by Bob Hague | Aug 25, 2017
A Democrat who’s running for governor says the state doesn’t have enough information to make an informed decision on Foxconn. Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik participated in a Wispolitics luncheon in Madison, where he was repeatedly pressed about the...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 24, 2017
The co-chairs of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee say they hope to wrap up their work on the state budget shortly after Labor Day. The committee met Thursday for the first time in more than two months, as majority Republicans try to pass a state...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2017
A German company that created the gummy bear will get $21 million in state income tax credits if it creates 385 jobs at a new Wisconsin plant. State officials confirmed the tax break Wednesday for Haribo, which plans to build its first North American gummy bear...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2017
Prosecutors in Fond du Lac County have charged three people in connection with the sexual assault of a six-year-old child. Forty-one-year-old Shane Berg, 18-year-old Tory Tuinstra, and a 40-year-old woman were charged in Fond du Lac County Court Wednesday. Bond for...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2017
Work on a new two-year state budget is resuming. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee — which has not met since June 15 — has scheduled a meeting for Thursday on some remaining issues. However, the agenda does not indicate any action on what’s been the main...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 24, 2017
State investigators have released the identity of the person killed in an officer-involved shooting in Kewaunee County. Twenty-two-year-old Tyler Whitmire was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy on Monday night. Deputies responded to a 911 call along Highway AB,...
by Bill Scott | Aug 24, 2017
The Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, obtained the rights to 11 players in the 2017 NBA G League Expansion Draft. The Herd will hold the rights to the players for two seasons. The Expansion Draft provides new NBA G League teams,...
by Bill Scott | Aug 24, 2017
When the Brewers don’t hit home runs, they usually struggle to win. They finally got their first long ball of the series, a solo shot by Stephen Vogt in the 9th inning, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 4-2 loss to the Giants in San Francisco. The Brewers...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2017
Help is on the way in the effort to combat Wisconsin’s drug problem. Attorney General Brad Schimel plans to appoint a new assistant attorney general to aid in the prosecution of cases related to methamphetamines, which he says is a growing problem in the...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 23, 2017
Governor Scott Walker is asking for a federal disaster declaration for 11 western Wisconsin counties that were damaged by flooding earlier this summer. The request is the result of more than $10 million worth of damage to roads and public infrastructure caused by...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2017
Two Texas men have been charged with stealing textbooks from the UW-Green Bay campus. Ryan Lewis and Genesis Abellar were arrested in Houston on Wednesday, after allegedly breaking into locked offices and taking more than $12,000 worth of books from the Wisconsin...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2017
Appleton Coated has notified the state that some or all of its 620 workers could lose their jobs — depending on what happens with the paper mill in Combined Locks. It’s expected to go on the market through receivership. Companies are required let the...
by Bill Scott | Aug 23, 2017
St. Norbert College hockey coach Tim Coghlin will be inducted into the 2017 class of the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame. Coghlin is one of two inductees in the Hall of Fame’s 2017 class, joining John Kennedy of Franklin at the enshrinement banquet to be...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 23, 2017
With a playground full of children serving as a backdrop, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers on Wednesday morning officially announced he’s running for governor in 2018. “I’m running because I’ve always believed that...
by Bill Scott | Aug 23, 2017
The Milwaukee Brewers scored two runs in the seventh inning on Tuesday night to pull out a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Ryan Braun tied the game in the seventh with a sacrifice fly off of reliever Albert Suarez and Travis...
by Bill Scott | Aug 23, 2017
As training camp and the NFL preseason winding down, time is running out for Green Bay Packers 4th round pick, linebacker Vince Biegel to get himself ready for the start of the regular season. Packers coach Mike McCarthy announced Tuesday that Biegel wouldn’t...
by Bill Scott | Aug 23, 2017
University of Wisconsin officials announced the Badgers and UCLA have agreed to meet in a home and home series, but college football fans on both sides will have to wait until 2029 and 2030 to see it. Wisconsin is scheduled to face UCLA in Pasadena, California on...
by Bill Scott | Aug 23, 2017
The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team wrapped up their international tour with an 83-71 win over the Sydney Kings on Tuesday. Wisconsin freshman Brad Davison led Wisconsin with 25 points, marking the fifth different player to lead the team in scoring...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 23, 2017
A man who admitted rigging lottery drawings in Wisconsin and four other states has been sentenced to prison in Iowa, and faces additional time in Wisconsin. Computer expert Eddie Tipton was head of security for the Multistate Lottery Association. His co-conspirators...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 22, 2017
Despite claims from the governor that a budget deal may be in place, legislative leaders caution that there is still more work to be done. The state budget is now more than seven weeks overdue and the Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday for the first...
