by WRN Contributor | Apr 17, 2023
A former Roman Catholic cardinal has been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for an incident in Wisconsin over 45 years ago. Attorney General Josh Kaul and Walworth County District Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld announced the charge for former cardinal Theodore...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 6, 2023
A transgender woman has been elected to office in Wisconsin for the first time. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford was elected to Madison’s city council in a tight race. She won by 54 votes. Martinez Rutherford says she decided to run for city council last November...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 22, 2023
Tuesday’s primaries determined matchups for April’s mayoral elections in major Wisconsin cities. Incumbent Madison mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, took away nearly 60% of the vote. Rhodes-Conway will face off against former Deputy Mayor Gloria Reyes, who...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 9, 2023
The state is seeing multiple cases of toxic shock syndrome for the first time in over a decade. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 5 cases since last July. Four of those cases are associated with use of super absorbency tampons by teenage girls. all...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 6, 2023
President Joe Biden will make a visit to Wisconsin this week. The White House announced Friday that Biden will be in the Madison area Wednesday, following his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president will “discuss how his economic plan is creating...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 1, 2023
A new report backs up previous studies on spending in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race. An analysis released by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign calculated more than $164 million in spending between the candidates and outside political groups. That amount...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 1, 2023
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is representing veterans, suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a Texas federal court. The conservative legal firm is challenging new restrictions on stabilizing braces, which can convert pistols...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 30, 2023
People gathered peacefully in downtown Milwaukee to remember the young man fatally beaten by police in Memphis earlier this month. Alan Chavoya with the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist And Political Oppression helped to organize Sunday’s rally. He said while it...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 24, 2023
A Rock County jury reached a verdict in less than two hours Tuesday, in the double homicide case against former Wisconsin Badger football player Marcus Randle El. The 36-year-old Randle-El was accused of fatally shooting Seairaha sierra Winchester and Brittany McAdory...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 24, 2023
The Wisconsin Department of Justice will offer school safety training to all Wisconsin schools. The training, which will be led by the Office of School Safety, will help school staff to put a plan in place for school crises and get kids back to their parents and...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 23, 2023
Events took place around the nation including in Wisconsin, for Sunday’s 50th anniversary of the now overturned Roe versus Wade ruling. In Madison, protestors took part in a Bigger than Roe march on State Street before making their way to the State Capitol Rotunda....
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2023
The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for last spring’s arson at a Madison pro life office. The FBI says its investigation shows two Molotov cocktails were thrown into the office of Wisconsin Family Action early last May....
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2023
Wisconsin’s Attorney General has announced a new statewide, multi-agency task force to support survivors of human trafficking. Josh Kaul was in Milwaukee Wednesday to introduce the Wisconsin Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, led by the Wisconsin Department of Justice...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 19, 2023
Harley-Davidson is putting together a big celebration for its 120th anniversary. The American motorcycle manufacturing firm announced Homecoming Festival events to happen July 13th through the 16th to celebrate the company’s anniversary. Those events will happen at...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2023
A Marathon County man entered a guilty plea to first-degree intentional homicide on Tuesday. David Morris was given the mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for stabbing Renee Hindes in the spring of 2021 at a Weston apartment, then threatening...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2023
The Milwaukee Common Council voted Tuesday to approve rezoning for construction of a new youth prison in the city. The new facility, which would replace the troubled Lincoln Hills youth detention facility in central Wisconsin, would house the state’s most...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 17, 2023
The Sheriff’s Office in Marathon County says in a Facebook post there’s an increase in citations issued for motorists not obeying bus laws in the county. The department states in the post they’ve spoken with a few local bus companies which say roughly 20 violations...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 17, 2023
The city of Green Bay is considering how to address inequality in housing. A report from the city’s Equal Rights Commission outlines short-and long-term recommendations. Jon Shelton, chair of the Commission, said those include a municipal housing ordinance that...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 17, 2023
The Beloit City Council has selected its next city manager from a pool of three finalists. Director of Strategic Communications Sarah Lock announced in a statement Monday Jerry Gabrielatos was chosen for the position. Lock says Gabrielatos’ career in local government...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 16, 2023
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos was named Saturday as the 50th president of the National Conference of State Legislatures. Vos, who served as the organization’s president from 2019 to 2021, returned to the post after the previous president, Idaho Speaker Scott Bedke,...
