by Bob Hague | Jan 16, 2024
You can help make Valentine’s Day brighter for Wisconsin veterans. For a second year, individuals and groups are asked to send Valentine’s to the veteran homes at Chippewa Falls, King, and Union Grove. “Last year, there was an unbelievable outpouring of care...
by Bob Hague | Nov 10, 2023
Saturday is Veterans Day, and one veterans group hopes to bring an end to war. Air Force Veteran Brad Geyer with the Madison Chapter of Veterans for Peace on the costs of war. “How people are harmed. Physically, how they’re harmed mentally. PTSD, trauma.” Army veteran...
by Bob Hague | Oct 20, 2023
Flags will fly at half-staff across Wisconsin on Saturday. That’s in honor of a Wisconsin soldier killed in the Korean War 73 years ago. Charles Dickman will be buried with military honors in his hometown of Cashton on Saturday. Dickman was a 17-year-old Army Private...
by Bob Hague | Mar 28, 2023
People opposed to F-35 fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field were outside Governor Tony Evers Capitol office on Monday morning. Tom Boswell is an organizer with the group Safe Skies Clean Water. “We have a delegation of people, including some of our local public...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 27, 2023
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum remembers the 50th anniversary of America’s withdrawal from the Vietnam War. Curator Kevin Hampton says the online exhibition, which features interviews and photos, comes with a call for all veterans who served to speak with the...
by Bob Hague | Mar 7, 2023
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office announced last week that the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs is receiving a federal grant to conduct community outreach, noise mitigation planning, and prepare for arrival of F-35 fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field....
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 Raymond Neupert | Jan 10, 2023
Governor Tony Evers has picked a new head of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. Current DVA deputy secretary James Bond has been named to take over the position of his former boss Mary Kolar who announced her retirement last week. Bond is a disabled...
by Bob Hague | Dec 30, 2022
Wisconsin Veteran’s Secretary Mary Kolar is retiring. Governor Tony Evers announced Thursday that Mary Kolar will retire as of January 2nd. Evers appointed Kolar as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2019. The former US Navy captain spent 28...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 16, 2022
Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation is responding after a heartfelt plea from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday. Democrat Congressman Mark Pocan says that despite a request, he’s unlikely to back a no-fly zone over Ukraine. ...
by Bob Hague | Sep 8, 2021
Wisconsin Democrats who visited Fort McCoy on Tuesday said they’re certain of the vetting process Afghan refugees being housed there have undergone. “We were hearing, at least anecdotally, that there’s just nobody who’s popped up that has any...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 14, 2021
The Wisconsin National Guard is sending personnel to Washington, D.C. for Joe Biden’s inauguration. Governor Tony Evers has ordered 500 troops from both the Army and Air National Guard to deploy to the nation’s capital. The Wisconsin troops are just part of a massive...
by Bob Hague | Jan 4, 2021
The Wisconsin National Guard may once again be called on in Kenosha. The Guard was last deployed to the city following protests and looting after the August 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white Kenosha police officer, leaving Blake paralyzed. Governor...
by Bob Hague | Dec 10, 2020
A Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot has been confirmed killed in a crash this week. The Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing has announced the death of the F-16 pilot who crashed Wednesday in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In accordance with Department of Defense policy,...
by Bob Hague | Dec 9, 2020
Emergency crews overnight were searching for the pilot of an F-16 fighter jet that crashed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula while on a military training mission. The Wisconsin Air National Guard says an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to its 115th Fighter Wing at Truax...
by Raymond Neupert | Sep 15, 2020
Governor Tony Evers won’t be issuing any general school closure orders, after a swathe of districts have had cases of COVID-19. Evers says that local school districts continue to be the best source for their own decisions on whether or not to reopen. ...
by Bob Hague | Aug 28, 2020
Wisconsin Adjutant General Paul Knapp says the increased presence of National Guard personnel – including some from other states – will help keep people safe in Kenosha. “We’re here to preserve public safety, and the ability of individuals to...
by Bob Hague | Aug 26, 2020
Up to 200 federal law enforcement officers and up to 2,000 National Guard personnel from other states will be in Kenosha Wednesday night. That’s in addition to 500 members of the Wisconsin called up by Governor Tony Evers, following three nights of violence,...
by Bob Hague | Aug 25, 2020
Governor Tony Evers has declared a State of Emergency for Wisconsin. Evers’ action follows two consecutive nights of rioting and looting in Madison and in Kenosha. Following overnight rioting in Kenosha & Madison, @GovEvers declares State of Emergency....
by Bob Hague | Aug 5, 2020
Governor Tony Evers has announced Wednesday that personnel from the Wisconsin National Guard will assist in next week’s primary elections. Wisconsin National Guard mobilized to support August 11 electionhttps://t.co/EQjujyUW4Y pic.twitter.com/fqHVramADc —...
