by Bob Hague | Sep 15, 2021
A new study shows college students reported record high marijuana use, and record low drinking in 2020. According to the 2020 Monitoring the Future study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, alcohol use among college students dipped from 62 percent in 2019 to 56...
by Bob Hague | Feb 22, 2021
Governor Tony Evers defends his proposed $91 billion state budget. On WKOW’s “Capitol City Sunday,” Evers characterized his two year spending plan as a responsible reasonable response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I understand the numbers might...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 17, 2017
Governor Scott Walker has signed two pieces of legislation into law that target local government projects and access to a medical treatment using a marijuana-extract. The first bill, signed during a ceremony in De Pere, prevents local governments from requiring...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 14, 2016
A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers is calling for a Senate vote on a bill that would make it legal to possess an oil derived from marijuana in Wisconsin. The proposal would update an existing state law that backers say turned out to be too strict to allow...
by Jackie Johnson | Apr 2, 2014
The state Senate passes a bill legalizing a drug that could improve the health of kids suffering from seizure disorders. An extract from marijuana called cannabidiol, or CBD, helps to reduce seizures in children. State Senator Mike Ellis (R-Neenah) says this bill will...
by Jackie Johnson | Jan 1, 2014
It’s a new era, as Colorado legalizes the sale of recreational marijuana, so says an advocate from Wisconsin. Colorado is now the first state in the nation to license retail sales of marijuana. It’s a “great moment,” according to Gary Storck,...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 3, 2012
An eighteen year-old Mt. Horeb man being held in the Dane County jail has had the charge against him updated to 1st Degree Reckless Homicide, following the weekend death of his alleged victim, who was beaten with a baseball bat. A Mt. Horeb police officer...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2008
Drug endangered kids are the focus of a conference in Appleton this week. We've all heard the horror stories about young children found when police raid methamphetamine labs. But Andrea LeStarge, who coordinates the Drug Endangered Children Initiative through the...
