by Andrew Beckett | Nov 30, 2016
The state Republican Party claims Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaigns are illegally coordinating on a statewide recount. In a complaint filed with the Federal Elections Commission, the Wisconsin GOP argues...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 30, 2016
A Dane County judge’s decision not to order a hand recount of Wisconsin’s presidential vote will be allowed to stand. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s campaign said Wednesday it will not appeal the ruling, given the tight time...
by Bob Hague | Nov 30, 2016
The president elect has flag burning on his mind — or at least he did on Tuesday, when Donald Trump tweeted that nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag, and consequences might include loss of citizenship or a year in jail. Donald Downs, Professor of...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 30, 2016
A special prosecutor in the criminal case against Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt says Schmitt should be fined and given community service for violating Wisconsin’s campaign finance laws. Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf filed an 11-page...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 30, 2016
President Elect Donald Trump has added Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy to his transition team. Duffy is one of five new members of the team’s executive committee, bringing the total to 20. The 7th District Republican was an outspoken Trump supporter — but...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2016
The 17th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers made quick work of Syracuse and their 2-3 zone defense, knocking off the Orange 77-60 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night at the Kohl Center. Ethan Happ scored 24 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, hitting 10 of 12 from the...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2016
The Milwaukee Bucks played Golden State and Toronto tough, but lost. Tuesday night, they got over the hump by rolling to a 118-101 win over the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Giannis Antetokounmpo tied a career high with...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2016
Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst followed up the Big Ten West Division title with the league’s Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Award on Tuesday, as voted on by his peers. The award is named for legendary Big Ten Conference coaches Woody Hayes of Ohio...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2016
It would appear that Paul Chryst will have both of his quarterbacks ready to go for Saturday night’s Big Ten Championship game between Wisconsin and Penn State. Redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook, who has started all nine Big Ten games for the Badgers this...
by Bill Scott | Nov 30, 2016
Wisconsin Badger redshirt junior T.J. Watt was named first team All-Big Ten linebacker by both the coaches and the media on Tuesday. Watt finished the regular season third in the Big Ten in sacks with 9 1/2. He tied for seventh in tackles for loss with 13 and leads...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 29, 2016
County clerks in Wisconsin will be able to use machines to help with a recount of the state’s presidential vote, after a Dane County judge on Tuesday denied Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s request to order that the process be done by hand....
by Bob Hague | Nov 29, 2016
The Wisconsin Elections Commission has received a bank wire transfer of $3,499,689 from the campaign of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to prepay the estimated cost of conducting a statewide recount. With payment received, the Commission is issuing an...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 29, 2016
A multi-state outbreak of drug-resistant Salmonella has been linked to dairy bull calves sold in Wisconsin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 21 people in eight states were infected between January and October of this year, with eight of those people...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 29, 2016
While more hunters were able to shoot a buck than last year, overall harvest numbers and participation were down during Wisconsin’s recently ended nine-day gun deer season. Preliminary figures released by the Department of Natural Resources show hunters shot...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 29, 2016
One of the two presidential candidates who asked for recount of Wisconsin’s presidential vote has withdrawn his request. The move comes a day after the Wisconsin Elections Commission said those asking for a recount would have to pay $3.9 million, with the...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 29, 2016
Recounting presidential ballots means extra work for Wisconsin county clerks and their staffs. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell says they’ll be doing it by hand — even though the state elections commission ruled they don’t have to. “When we...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 29, 2016
For the third straight year, Wisconsin saw no fatalities during the nine-day gun deer hunting season that ended over the weekend. Department of Natural Resources warden Jeremy Cords says there were five non-fatal shootings during the season, which is slightly below...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 29, 2016
The chairman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is taking issue with claims that millions of people may have fraudulently voted across the country earlier this month. President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend argued on Twitter that the only reason Democrat...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 29, 2016
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has met with President Elect Donald Trump about his chances for joining the administration. Reports say Clarke is a possibility as secretary of Homeland Security – but the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Clarke could be...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 29, 2016
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says the “exorbitant” cost estimates of doing a recount in Wisconsin will not deter her campaign. The Wisconsin Elections Commission says it will cost local clerks $3.5 million to recount the nearly three...
