by WRN Contributor | Aug 26, 2016
Steven Avery’s attorney has filed a motion in Manitowoc County court asking for post-conviction scientific testing. Kathleen Zellner filed that paperwork in person on Friday, on the same day she filed a stay of appeal with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 26, 2016
He spent over four decades at the Capitol, and now former Republican state Senator Mike Ellis laments the current state of politics nationally and in Wisconsin. “It has been an evolution from civility to character assassination,” Ellis said during an...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 26, 2016
Steven Avery’s attorney is asking for more time to work on the convicted killer’s appeal. Kathleen Zellner filed paperwork with the state court of appeals today, with a request to suspend the schedule to file legal briefs. The deadline was Monday for...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 26, 2016
A Republican state lawmaker says recent claims by Democrats about school aid falling in the state don’t tell the whole story. A memo released by Democrats earlier this month showed state aid to the majority of public schools in Wisconsin has fallen to pre-2010...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 26, 2016
One of the state’s African-American lawmakers sees nothing inaccurate about a campaign video from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, which highlight’s support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump from white supremacists. The...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 26, 2016
A 57-year-old man is in critical condition after firefighters pulled him from the debris of a house explosion in Fitchburg Thursday evening. “This is a significant explosion,” said Fitchburg fire chief Joe Pulvermacher. “We haven’t seen one...
by Bill Scott | Aug 26, 2016
Wisconsin Badgers head football coach Paul Chryst has named fifth-year senior Bart Houston the teams starting quarterback to open the season against LSU on September 3 at Lambeau Field. Houston has played in 15 games in three seasons at Wisconsin, but the season...
by Bill Scott | Aug 26, 2016
Andrew McCutchen entered last night’s series opener at Miller Park with a .246 batting average, 17 home runs and 52 runs batted in. Despite his struggles this season, McCutchen single handedly helped his team end a 9-game losing streak at Miller Park, as the...
by Bill Scott | Aug 26, 2016
The UW-Milwaukee Panther women’s soccer team tied a program record with their 13th straight match without a loss, pulling out a 1-1 tie with the Wisconsin Badgers on Thursday night in Madison. The Badgers (1-1-1) started the season as the No. 16 ranked team in...
by Bob Hague | Aug 25, 2016
The maker of EpiPens will make it easier to buy the auto injector, needed by people with severe allergic reactions. Mylan jacked up prices after the Food and Drug Administration rejected a generic, and the EpiPen’s sole major competitor was pulled from pharmacy...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 25, 2016
While most of the attention has been on the Republicans and Democratic presidential nominees, Wisconsin voters will actually have several candidates to pick from in the November election. The state Elections Commission will give final approval next week to a...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 25, 2016
The state Department of Justice has identified the two New London police officers who fatally shot a man last week. Officers Ryan Denu and Brody Erickson have been on paid administrative leave since last Friday’s fatal shooting of 31-year-old Kole Knight, while...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2016
After months of debate, Ashwaubenon has passed a new ordinance restricting the number of properties that can be rented on a short-term basis. The decision from Ashwaubenon’s village board has been well received by neighbors in the area around Lambeau Field, who...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2016
The officer who shot and killed Sylville Smith just over a week ago in Sherman Park, sparking two days of violent protests, was the subject of an excessive use of force complaint filed just two days before that shooting. The officer was named in a notice of claim and...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 25, 2016
A 27-year-old driver was killed in a crash during a heat race at the Manitowoc Speedway. It happened Wednesday night during the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Racing event at the county fair. Police say the driver from Manitowoc County slammed into an infield guardrail....
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2016
Green Bay police say a man charged in connection with a fire at a vacant bar was hanging out there with neighborhood kids. Eighteen-year-old Jesus Alfredo Castilloveitia-Quinton has been charged with two counts of child abuse, arson, obstructing an officer and jumping...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 24, 2016
Several prominent Republican women have joined an effort aimed at boosting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s chances in Wisconsin. The ‘Wisconsin Women for Trump’ coalition includes party leaders from across the state, such as former Lieutenant...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2016
Investigators say there were no adults inside a Milwaukee home when a two-year-old boy died after getting stuck in a first floor window. Firefighters were called to the home around 4:15 Tuesday afternoon, after a window closed on the toddler while he was apparently...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 24, 2016
The average Wisconsin student’s score on the ACT college entrance exam was down during the last school year, although state education officials say it’s not a surprise. The 2015-16 school year marked the first time all graduating high school students took...
by Bob Hague | Aug 24, 2016
There was flooding overnight in southwest Wisconsin, but adjoining areas in northeast Iowa bore the brunt of heavy rains. National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Baumgardt in La Crosse says repeat thunderstorms dumped up to six inches of rain in some areas where...
