Category Archives: Learfield Staff Writer
False Active Shooter Alert Blamed on "Device Malfunction" - Students Say It Was a Frisbee
Officials at Indian Trail High School and Academy in Kenosha are blaming a false active shooter alert on a "device malfunction." Students at that school say an errant Frisbee caused the problem. They ...
Oct 05, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Badgers: Mertz, Ferguson Listed As "Questionable", Head Coach Chryst Gets Pay Hike
He had just seemed to finally get comfortable when quarterback Graham Mertz was knocked out of the Michigan game. Mertz, tight ends Jake Ferguson and Jack Eschenbach, cornerback Semar Melvin, fullback...
Oct 05, 2021
Opinions On Two Major National Spending Bills Split Unsurprisingly Along Party Lines
What a member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation says about two major federal spending bills depends on party membership. The U-S Senate has approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and a r...
Oct 05, 2021 ttarasiuk / CC
Fans Sitting Close To Court Will Have To Show Vaccination Proof To Bucks
N-B-A fans sitting close to the court inside the Fiserv Forum are going to have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result in the 48 hours before the game. The Milwaukee Bucks ann...
Oct 05, 2021
DNR Sets Quote For Wolf Hunt At 130
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has set the quota for next month's wolf hunt at 130. The state's Ojibwe tribes have claimed 56 wolves under the Ceded Treaty, leaving 74 for the other hun...
Oct 05, 2021 Closeup of the eyes of a wolf at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center at 201 S Canyon Street in West Yellowstone, Montana on July 28, 2013
Brewers Playoff Games Scheduled During Daytime Friday-Saturday
Brewers fans may be ducking out of work early Friday. Major League Baseball has announced the first two games of Milwaukee's National League Division Series against Atlanta will be played during the d...
Oct 05, 2021 Bryce Edwards / CC
3rd Person Killed In Triple-Fatal Crash Had Attended Madison West HS
Officials with the Madison Metropolitan School District say the third young person who died in the triple-fatal accident in the Town of Middleton last weekend had attended West High School. The other ...
Oct 05, 2021
Next Official Word On CB Alexander's Injury Coming Wednesday
The next official word on cornerback Jaire Alexander's injury is expected Wednesday. Packers coach Matt LaFleur had little information at his Monday news conference. The team thinks the star cornerbac...
Oct 05, 2021 Phil Roeder / CC
DNA Testing Of Backlogged Sexual Assault Kit Leads To Charges
DNA testing of an old sexual assault kit has resulted in charges being filed against a 30-year-old Verona man. Herman Gomez Garza is accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16. The cas...
Oct 04, 2021
UW Immigration Clinic To Help Afghan Refugees At Fort McCoy
The director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Immigration Clinic and her students will help Afghan refugees living at Fort McCoy. Professor Erin Barbato says the job is a difficult one because t...
Oct 04, 2021
