Category Archives: Learfield Staff Writer

Prosecutors in Brown County say criminal charges could still be filed in a double-fatal wreck, but one ticket has been dismissed. Marcus Walker is accused of running a stop sign last October in New De...

Republican lawmakers say the Milwaukee Public School District needs drastic change - like splitting it into four or eight much-smaller districts. They point to low reading and math scores. The plan di...

Marquette will be looking for some revenge when it plays at Creighton Sunday. The Bluejays won the first meeting between the two teams in double-overtime on New Year's Day 75-69. A Thursday win over D...

Milwaukee already had the infrastructure and planning figured out - then the Democrats didn't come two years ago. That work may be the biggest selling point for Cream City. The Republican National Com...

The Badgers are a half-game out of first place in the Big Ten Conference with five games left in the regular season. To put pressure on Purdue and Illinois coach Greg Gard's crew needs to handle the M...

A St. Paul man will spend 10 years in federal prison for dealing drugs in northwestern Wisconsin. 29-year-old David Stone the Third had pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said he was selling heroin, meth, an...

The Milwaukee Brewers are asking for improvements to American Family Field after playing in the stadium for 20 years, but it's not clear who pays. The five-county sales tax backing the park's construc...

Authorities in Iowa County report a man fell through the ice on Kendall Lake Thursday morning and died in the cold. The sheriff's office was notified at about 6:45 a.m. The incident happened near Stat...

The Packers were emphatic when they said they wanted to keep quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the team. The hiring of Tom Clements as a quarterbacks coach is the first big step in that direction. Both Pro...

Members of an emergency response team ended a six-hour Sauk County standoff by using tear gas Wednesday evening. Deputies first responded to the location in Sumpter at about 2:00 p.m. When contact was...