Wins Daytona
William Byron snaked his way through a smoky crash late Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway and narrowly avoided another melee a few laps later. Those moves got him to victory lane for the first time in his young NASCAR Cup Series career and back in the playoffs for the second consecutive season. They also…
Read MoreBucs advance
The Miami Heat are a big obstacle as the Bucks pursue the N-B-A Championship. The two teams meet in the second round of the playoffs with a game this evening at 5:30 p-m. The Heat will lean on Barn Adebayo to slow down Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. He held the reigning M-V-P to 13 points on…
Read MoreTwins lose 5th straight
Former Twins infielder Jonathan Schoop (SKOPE) homered in the sixth inning to lift the Tigers past the Twins 3-2 yesterday in Detroit. Jeimer Candelario also went deep and Miguel Cabrera plated the other run for the Tigers, who swept the three-game series and have won five straight overall. Tyler Alexander picked up the win in…
Read MoreBrewers lose
Home runs by Josh Bell and Gregory Polanco broke a 1-1 tie and powered the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win at Miller Park Sunday. Brewers right-bander Brandon Woodruff gave up the two long balls while losing at home for the first time in 10 decisions over two years. Keston Hiura singled in Milwaukee’s only…
Read MoreTrump travels to WI
The White House says President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha Tuesday for meetings with law enforcement officials and to survey damage caused by rioting Democrats have asked the president to stay away. It has been more than a week of protests in the southeastern Wisconsin city after a police officer shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake.…
Read MoreCharged with murder
An Amery man is facing a murder charge for killing his brother in a fight Thursday night. Nathan J. Bleyle, 44, is charged with one count of 2nd degree reckless homicide. According to the criminal complaint filed in Polk County Court: Bleyle said the argument started verbally but then his brother head-butted him and they…
Read MoreDurand man charged
A Durand man faces charges of sexually assaulting a child. Branden Linhart, 32, is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl numerous times on August 22 and 23. The girl told detectives Linhart had sex with her in the water while she was swimming at Eau Galle Lake Park in Dunn County. She said she…
Read MoreSpecial session
The Wisconsin Senate will convene Monday for a special session on police reform. Gov. Tony Evers last week ordered the Legislature to meet in special session to consider a package of bills he says are designed to increase police accountability. Evers signed Executive Order #84 which requires the State Senate and Assembly to convene and…
Read MoreCOVID-19 stats
The latest Wisconsin numbers for COVID- 19: COVID- 19 Wisconsin Statistics Positive test results: 75,337 (+537) Negative test results: 1,169,302 (+4,562) Patients hospitalized: 5,804(+29) Deaths: 1,122 (+3)
Read MoreLife In Prison
A Rusk County man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the opportunity for parole. That was the sentence handed down to Preston Kraft on Friday. He was convicted of killing Robert Pettit at a home near Conrath back in 2018. He led police on a five-day manhunt before he was caught.…
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