by Andrew Beckett | Oct 31, 2015
With Halloween on a Saturday this year, drivers and trick-or-treaters are both being urged to stay safe. Nick Jarmusz with AAA-Wisconsin says weekend dates for the holiday usually lead to an increase in fatal accidents and injuries, with people out longer celebrating....
by Bill Scott | Oct 31, 2015
Division 1 Arrowhead 41, Sun Prairie 0 Fond du Lac 42, Neenah 14 Franklin 34, Racine Horlick 12 Kimberly 48, Stevens Point 17 Marquette 49, Milwaukee King 6 Muskego 38, Oak Creek 14 Oconomowoc 33, Madison Memorial 23 Division 2 Badger 42, Oregon 14 Brookfield East 34,...
by Bill Scott | Oct 31, 2015
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team set a new W-C-H-A record by blanking Minnesota State-Mankato 6-0 on Friday afternoon in Mankato. It has been 461 minutes and 15 seconds since any team scored on the Badgers, who improved to 9-0-0 overall and 7-0-0 in the...
by Bill Scott | Oct 31, 2015
Bradley Beal scored 14 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Washington Wizards to a 118-113 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. The Bucks opened up the season at home for the first time in thirty years and dropped to 0-2. Giannis Antetokounmpo...
by Bob Hague | Oct 30, 2015
House Speaker Paul Ryan wants Republicans to unify – by opposing President Obama. Ryan was elected Speaker on Thursday and spoke to Wisconsin media on a conference call Friday morning. The White House said Obama called Ryan to offer his congratulations, but the...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 30, 2015
After weeks of behind the scene discussions, a state budget panel will meet next week to discuss a request to approve more funding for Wisconsin road projects. The Joint Finance Committee has scheduled a Wednesday hearing on whether to approve $200 million in bonding...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 30, 2015
Wisconsin’s roads were well-used last year, according to new figures from the state Department of Transportation. The agency estimates motorists traveled about 60 billion miles on state roadways in 2014, up 550 million miles from the previous year. Officials...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 30, 2015
A Kenosha County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a man accused of causing fatal injuries to his 11-month-old daughter by slamming her into the ground in a fit of rage and trying to kill the child’s mother. The jury deliberated for just 90 minutes...
by Bill Scott | Oct 30, 2015
New Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns and manager Craig Counsell answered questions at a forum of season ticket holders at Miller Park on Thursday night. Both Stearns and Counsell say the top priority is for the Brewers to improve defensively, saying it...
by Bill Scott | Oct 30, 2015
Wisconsin Badger running back Corey Clement continues to show improvement at practice. Badger head coach said he isn’t making any guarantees, but Clement appears closer to returning to the lineup. Clement is coming off sports hernia surgery in Germany in late...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 29, 2015
A liberal advocacy group is raising questions about the release of records detailing who visited Wisconsin’s executive residence in the months leading up to Governor Scott Walker launching his presidential bid. One Wisconsin Now asked the governor’s office...
by Bob Hague | Oct 29, 2015
Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan is Speaker of the House. The Janesville Republican, elected Thursday morning, asked members to pray for one another. “And I don’t mean pray for a conversion. Pray for a deeper understanding,” Ryan said. “The House is...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 29, 2015
A pending deal will leave virtually no chance that General Motors will ever resume operations at its Janesville plant. The tentative agreement between the United Auto Workers and GM moves the plant off a list of properties under moratorium from closure or sale. The...
by Bill Scott | Oct 29, 2015
The Green Bay Packers say they aren’t concerned about adjusting to the high-altitude in the Mile High City this weekend, but coach Mike McCarthy is still leaving for Denver a day early (Friday). Some of the players, like linebacker Clay Matthews, aren’t...
by Bill Scott | Oct 29, 2015
Derrick Williams scored 24 points and 20-year-old Kristaps Porzingis had 16 points in his NBA debut, leading the New York Knicks to a 122-97 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Wednesday nights season opener at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The Knicks pulled away with a...
by Bob Hague | Oct 29, 2015
Proposed legislation could delay the DOT’s plans for new roundabouts Wisconsin. This the second time the bill has been introduced by state Representative David Craig (R-Big Bend), who wants local buy-in on future roundabouts. “Every roundabout seems to...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 28, 2015
A Madison attorney is joining the field of candidates running for a seat on the state Supreme Court next year. Claude Covelli is now the fourth person to announce he will run for the high court seat currently held by Justice Rebecca Bradley. Bradley was appointed to...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 28, 2015
A man convicted of killing a pregnant woman in Door County will not get a new trial. Brian Cooper was given a life prison sentence without parole for the murder of Alisha Bromfield on August 19, 2012. Cooper killed Bromfield and her unborn child. Cooper argued he...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 28, 2015
State officials are touting the performance of Wisconsin fourth and eighth graders on a national achievement test. Around 9,600 public school students in the state took the National Assessment for Educational Progress test last winter. The Wisconsin Department of...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 28, 2015
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan moved another step closer Wednesday to becoming the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican from Janesville emerged from a closed door meeting with House GOP members, where he received 200 votes backing his...
