by WRN Contributor | May 25, 2016
Madison Police say a 39-year-old man and his daughter were found dead inside a home on the city’s southeast side Tuesday evening, in what appears to be a murder-suicide. Police Chief Mike Koval told reporters at a news conference that it seems as though the...
by Bill Scott | May 25, 2016
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team will host North Carolina in the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 1 at the Kohl Center. The Badgers are 5-4 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with wins against Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Boston College...
by Andrew Beckett | May 25, 2016
A controversial right-to-work law in Wisconsin will be allowed to remain in place, while the state appeals a Dane County judge’s ruling that found the measure unconstitutional. The state is appealing the ruling from April, which found the law passed by the...
by Bill Scott | May 25, 2016
Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy spent two months training under the watchful eye of P90X founder Tony Horton. With the Packers holding their first open to the public OTA workout, Lacy appeared slimmer. When coach Mike McCarthy was asked about Lacy’s...
by Bill Scott | May 25, 2016
Atlanta’s Julio Teheran struck out 12 Brewers on Tuesday night, but Scooter Gennett made a couple of key plays to lead Milwaukee to victory. Teheran and Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson were locked in a battle and eventually removed with the score tied 1-1. Gennett...
by Bill Scott | May 25, 2016
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team learned Tuesday that it will host Syracuse at the Kohl Center as part of the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Badgers will face the Orange on November 29 in Madison. The matchup marks the first-ever meeting in Madison between...
by Bill Scott | May 25, 2016
Wisconsin men’s basketball standout Nigel Hayes has decided to return to the Badgers for his senior season. Hayes withdrew his name from the 2016 NBA draft entry pool after declaring for the draft last month but not signing with an agent. Hayes told the...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2016
Criminal charges have been filed against a Lake Geneva woman who had been reported missing with her three sons. Forty-year-old Michalene Melges has been charged with interference with child custody, a felony, and misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and...
by Andrew Beckett | May 24, 2016
A federal trial underway in Madison this week could create a new way for courts to determine whether a redistricting was done constitutionally. At the heart of the case challenging Wisconsin’s 2011 redistricting process is something the plaintiffs are calling an...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2016
A Brown County man has been arrested in connection with a body found in Bellevue over the weekend. Captain David Konrath of the Brown County Sheriff’s Department said the body found in a field on Hoffman Road on Saturday is that of 31-year-old Nicole...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2016
UPDATE from Lake Geneva PD: “We can confirm at this time that Michalene Melges and her three sons have been located and are safe in Georgia.” The Lake Geneva Police Department is asking for the community’s help to find a Wisconsin mom and her three...
by Bob Hague | May 24, 2016
Governor Scott Walker still owes nearly $900,000 on his failed presidential campaign, but Walker remains sanguine about the prospects of whittling down the debt. “We’ve got a plan,” Walker said in Stevens Point on Monday. “It sounds like a fair...
by Andrew Beckett | May 24, 2016
The search for a large snake spotted in Grant County over the weekend has ended, after someone managed to take a picture of the elusive reptile and it was identified as a bull snake native to the region. The Grant County Sheriff’s Department put out an alert...
by Andrew Beckett | May 24, 2016
A federal trial gets underway this morning in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s last round of legislative redistricting. The case focuses on claims from Democrats that the maps unfairly give Republicans an advantage and amount to one of the worst cases of...
by Bill Scott | May 24, 2016
Green Bay Packers fans can get their first peek at the 2016-17 Green Bay Packers with the start of organized team activities (OTA’s) today. The last month has been all about weight lifting, conditioning, diet and meetings. Today, players and coaches will...
by Andrew Beckett | May 23, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a request by Wisconsin prosecutors to reopen a John Doe probe that targeted Governor Scott Walker’s recall campaign and conservative groups. The nation’s high court on Monday agreed to allows both sides to make their...
by WRN Contributor | May 23, 2016
Wisconsin home sales hit their highest level in eleven years last month. The Wisconsin Realtors Association said Monday that its members sold almost 7,100 existing homes statewide last month, up about 8.8 percent compared to April of 2015 and the highest they have...
by Andrew Beckett | May 23, 2016
The state Department of Natural Resources says 12 northern Wisconsin are under a “Red Flag Warning” today, due to wildfire concerns. DNR wilfire prevention specialist Catherine Koele says low humidity, gusty winds, and dry fuel mean there’s a high...
by Andrew Beckett | May 23, 2016
The Grant County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents near the Village of Dickeyville to be on the lookout for a large snake spotted in the area. Sheriff Nate Dreckman said in a statement that the department received a report at about 5:30 Sunday evening...
by WRN Contributor | May 23, 2016
Two men were killed and a woman injured in a head-on, two-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon. The Rock County Sheriff’s Office reports a white Pontiac Sunfire driven by a 27-year-old Madison man, with a 26-year-old passenger from Fitchburg was traveling north on...
