by WRN Contributor | Nov 30, 2015
Communities in Brown County will get money back from a sales tax that was collected to help renovate Lambeau Field. Governor Scott Walker on Monday signed a bill at the stadium in Green Bay, which sets up a formula for handing out additional revenues that were...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 30, 2015
A state lawmaker hopes to keep his former colleagues from jumping right into jobs as lobbyists when they leave the Legislature. Several lawmakers have gone on to jobs at lobbying firms after their terms end, and state Representative Dana Wachs (D-Eau Claire) says...
by Bob Hague | Nov 30, 2015
Recent polling indicates there may be some public support for a bill to help reduce student debt in Wisconsin. The latest Marquette Law School Poll found 61 percent support for legislation that would allow holders of student loans to refinance at lower rates. The...
by Bob Hague | Nov 30, 2015
The death of an unidentified 50-year-old man in Marathon County has been confirmed as the state’s third firearm-related death during the nine day gun deer hunt. Jon King, Hunter Education Coordinator with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said the...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 30, 2015
A shooting death in central Wisconsin is being investigated as a possible hunting-related incident. The Marathon County Sheriff’s Department said investigators were called Sunday night at about 9:15 to a wooded area near Spencer in the town of Brighton. The...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
Wisconsin punter Drew Meyer has been named the Big Ten Conference Special Teams Player of the Month. Meyer set a program punting record with seven punts, averaging 41.3 yards per punt in Wisconsin’s regular season finale against Minnesota on Saturday. The...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 30, 2015
A Republican state lawmaker will not seek reelection next fall. State Senator Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac made the announcement Monday morning. In a statement, he said the decision is based on a desire to return to the private sector. “I had spent 26 years of my...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
Wisconsin and Marquette are both in the 64-team NCAA women’s tournament volleyball field, which was announced on Sunday night. The Badgers were given the number-six overall seed and they’ll host a four-team sub-regional at the UW-Field House on Thursday...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
Wide receiver Jared Abbrederis returned to the practice field on Sunday. He’s back after missing a pair of games with rib and chest injuries suffered in the Green Bay Packers loss to the Detroit Lions on November 15. Abbrederis took part in a short workout on...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
Freshman guard Haanif Cheatham scored 24 points on 7-of-12 shooting to lead the Marquette Golden Eagles to a 80-61 win over Jackson State on Sunday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Cheatham hit all four of his three-point attempts and was a perfect 6-of-6 at the free...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
7th ranked Oklahoma jumped out to a 26-9 lead and cruised to a 65-48 win over the Wisconsin Badgers in men’s college basketball action on Sunday. Nigel Hayes (20 points, 11 rebounds) hit just 5 of 17 from the field and point guard Bronson Koenig (9 points) was 3...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
Sunday College basketball scores D-1 Men Oklahoma 65, Wisconsin 48 Marquette 80, Jackson State 61 D-1 Women Marquette 98, Richmond 80 San Diego State 63, Wisconsin 57 (OT) D-3 Men Eau Claire 68, Northland 43 Platteville 72, Coe 57 D-3 Women St. Thomas 51, Stevens...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2015
Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd made a starting lineup change on Sunday, benching guard Michael Carter-Williams and forward Jabari Parker. The move didn’t prevent a third straight loss, 87-82 to the Hornets in Charlotte. With the score tied in the final...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 29, 2015
State officials say two gun related fatalities have made this year the deadliest gun deer season in Wisconsin in the last five years. The pair of gun fatalities ended a three year string of hunting seasons without firearm related deaths. Four more people were injured...
by Bill Scott | Nov 28, 2015
UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater are the final two Wisconsin teams still standing in the NCAA Division 3 football playoffs and both are in action in the second round of the playoffs today. WIAC Champion Oshkosh will host Ohio Northern, after the Titans cruised Saint...
by Bill Scott | Nov 28, 2015
With Paul Bunyan’s Axe on the line today, Wisconsin tailback Corey Clement, who was issued two citations for disorderly conduct earlier this week, didn’t travel to Minneapolis for today’s Big Ten Conference finale between the Badgers and Minnesota...
by Bill Scott | Nov 28, 2015
With coach Jason Kidd serving his one game suspension handed down by the NBA on Friday, his Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Orlando Magic 114-90 in Orlando. Up 49-43 at halftime, the Magic came out in the third quarter and shot 81% from the floor, hitting all six of its...
by Bill Scott | Nov 28, 2015
Badgers squeak by Cayla McMorris hit the game winning shot with 3.2 seconds left to give the Wisconsin Badgers a 54-52 win over Delaware in the first game of the San Diego State Thanksgiving Classic at Viejas Arena. Delaware’s Erika Brown hit a three-pointer to...
by Bill Scott | Nov 28, 2015
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team didn’t disappoint a full house at LaBahn Arena on Friday night, whipping Dartmouth 4-1. Four different Badgers scored goals as the team ran its record to 15-0, an extension of the best start in U-W history. The Badgers...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 27, 2015
A Wisconsin Congressman believes it will take the cooperation and coordination of several nations to successfully defeat ISIS in the Middle East. U.S. Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) says the nation needs to be more vigilant, and begin working with other nations to...
