by Andrew Beckett | Jan 31, 2016
Wisconsin Congressman Reid Ribble has announced he will not run for reelection this fall. In a statement released Saturday, the Sherwood Republican said he had accomplished everything he promised to do when he was first elected to represent the state’s 8th...
by Bill Scott | Jan 31, 2016
The St. Norbert College Green Knights came from four-points down in the closing minutes to knock host Carroll College 74-72 in a key Midwest Conference battle on Saturday in Waukesha. The Green Knights (16-2, 13-0 MWC) moved two games plus the tie-breaker in front of...
by Bill Scott | Jan 31, 2016
After seeing their 14-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday night, the 22nd ranked Green Bay Phoenix women got right back on the horse and started a new streak, rolling past Detroit 58-36 in Horizon League play at the Kress Center on Saturday. Sophomore...
by Bill Scott | Jan 31, 2016
Marquette’s freshman sensation Henry Ellenson scored a career-high 32 points and pulled down ten rebounds to lead the Golden Eagles past Butler 75-69 in Big East action at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Saturday. Ellenson turned in his 13th double-double by...
by Bill Scott | Jan 31, 2016
The Milwaukee Brewers sent their starting shortstop, former NL All-Star Jean Segura to the Arizona Diamondbacks as a part of a five-player deal on Saturday. The Diamondbacks also picked up right-handed pitcher Tyler Wagner in the deal for right handed pitcher Chase...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2016
One person is dead and another was injured after their horse-drawn buggy was hit by a truck in Clark County. Clark County Sheriff Gregory Herrick said 50-year-old Aaron Newswanger of rural Dorchester was driving the buggy along the side of a county highway Thursday,...
by Bill Scott | Jan 30, 2016
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers underwent knee surgery shortly after the playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals. An ESPN report said the injury is what prompted Rodgers to pull out of Sunday’s Pro Bowl game. The report says the procedure was a...
by Bill Scott | Jan 30, 2016
It was too many turnovers and too much Dwayne Wade for the Milwaukee Bucks as they fell to the Miami Heat 107-103 on Friday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Wade scored just two points in a previous meeting against the Bucks, battling sore shoulders. Last...
by Bill Scott | Jan 30, 2016
The Green Bay Phoenix (13-9, 5-4 HL) shot 73% from the field in the second half and 63% for the game, yet still managed to fall to the Milwaukee Panthers 95-94 in a Horizon League rivalry battle. Jordan Johnson scored seven of his 17 points in the final 88-seconds for...
by Bill Scott | Jan 30, 2016
The Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team (5-12-6, 1-7-2-1 Big Ten) got a pair of goals from Ryan Wagner and three second-period goals overall, knocking off Alaska 4-3 on Friday night at the Kohl Center. The Badgers opened the scoring with just 47-seconds left in...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 29, 2016
Months after ending his run for the White House, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker still had a sizable amount of debt owed by his presidential campaign. A filing with the Federal Elections Commission shows Walker ended 2015 with a campaign debt of $1.2 million. He also...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 29, 2016
While a crowd of up to 200 had been expected to show up, just a few dozen people gathered outside the Manitowoc County courthouse Friday for a rally in support of two men some believe may have been wrongfully convicted of murder. The rally comes about a month after...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 29, 2016
A Fond du Lac County jury has found a woman guilty of killing her husband and then hiding his body in a wooded area in Milwaukee. 38-year-old Eve Nance showed no emotion as the jury returned with its decision Friday, after about two hours of deliberation. Nance was...
by Bob Hague | Jan 29, 2016
The Internal Revenue Service wants families to make sure they’re not leaving money on the table this tax season. Christopher Miller with the IRS in Milwaukee says the Earned Income Tax Credit has been called “the government’s largest anti-poverty...
by Bob Hague | Jan 29, 2016
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson is voicing concerns about the safety of migrant children in the U.S. A congressional report has found that migrant children were left vulnerable to human trafficking, due to ineffective screening of host homes by the Department of Health and...
by Bob Hague | Jan 29, 2016
A bill advancing at the Capitol could make it easier to sell public water utilities in Wisconsin to private investors. A state Senate committee approved the measure (AB 554) in a partisan vote on Thursday. The full Assembly has already passed the bill. Critics say the...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 29, 2016
Tips from the public seem to be paying off for the Beloit Police Department when it comes to solving the murder of five-year-old Austin Ramos Junior. In addition to finding the suspect vehicle, officers have arrested a third suspect – 18-year-old Hugo Martinez of...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 29, 2016
The number of Wisconsin workers who belonged to a union continued to decline last year. Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show just 223,000 workers were part of the organized labor force in 2015, compared to about 306,000 the year before. The percentage...
by Bill Scott | Jan 29, 2016
The last time the 22nd ranked Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team lost a Horizon League game was February 4, 2015 against Oakland. Fast forward to Thursday night at the Kress Center in Green Bay, the Phoenix riding a 14-game winning streak and the Oakland...
by Bill Scott | Jan 29, 2016
The Milwaukee Bucks entered Thursday nights game at Memphis leading the NBA in points in the paint (49.3 average). They finished with 46, but hit just 36.7% from the field (29 of 79), falling to the Grizzlies 103-83. Tony Allen held Bucks forward Giannis...
