by Andrew Beckett | Feb 29, 2016
Governor Scott Walker has signed legislation that prevents someone from serving in both the state Legislature and as a county executive at the same time. Republicans introduced the bill in response to Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris, a Democrat, running for an...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 29, 2016
A 47-year-old Beloit man is facing a charge of 4th Offense Operating While Intoxicated, and violating parole for a 1994 conviction for Homicide by the Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle. Janesville police said Steven D. Richardson was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Sunday...
by Bob Hague | Feb 29, 2016
More elk are headed to Wisconsin. Forty more elk have been trapped in Kentucky, in a second effort to create a sizable herd in west central Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the newly-trapped animals will be quarantined before being moved...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 29, 2016
A disgraced former Sheboygan alderman will spend ten years behind bars for sexually assaulting a child. Thirty-four-year-old Kevin Matichek will also spend 10 years on extended supervision after he was sentenced Monday. According to the criminal complaint, a...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 29, 2016
Wisconsin’s sturgeon spearing season came to a close Sunday on Lake Winnebago. Spearers registered 396 sturgeon from the big lake over the past 16 days, and that’s a fraction of last year’s total. Last year was the sixth-best on Lake Winnebago, 1,870...
by Bob Hague | Feb 29, 2016
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is rebooting how it issues licenses and permits to residents, implementing the new Go Wild system, to replace the Automated License Issuance System which has been in place for more than 15 years. Mark Rappe, of DNR’s...
by Bob Hague | Feb 29, 2016
A Minnesota man is the ninth person to die in Wisconsin snowmobile crashes this winter. Fifity-four-year-old David Cronoble of Mound died Friday night when his machine hit a truck and a trailer parked on Lake Namakagon in Bayfield County. Investigators said Cronoble...
by Bill Scott | Feb 29, 2016
The Wisconsin Badgers continued their rise in the Big Ten on Sunday night, moving into a four-way tie for second place with a 68-57 win over the Michigan Wolverines. Bronson Koenig led four Badgers in double figures with 19 points. Nigel Hayes added 16, Vitto Brown...
by Bill Scott | Feb 29, 2016
Alec Peters scored 25 points and grabbed 15 rebounds while Shane Hammink hit the game winning three-pointer with 2.2-seconds left to give Valparaiso a 70-68 win over Green Bay on Sunday, ending the Phoenix’ 4-game winning streak. Valparaiso snapped a two-game...
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2016
“Every time I think the campaign can’t get any more interesting, it gets more interesting.” That was Governor Scott Walker’s reaction, on the news that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign....
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2016
President Barack Obama will visit Milwaukee next week, as recognition for the city winning the “White House Healthy Communities Challenge,” to get residents to sign up for new health insurance plans in the federal marketplace. It’s not yet known...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 26, 2016
A new Marquette University Law School Poll shows Governor Scott Walker’s efforts to reconnect with voters statewide appear to be falling short. The poll released Thursday shows the Republican governor with a 39 percent job approval rating, with 55 percent...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 26, 2016
Prosecutors say they’ll prove a Neenah man shot and killed a man in downtown Appleton, but defense attorneys say police arrested the wrong man. The murder trial for 30-year-old Chong Lee got underweay Friday morning with opening statements. Lee is facing a...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 26, 2016
An Appleton church is ending its affiliation with a Boy Scout troop after the organization decided last summer to allow openly gay troop leaders. Pastor Dan Thews of Faith Lutheran Church said it wasn’t an easy decision. “For us, when the Boy Scouts...
by Bill Scott | Feb 26, 2016
The University of Wisconsin is officially advertising its opening for the position of men’s basketball coach. It could be a good sign for interim coach Greg Gard, who has led the Badgers to wins in nine of their last ten games. The timing of the application...
by Bill Scott | Feb 26, 2016
The Milwaukee Bucks got off to a slow start and trailed by as many as 18 points in the third quarter before falling to the Boston Celtics 112-107 at TD Garden. The Bucks rallied in the fourth-quarter to get within four points in the final minute but former Marquette...
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2016
Poverty in Wisconsin is at its highest level in 30 years, according to a trend analysis of U.S. Census data by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. The number of Wisconsin residents living in poverty averaged 13 percent across the post-recession time frame,...
by Bill Scott | Feb 25, 2016
St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach Gary Grzesk has been named the Midwest Conference Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive season, becoming the first coach in league history to accomplish the feat. It is Grzesk’s fifth overall MWC Coach of...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 25, 2016
Just a few weeks after a narrow primary win, state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley and Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg remain locked in a tight race for a seat in Wisconsin’s highest court. The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 25, 2016
A Milwaukee man is dead, following an officer-involved shooting in Walworth County. According to a press release from the sheriff’s department, the shooting occurred during a drug investigation in East Troy Wednesday evening, after the driver of a suspect vehicle...
