Category Archives: Learfield Staff Writer
Smoke-Filled Room At Wisconsin Capitol Building - Not Like Old Days
There was a smoke-filled room at the Wisconsin Capitol building Tuesday, but this wasn't a bunch of politicians puffing on cigars while negotiating bills. Capitol police evacuated the building after f...
Feb 16, 2022
Big Badgers Presence On Beijing Ice For Olympic Gold Medal Game
One way or another, five Wisconsin Badgers will win gold tonight (February 16th) at the Beijing Olympics. Both Team U-S-A and Canada won convincingly in their semifinal matches - Canada, by a 10-3 sco...
Feb 16, 2022 Ryan Dickey / CC
Bogged Down By Thousands Of Cases Milwaukee County Considers Holding Night Court
With a backlog of 17-hundred criminal cases and another three-thousand misdemeanor cases, Milwaukee County Court officials might start holding night court. The pandemic made the situation worse. In ad...
Feb 16, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Packers Sign New Assistant Special Teams Coach Bryon Storer
He was a special teams player as a pro and has worked with the Packers' new special teams coordinator for six seasons. Green Bay has announced the hiring of 37-year-old Bryon Storer as its new assista...
Feb 16, 2022 Chad Davis / CC
Madison Police Officer Who Accidentally Shot Colleague Won't Be Charged
The Dane County District Attorney's Office has determined that a Madison police officer who accidentally shot another officer won't be charged. The incident happened during an arrest on November 8th. ...
Feb 16, 2022
Badgers Come From Behind Again To Beat Indiana 74-69
The Badgers trailed for most of the game but managed to come from behind to beat Indiana Tuesday night 74-69. Wisconsin (20-and-5, 11-and-4 Big Ten) took the Hoosiers down twice this season and traile...
Feb 16, 2022
Poll Workers, Voters Report No Big Issues On Primary Election Day
Poll workers and voters are reporting no big issues on Wisconsin's primary election day. No statewide offices were on the ballot. The Milwaukee Election Commission's executive director estimated about...
Feb 16, 2022
Advocates Rally In Appleton For Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
Red dress cutouts were placed around Appleton's Houdini Plaza Monday, each one representing a murdered or missing Indigenous woman. Advocates were holding a rally in the city for a movement dating bac...
Feb 15, 2022 Tony Alter / CC
Winning The NL Pennant Could Actually Cost The Brewers A Lot This Season
Winning the National League pennant could wind up being very expensive for the Milwaukee Brewers this season if there is a season. The team's president of baseball operations, David Stearns, is widely...
Feb 15, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Lawmaker Suspends Efforts To Do Away With Green Bay's Stadium District
State Representative David Steffen has suspended his effort to do away with the Stadium District in Green Bay. The decision comes after Steffen met last week with Stadium District Chairman Chuck Lamin...
Feb 15, 2022
