by Andrew Beckett | Aug 22, 2017
Members of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee were seeking answers on an incentive package for Foxconn’s proposed southeastern Wisconsin factory, during a hearing Tuesday at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant. State Representative Gordon Hintz...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 22, 2017
A Fond du Lac convenience store known for selling plenty of big winners over the years is seeing a huge spike in business as the Powerball jackpot continues to grow. Ma and Pa’s Grocery Express, which has sold multiple nine-figure Powerball tickets, is part of...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 22, 2017
With committee work expected to resume this week on a proposed state budget, Governor Scott Walker is saying lawmakers are close to having a deal in place to wrap up work on the two-year spending plan. Walker said Tuesday morning during a stop in Madison that...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 22, 2017
One of two teens charged in Waukesha’s notorious “Slenderman” stabbing has entered a guilty plea. Anissa Weier pleaded guilty on Monday to an amended charge of attempted second degree intentional homicide, party to a crime with use of a deadly weapon...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 22, 2017
The Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department is releasing more information about an officer involved shooting Monday night. Officers were called to the incident on County Highway AB, two miles south of Highway 29 in the Town of Franklin around 8 p.m. A male suspect...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 22, 2017
Members of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will be in southeastern Wisconsin this morning, for a public hearing on an incentive package for Foxconn. The hearing will be at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant – which is located in the general...
by Bill Scott | Aug 22, 2017
The Green Bay Packers received some good news on the injury front with second year defensive lineman Dean Lowry. Lowry avoided a serious knee injury after he left last Saturday’s preseason game against the Washington Redskins. Tests showed no major damage and...
by Bill Scott | Aug 22, 2017
Chris Stratton and three relievers combined to help the San Francisco Giants shut down the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 in their series opener on Monday night at AT&T Park. Stratton improved to 2-2, holding the Brewers to four hits over six innings. San...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 22, 2017
The leader of UW-Oshkosh says student scholarships will be honored, in the wake of the decision by the university’s foundation to file for bankruptcy. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says that’s something he’s personally overseeing. The foundation declared bankruptcy, after...
by [email protected] | Aug 22, 2017
Wisconsin college students who want to vote next year should start thinking about it now. “What they really ought to do, before they get to bogged down in their studies and partying, is they ought to figure out what it is they have to be able to vote, and make...
by Bob Hague | Aug 21, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan was questioned about President Donald Trump, during his Monday night CNN town hall. The event was carried live from Racine on CNN, and moderated by the network’s Jake Tapper. Ryan, who took questions from constituents in his 1st...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 21, 2017
Despite a mostly cloudy sky, thousands of people across Wisconsin were able to view Monday’s solar eclipse. Nine-year-old Kylee Soltow of Marshfield watched the partial eclipse with her brother Caiden. “The moon was like orange,” Kylee said....
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 21, 2017
Madison’s mayor is defending a decision to remove a memorial honoring confederate soldiers from a city cemetery. Mayor Paul Soglin ordered the removal of a plaque and stone last week, which had been at Forest Hill Cemetery since 1981 to honor Confederate...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 21, 2017
A 55-year-old man was arrested for an 8th drunk driving offense, after police say he led officers on a chase. The Janesville Police Department responded at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, to a report of an SUV driving into oncoming traffic near Centerway St. and Milton Ave....
by WRN Contributor | Aug 21, 2017
Amended charges have been requested against a 24-year-old Freedom woman, following the death of a motorcyclist she is accused of colliding with. Prosecutors are recommending one count of Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Vehicle against Kendra Bruley. She currently...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 21, 2017
Homes sales in Wisconsin slowed down in July, as the number of houses on the market continued to shrink. The Wisconsin Realtors Association says its members sold about 8,200 existing homes last month, which was down about five percent compared to the same month in...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 21, 2017
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers is expected to officially launch his campaign for governor this week. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports an email sent to Evers’ supporters says he will announce his bid for the Democratic nomination...
by Bill Scott | Aug 21, 2017
The Wisconsin Badgers will open the 2017 college football season ranked 9th in the country in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll. The Badgers rank number-10 in the Amway coaches poll, which was released earlier this month. The last time Wisconsin opened the...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 21, 2017
A new poll shows the majority of Wisconsin residents surveyed said they are embarrassed by the President Donald Trump’s conduct in office. The NBC/Marist poll found 64 percent of Wisconsin residents falling into that category, with just 24 percent saying they...
by Bill Scott | Aug 21, 2017
Jesus Aguilar clubbed two home runs and added 3 RBI as the Milwaukee Brewers knocked off the Colorado Rockies 8-4 on Sunday at Coors Field. Keon Broxton went 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI and two runs scored for the Brewers, who have won six of their last seven and...
