by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2017
After leading by just three points at halftime, an upset Greg Gard let his Wisconsin team know what he thought about their play. The Badgers turned things around in the second half and rolled to a 82-55 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Kohl Center. The...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2017
Kimberly head football coach Steve Jones has named one of two finalists for the Don Shula high school football Coach of the Year award presented by the NFL. Jones just finished his sixth season as head coach, leading the Papermakers to their fourth straight WIAA State...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2017
The 2016-17 season just finished, but the Green Bay Packers are already moving ahead to next season. The Packers re-signed eight players to futures contracts on Tuesday, all of them ended the year on the Packers’ practice squad. The players are center Jacob...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2017
The Milwaukee Brewers finalized their contract with former Yankees and Indians reliever Joba Chamberlain on Tuesday. Chamberlain signed a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league spring training. If he makes the team, Chamberlain will earn a $1.375 million...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 24, 2017
Legislation banning local governments from requiring labor agreements in their construction contracts faced criticism at the Capitol Tuesday, as lawmakers held a public hearing on the proposal. The bill from state Rep. Rob Hutton (R-Brookfield) would prevent a Project...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 24, 2017
Governor Scott Walker plans to release his state budget plan early next month. The governor has requested a joint session of the legislature at 4 p.m. on February 8, where he will outline his proposal for the state’s next two-year spending plan. Walker has been...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 24, 2017
A Nazi flag flown at a Oshkosh duplex has puts a family who lives there in fear. The flag has been taken down, but a photo shared online has led to threats being made to a neighbor. Rosangela Diaz shares the duplex with the person who put up the flag. She said her...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 24, 2017
A federal class action lawsuit has been filed over the treatment of juvenile offenders housed at state facilities, which alleges staff make excessive use of solitary confinement and pepper spray to control the population. The American Civil Liberties Union and the...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 24, 2017
A Waupaca County jury deliberated about six hours before finding a woman not guilty of murder. The two-man, ten-woman jury returned not guilty verdicts in the case against Alison Roe, charged with 1st degree intentional homicide in the 2015 stabbing death of Craig...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2017
The Green Bay Phoenix ended a two-game losing streak, knocking off Cleveland State 83-73 at the Resch Center. The Phoenix (12-8, 6-2 HL) shot 50 percent from the field and 59.3 percent alone in the second half, earning the season sweep over the Vikings (6-15, 2-7...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2017
The Milwaukee Bucks avenged a 19-point loss to Houston last week by rolling to a 127-114 win over the Rockets on Monday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a game-high 31 points and Jabari Parker added 28 points, eight rebounds and...
by Bob Hague | Jan 23, 2017
Democrats in the Wisconsin legislature are vowing to defend access to abortion. On Monday, they introduced a resolution affirming abortion as health care. “When abortion is inaccessible – and you can look at any country in the world and see this –...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 23, 2017
Fond du Lac County prosecutors will get another opportunity to retry a 63-year-old Kenosha man for the 1990 murder of Berit Beck. Judge Robert Wirtz on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a 1st degree murder charge against Dennis Brantner. The judge ruled there was...
by Bob Hague | Jan 23, 2017
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday which formally ends U.S. participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The controversial trade deal was already going nowhere in Congress, but Trump’s action was a follow-though to his stated...
by Bill Scott | Jan 23, 2017
Wisconsin sophomore forward Ethan Happ has been named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week by the league office on Monday. Happ led the Badgers with a career-high 28 points, a game-high 12 rebounds, a career-high five blocks in Wisconsin’s 78-76 overtime win at...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 23, 2017
Legislation up for a public hearing this week at the Capitol would ban government agencies from requiring labor agreements as part of construction contracts. Current state law allows local governments to require those bidding on contracts to have Project Labor...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 23, 2017
Criminals caught with guns or who serve as a straw buyer could face tougher penalties in Wisconsin. State Senator LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) is a co-sponsor of a bill that would make it a felony buy a gun for someone who can’t legally have one or to give a...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 23, 2017
Governor Scott Walker is proposing a series of changes to Wisconsin welfare programs. Billed as “Wisconsin Works for Everyone,” Walker toured the state Monday to unveil the package of reforms he said are built on those pursued by the then-Governor Tommy...
by Bill Scott | Jan 23, 2017
The Green Bay Packers were one step away from a trip to Super Bowl 51. They had the momentum of eight straight wins, but the Atlanta Falcons made sure the momentum came to a screeching halt. The Packers won the toss but deferred. That allowed the Falcons to take the...
by Bob Hague | Jan 21, 2017
There was a massive crowd for Madison’s Women’s March on Saturday. Madison Police tweeted an estimate of between 75-and-100-thousand people on a day when huge crowds also gathered in other U.S. cities. Speakers included Sagashus Levingston of Madison....
