Category Archives: Learfield Staff Writer

A Madison high school student is charged with making multiple bomb threats. The 17-year-old suspect hasn't been named but authorities say he is a student at Memorial High School. The string of threats...

Wisconsin election officials say the voter turnout for Tuesday's primary was the highest for a non-presidential primary in 40 years. Unofficial returns show almost 693,000 Republicans and more than 50...

Bucks reserve guard George Hill needs to bounce back from what was basically the worst season of his 14-year career. At 36 years old, it isn't clear if he can do that. The point guard dealt with injur...

Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski says the city's northwest side is left without coverage every time his firefighters are called to the former Northridge Mall. Crews have responded four times to the v...

Badgers head coach Greg Gard is experimenting with various lineup combinations during his team's French tour. Wisconsin beat the Paris All-Stars Wednesday 81-66. Gard started the game with a lineup of...

Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos calls special counsel Michael Gableman an "embarrassment." Democratic Governor Tony Evers says Vos should fire him. Two of the most powerful politicians in Wiscon...

You could make a strong case that problems with the long-snapper position were a big factor in kicker Mason Crosby's struggles last year. The Packers just need somebody to claim the position as his ow...

He didn't get the answer he wanted from the state Court of Appeals. Now, Colten Treu's attorneys are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear Treu's appeal. Treu is serving a 54-year prison term for...

The Badgers slotted in at number 20 in the first U-S-A Today Coaches Football Poll released earlier this week. Four Big Ten teams were in the Top 25, Ohio State at number-two, Michigan at number-six, ...

One of the two defendants in the 2014 "Slender Man" case has withdrawn her request for an early release from the mental institution where she has been held. 20-year-old Morgan Geyser made the move ear...