, so repairs on the interior of the Capitol dome can be done....
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 30, 2015
Governor Scott Walker’s approval rating among voters in the state continues to struggle. According to the latest Marquette University Law School Poll released Wednesday, the Republican governor’s approval rating fell to 37 percent, with 59 percent of...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 30, 2015
Madison’s Common Council has approved a major downtown development project. A special meeting on the Judge Doyle Square project began at 6:30 Tuesday night and lasted until 3:15 Wednesday morning. The vote was 12 to 6 in favor of the project. The project is made...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 30, 2015
Legislative leaders say they have finalized the details of a bill that will overhaul the agency in charge of Wisconsin’s elections and ethics laws. The proposal, sparked by claims of partisanship at the current Government Accountability Board, will not be...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 30, 2015
Bond has been set at $3 million for a Kenosha man accused of the murder of his estranged wife in Gurnee, Illinois over the weekend. Forty-three-year-old David Brocksom appeared in Lake County Court Tuesday morning to face a charge of first degree murder. Beata...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 30, 2015
Months after the last case was reported, the effects of avian influenza continue to be felt in Wisconsin. Grocery prices in the state are up 2.7 percent from a year ago, according to a report from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. The organization said a main...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 30, 2015
Wisconsin and other states could block Medicaid funds to abortion providers, under a bill from U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) that won approval in the House of Representative on Tuesday. The bill, which passed on a nearly party-line 236-193 vote, would grant states the...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 30, 2015
Impatient drivers appear to be causing problems where a new four-lane bridge is being built over the Saint Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, warning signs and barricades have been moved, where workers...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 30, 2015
A pair of Wisconsin Congressmen are backing an effort to encourage more doctors to work for Veterans Administration hospitals and clinics. The bill from U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Reid Ribble (R-WI) would designate VA medical facilities as Professional Shortage...
by Bob Hague | Sep 30, 2015
A study committed formed to take a closer look at the challenges of urban schools in Wisconsin met for the first time in Madison on Tuesday. State Representative Jessie Rodriguez (R-Franklin) is chairing the Speaker’s Task Force on Urban Education, which also toured...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 30, 2015
A legislative committee will hold a hearing next week on a bill that would overhaul Wisconsin’s civil service system. Republican state Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) has scheduled the hearing for next Tuesday, October 6 at the Capitol, starting at 8:30 in the...
by Bill Scott | Sep 30, 2015
Jorge Lopez held the San Diego Padres to three runs over five innings and the Milwaukee Brewers went on to knock off the San Diego Padres 4-3 in their series opener at Petco Park. Thanks to Jean Segura’s two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning, Lopez was...
by Bill Scott | Sep 30, 2015
Second year forward Jabari Parker made it through the Milwaukee Bucks three hour training camp opening workout on the UW Campus yesterday. The 20-year-old Parker is trying to bounce back from a torn A-C-L that cut his rookie season to just 25 games. Bucks coach Jason...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 29, 2015
With majority Republicans in the Legislature preparing to take up a number of controversial proposals in the coming weeks, Democratic leaders expressed frustration Tuesday about an agenda they argued does not match up with what the people of Wisconsin are calling for....
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 29, 2015
The state Department of Natural Resources is letting property owners know that they don’t have to give up their lawn ornaments. The agency has been fielding several questions about a letter circulating on social media, which advises citizens to remove concrete...
by Bill Scott | Sep 29, 2015
Green Bay Packers reserve tight end Andrew Quarless is expected to miss at least a month if not more, after suffering a sprained knee in Monday night’s 38-28 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. ESPN.com’s Rob Demovsky reported Tuesday that tests showed...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 29, 2015
There is a delay in the case of a Oneida County teenager accused of killing her mother and step-father. Seventeen-year-old Ashlee Martinson is accused of stabbing her mother Jennifer Ayres over thirty times, and shooting her step-father Thomas Ayres execution style...
