by Bob Hague | Jul 20, 2017
The vice-chair of President Donald Trump’s voter integrity commission has some Wisconsin elections observers shaking their heads. In an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said “we may never know” who actually won...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 20, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s legislative redistricting on October 3. The state is appealing a January decision by a three-judge panel, which found Wisconsin’s maps were unconstitutional because they...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 20, 2017
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would set a higher standard for when Department of Natural Resources wardens can set foot on private property. Under current law, wardens can enter private land for any reason – something state Senator Dave Craig...
by Bill Scott | Jul 20, 2017
The Milwaukee Brewers blew a 9th inning lead and lost their fourth straight, 3-2 in 10 innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Brewers all-star closer Corey Knebel gave up the tying run in the ninth inning and Jared Hughes gave up the game winner in the...
by Bill Scott | Jul 20, 2017
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Geronimo Allison has been suspended one game without pay for violating the NFL substance-abuse policy. Allison was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession in December after he was pulled over for speeding on I-43 near Francis...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 19, 2017
A Manitowoc alderman has received a $937 ticket for drunken driving after he was reportedly spotted trying to climb a cow statue. Manitowoc Police says Michael Howe was arrested at his house in the early hours of the Fourth of July after his vehicle was spotted at...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 19, 2017
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says his members will take some time to review a budget plan offered by Senate Republicans this week. Vos emerged from a closed-door meeting with Governor Scott Walker and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald Wednesday afternoon – a...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 19, 2017
A University of Wisconsin entomologist says the recent discovery of a mosquito in the state that’s capable of transmitting the Zika Virus should not be a cause for concern. The mosquito was located by officials in Dane County, marking the first time Aedes...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 19, 2017
Police in Shorewood say a 14-year-old boy swimming in Lake Michigan drowned Tuesday night. Witnesses say the boy jumped from a break wall into the water. They called 911 after he failed to resurface, and a massive search ended with the discovery of the boy’s...
by Bill Scott | Jul 19, 2017
Travis Shaw clubbed a three run home run, but that’s all the Brewers could muster offensively, suffering their third straight loss, 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Junior Guerra held the Pirates scoreless through five innings, but the sixth inning...
by Bill Scott | Jul 19, 2017
With the Milwaukee Brewers battling for the National League Central Division lead, their catching depth took a shot when an MRI showed that Stephen Vogt suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee and will miss at least a month. The Brewers...
by Bill Scott | Jul 19, 2017
The Marquette men’s basketball team will open the 34th Maui Invitational in November against VCU. The contest will tip off at 1:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2. The tournament released its bracket on Tuesday. Marquette and VCU are joined in their half...
by Bill Scott | Jul 19, 2017
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will face Baylor in the semifinals of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City. The two teams will meet in the second semifinal on November 20 at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2. UCLA and Creighton will meet...
by [email protected] | Jul 18, 2017
A charge of hypocrisy has been leveled by Wisconsin Democrats, over Governor Scott Walker’s plans to drug test public assistance recipients. At a Capitol press conference on Tuesday, Scott Ross with liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said the Republican...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 18, 2017
With Wisconsin’s biennial state budget now more than two weeks overdue, Senate Republicans outlined a plan Tuesday that leaders say they hope will end a stalemate that’s been holding up talks. The proposal unveiled at a Capitol press conference includes...
by Bob Hague | Jul 18, 2017
Some “clear” changes are coming to Camp Randall carry in policies this fall. Carry in bags at Camp Randall Stadium will be required to be made of clear material, beginning with this fall’s Badger football season. “We belive that this just...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 18, 2017
Two men have been charged with murder, in connection to a Madison robbery that led to a man’s fatal heart attack. The June 27 Culver’s restaurant robbery led to the death of 56 year-old Christ “Chris” Kneubuehl, who was working inside as a...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 18, 2017
Charges are pending against a 33-year-old man who police say was naked and threatening others with a knife, and then was accidentally burned while being arrested. Manitowoc Police were called this past weekend to a street where Travis Tingler was allegedly threatening...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 18, 2017
A Stratford business has been fined, after a worker died there in December. Twenty-three-year-old Nicholas Smith of Marshfield died December 14 during an early morning shift at A&B Process Systems in Stratford. OSHA determined that he was working on the outside of...
by Bill Scott | Jul 18, 2017
The Milwaukee Brewers opened a 10-game road trip with a 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. They lost catcher Stephen Vogt in the process, after Pirates Chad Kuhl ran into him on a play at the plate. Vogt left with what was described as a neck strain and...
