Category Archives: Learfield Staff Writer

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is warning people about an increase in the number of ransomware threats. Kaul says the F-B-I has received 41 reports from Wisconsin about an activity like that. Th...

The N-B-A is expected to announce this week it won't mandate vaccinations for players. Published reports in The Athletic also indicate the league won't test fully-vaccinated players on a regular basis...

A spokesman for the family of stabbing victim Payton Leutner says they are nervous about what might happen next. One of the two classmates who attacked Leutner seven years ago has been released by Wau...

Neither team had scored before Detroit outfielder Derek Hill doubled in the bottom of the 11th inning Tuesday night. That knocked in the winning - and only - run in the Tigers 1-0 shutout of the Brewe...

The Wisconsin women's hockey team is a solid choice to win the W-C-H-A league title for a third straight season. The Badgers received seven first-place votes and 49 points in the preseason coaches pol...

Janesville police say the investigation into the death of a 53-year-old woman is still active. The Rock County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim Monday as Kimberly K. Millard. An autopsy...

Three names have been added to the U-W Athletic Hall of Fame. Basketball standouts Jon Leuer, Bo Ryan, and Mike Wilkinson were inducted last weekend. This is the 30th class to join the Hall which incl...

A six-year-old elementary school student in Silver Lake is in a medically-induced coma after a Monday accident. Authorities say a landscaper was mowing a median on a nearby street while Alex Hook was ...

When the Wisconsin Badgers run the ball successfully good things happen, which has been the case since Barry Alvarez moved to Madison. A dominating ground game paved the way for last weekend's 34-7 sm...

When Brewers left-hander Eric Lauer started throwing a slider he was able to take his performance to the next level. Since he added it, he has an E-R-A of 1.85, and batters are hitting the new offerin...