by Bob Hague | Feb 21, 2017
Wisconsin’s Spring Primary is Tuesday. There’s only one statewide race on the ballot – a three way primary for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. Incumbent Tony Evers faces Lowell Holtz and John Humphries. There are also races for circuit court judge in...
by Bob Hague | Feb 20, 2017
Business and environmental groups are bound to be at odds over President Donald Trump’s new Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency. Scott Manley, Senior Vice President of Government Relations with Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, is eager to see...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 20, 2017
The family of an 18-year-old Sturtevant woman murdered in Fond du Lac County in 1990 will have to wait almost another year before the man suspected of killing her is retried. A Fond du Lac County judge on Monday scheduled a four-week trial for 63-year-old Dennis...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2017
Last year, Milwaukee police officers seized more than 2400 illegally-carried firearms, and two months into the new year, police have seized more than 300 guns. Mayor Tom Barrett joined police on Sunday in displaying some of the weapons seized so far this year....
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2017
An investigation is underway into the shooting of four men on Madison’s early Sunday. All four suffered what were apparently non-life-threatening injuries. Police chief Mike Koval said it began as a fight in Dodge County Saturday night, escalating hours later on...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2017
A 22-year-old University of Wisconsin student is facing charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, after police say he ran through the state Capitol rotunda earlier this month while completely naked. Capitol police have looked at video evidence of the February 4th...
by Bill Scott | Feb 20, 2017
Waukesha Catholic Memorial Inside Linebacker C.J. Goetz has committed to the Wisconsin Badgers 2018 football recruiting class. The 6’3, 225 pound Goetz was a first-team all-state pick last season when he helped the Crusaders won the WIAA Division 3 State...
by Bill Scott | Feb 20, 2017
Nigel Hayes and Ethan Happ combined for 41 points and 17 rebounds, helping the 10th ranked Wisconsin Badgers end a two-game losing streak with a 71-60 win over Maryland at the Kohl Center. The Badgers trailed the 24th-ranked Terrapins by six points at halftime but...
by Bill Scott | Feb 20, 2017
Former Milwaukee Bucks star Sidney Moncrief and former Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan were named finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement came in New Orleans during the NBA all-star weekend. Moncrief was named a finalist...
by Bill Scott | Feb 20, 2017
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a team-high 30 points, 22 of them coming on dunks, but the Eastern Conference fell to the Western Conference 192-182 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Pelicans forward Anthony Davis set an NBA All-Star...
by Bill Scott | Feb 20, 2017
WIAC regular season champion River Falls and second place Oshkosh have secured opening round byes in the league playoffs, which start on Tuesday night. Stout will travel to Whitewater and La Crosse is at Eau Claire for the two opening round games. The winners advance...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2017
Two Green Bay Police officers have resigned amid an internal investigation of misconduct. Chief Andrew Smith addressed the public about the allegations during a press conference at police headquarters on Friday. The allegations of harassment and improper remarks were...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 17, 2017
State Superintendent candidate John Humphries says one of his opponents is lying about the facts surrounding a meeting the two had in December. A document released by Humphries earlier this week claimed Lowell Holtz proposed that the candidate who dropped out of the...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 17, 2017
A Richland Center woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for allegedly trying to kill her grandmother. Under an Alford plea, 27-year-old Nina Fields maintained her innocence while agreeing there was enough evidence to convict her. Fields was charged last...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 17, 2017
A proposal to end Daylight Sving Time in Wisconsin is seeing some changes, foloowing a backlash on social media the proposal received after it was introduced earlier this month. Instead, state Representatives Samantha Kerkman (R-Salem) and Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh)...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 17, 2017
A new agreement could keep the doors open at the National Mustard Museum in business in Middleton. The current owner, Barry Levenson, wants to retire, but can’t catch up on a loan from Dane County. Thursday night, the county’s Community Development...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 17, 2017
Governor Scott Walker has signed the first bill of the new legislative session. The bill assists a cheese maker in Sheboygan County by allowing creation of a Tax Incremental Finance (TIF) District in the town of Oostburg. That will help Masters Gallery Foods build a...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 17, 2017
A family is still unaccounted for after a fire destroyed their home early this morning. Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department Fire Chief James Styczynski said officials contacted relatives who said they are unsure of the family’s whereabouts. Styczynski said five...
by Bill Scott | Feb 17, 2017
Playing without senior point guard Bronson Koenig (left calf injury), the 10th ranked Wisconsin Badgers lost their second consecutive game, falling 64-58 to the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ethan Happ finished with 22 points on 10 of 13 shooting, but 18...
by Bob Hague | Feb 16, 2017
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi wants to help immigrant residents gain citizenship and better attain services. At a press conference in Madison Thursday, Parisi said all sectors of the Dane County economy – urban and rural – are at least partially reliant...
