by Bill Scott | Jan 20, 2018
Top ranked St. Norbert College was upset on Friday night, falling 5-4 to Northland College in Ashland. The Green Knights (15-2-1, 10-1 NCHA) found itself trailing 3-0 after two periods and 4-0 early in the third. After St. Norbert cut the gap to 4-2, Northland scored...
by Bill Scott | Jan 20, 2018
The 18th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team fell to number-one Notre Dame, 4-2 in South Bend on Friday night. The Irish scored three first period goals and led 3-1 after the first period. The Badgers (11-12-13, 5-8-2-0 Big Ten) crawled to within 3-2 early in...
by Bill Scott | Jan 20, 2018
Wisconsin football fans will see ticket prices increase in 2018. The UW athletic board on Friday approved an increase of $6 per game to a total of $54. That’s a cost of $378 for a seven-game season. The last time ticket prices were increased was after the 2014...
by Bob Hague | Jan 19, 2018
A special prosecutor has declined to file charges in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Jason Pero by an Ashland County Sheriff’s deputy. Pero was shot on the Bad River Reservation by Deputy Brock Mrdjenovich on November 8. St. Croix County District Attorney...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 19, 2018
State and local agencies are getting some new tools to help with ongoing efforts to combat opioid abuse in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker on Friday signed two executive orders, which are based on recommendations made by the Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse. The...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2018
Much of Northwest Wisconsin could receive between 6″ and 12″ of new snow, from a winter storm that’s in the forecast for the weekend. The National Weather Service Office in Duluth says that area could see up to a foot of snow while 3 to five inches...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2018
A loud boom the disturbed residents and shook homes north of Janesville on Thursday morning, was an exploding SUV near the intersection of Kennedy and Manogue Roads. Rock County Sheriff’s Captain Jude Mauer said local investigators invited the Bureau of Alcohol,...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2018
When a Milwaukee police officer opened fire at an armed suspect Thursday night, he hit him – but he also hit a fellow officer. Police were responding to a report of a domestic dispute, where they encountered a man armed with a knife. During the confrontation, a...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2018
Dane County supervisors have passed a resolution to fund a $76 million project that will close two jail facilities and renovate the jail at the Public Safety Building in downtown Madison. Supervisor Paul Nelson said the county’s current jail space is old and run...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2018
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in December was one for the record books. Preliminary estimates from the state’s Department of Workforce Development show the unemployment rate last month dipped to 3 percent. That’s an all-time low for the month of...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2018
Brian Flatoff will be allowed to represent himself at his upcoming trial for allegedly initiating a 2015 standoff at Eagle Nation Cycles in Neenah that resulted in police fatally shooting a man. A Winnebago County judge Wednesday approved the motion from Flatoff’s...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2018
A Marine with ties to Rock County has been stabbed to death at Camp Pendleton in California. The U.S. Marine Corps Training Command reports 18-year-old Pfc. Ethan Barclay-Weberpal was killed Tuesday morning. A Marine assigned to the same unit as Ethan has been...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 18, 2018
The search for a missing Sun Prairie man is now a homicide investigation. The body of 21-year-old Jesse Faber was found Thursday morning in storage locker in Rio. Faber was last seen Monday night and investigators had been searching for him since he was reported...
by Bob Hague | Jan 18, 2018
Democrats are questioning the timing, as Governor Scott Walker calls for a special session of the Legislature to take up a package of welfare reform bills. The Republican governor has scheduled stops around the state on Thursday to promote the Wisconsin Works for...
by Bill Scott | Jan 18, 2018
Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd took some shots at his team for their selfish play in the fourth quarter on Wednesday night. The Bucks fell to the Miami Heat 106-101 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. For three-quarters, the Bucks moved and shared the ball. Then...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 17, 2018
Sometimes an old van is just an old van, not a lawn decoration. That’s the ruling from a state appeals court, against a Brown County man who wanted to keep a van in his yard. John Knaus argued that the van’s red, white, and blue paint job shows his First...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 17, 2018
The iconic battery brand Rayovac has been sold to the company that made the Energizer bunny famous. Spectrum Brands announced on Tuesday that it will sell its battery and lighting businesses to Energizer Inc. for $2 billion in cash. “We do realize that employees...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 17, 2018
A surprise win for the Democratic candidate in the 10th Senate District could have many Republicans rethinking their strategies heading into a crucial midterm election year. St. Croix County Chief Medical Examiner Patty Schachtner defeated Republican state...
by Bob Hague | Jan 17, 2018
Republican Governor Scott Walker took to his Twitter account Tuesday night, in the wake of a win for Democrats in a state Senate special election. Unofficial results show Patty Schachtner defeated state Representative Adam Jarchow in the 10 Senate District, with 54.6...
by Bill Scott | Jan 17, 2018
The Wisconsin Badgers went down by double digits in the first three minutes of last night’s Big Ten matchup in West Lafayette and never mounted any kind of challenge. The Badgers fell to 3rd ranked Purdue 78-50. Vincent Edwards scored 21 points and Carsen...
