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Wisconsin football has one of lightest travel schedules of any Big Ten team in 2024
Wisconsin has one of the easier travel schedules of any Big Ten football team in 2024. It lands at No. 13 of 18 teams in the new-look conference in total travel miles for the 2024 season. The Badgers are scheduled to travel 6,245.9 miles during their 2024 slate with an...
Abnormal recruiting process helps speed up learning curve for Wisconsin women's basketball walk-on
Attending a big school was at the top of Reese Jaramillo’s checklist for her college experience. The Racine Prairie School standout never dreamed it would also mean realizing her goal of playing women’s basketball at the Division I level. Both came true for Jaramillo when she signed as a walk-on with the University of Wisconsin on June 19.
Viterbo to honor famed UW coach Dick Bennett and son, UVA national championship winning coach Tony Bennett
Two famed coaches will be honored by Viterbo next month. Dick Bennett put the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team back on the map in the mid-1990s, leading the Badgers to four NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance. His son, Tony Bennett, currently coaches at the University of...
Global technology outage hits Northeast Wisconsin
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - The global technology outage affecting airports, airlines, banks, hospitals, and other industries is being felt here in Northeast Wisconsin. Aurora BayCare is the only one reporting computer issues, but a dispatcher with the hospital tells us they don’t believe the issues are impacting patient care. Bellin Green Bay, HSHS Saint Vincent’s, and ThedaCare in Neenah all told us they are unaware of any issues currently.
Henry Winkler Stops At Wisconsin Café For Breakfast
What a guy! Henry Winkler was in Wisconsin with “Happy Days” co-stars Anson Williams and Donny Most last week and made a stop for breakfast at a local café. This isn't the first time Henry Winkler has come to the Illinois and Wisconsin regions. A while back, he was in Illinois for a Conference he was speaking at, grabbed a drink at a local coffee shop, then went to a Children's Museum before heading home.
28-year anniversary of Illinois’s biggest rainfall in recorded history
A swath of heavy rainfall occurred across portions of south central Wisconsin, northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana on July 17-18, 1996. From the National Weather Service: The heaviest rainfall was observed near Aurora, Illinois, with a maximum point rainfall of 16.94 inches in a 24-hour period. The 24-hour rainfall measured near Aurora remains the statewide record (as […]
Popular History Channel Show is Filming in Minnesota this Fall
It's always really exciting when shows or movies decide to film in Minnesota. Even if we can't be involved at all, we're still proud that our state was chosen! But this particular show that will be filming here DOES want our participation. It's a big show from the History Channel...
28 years since one of the strongest tornadoes in Wisconsin history
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Thursday marks the 28th anniversary of the most recent 5-rated tornado in Wisconsin. On July 18, 1996, an F5 tornado struck the town of Oakfield in Fond du Lac County. The tornado was on the ground for 30 minutes and caused tremendous damage in and around...
Bucking the GOP establishment: Northwestern Wis. Republicans challenging their own party’s incumbents
A trio of Northwestern Wisconsin Republicans are challenging incumbents within their own party, and Aug. 13 will see if they prevail in upending the GOP status quo after the ballots are counted. Jim Swenson, Scott Harbridge and Jay Calhoun sat down on Wednesday in Anderson Park in Barron to discuss their reasons behind throwing their hats in the ring in challenge to either GOP incumbents or party-endorsed candidates. The three...
Retiring Brodhead/Juda head coach Jim Matthys to coach South in WFCA All-Star Game
The 2024 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Small-School All-Star Game at Titan Stadium on the UW-Oshkosh campus on Saturday afternoon will have a distinct Brodhead/Juda flavor. Retiring Brodhead/Juda head coach Jim Matthys will guide the Small School South squad, Jeff Jubie will serve as an assistant and no less than three former Cardinals are on his South roster: 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver Gunner Boegli, 5-7, 165-pound defensive back Marcus McIntyre and Matthys’ son, Blake, a 6-2, 220-pound linebacker. ...
SHINE Technologies CEO: $32 million in federal funding signals vote of confidence
Nuclear radioisotope producer SHINE Technologies lands a big block of government funds. The Janesville company’s CEO, Greg Piefer, thinks the funding — $32 million awarded by the National Nuclear Security Administration — is a vote of confidence. He says it signals the government is still betting SHINE...
Janesville Education Association disputes ‘tentative agreement’ listed on school board agenda
JANESVILLE — The tumult between the Janesville Education Association and the Janesville School District intensified Thursday night when the JEA’s president directly refuted a line item on an upcoming school board agenda regarding a supposed tentative agreement between the two parties. The board is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, with an agenda distributed via email shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday. Shortly at 5 p.m. Thursday, Mattison replied all on the email, slamming the district for including an agenda with an item with an item about...
The Women Artists Forward Fund tries to fill in what Wisconsin lacks in arts funding
Wisconsin ranks dead last in the nation for arts funding, spending just 18 cents per capita on the arts. In contrast, Minnesota pays about $9.67 per capita. This lack of funding creates financial barriers for Wisconsin artists — especially women. According to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 46% of visual artists in the U.S. are women, but they earn just 74% of what male artists do.
Joe Needs to Go, but the Party Must Placate Those Biden Loyalists
Every media feeding frenzy is built around a narrative that completely snuffs out the counternarrative. In this case, three weeks now after President Biden’s shocking debate performance, the narrative is that a consensus has formed within the Democratic Party that he has to stand down for the party to stand a chance to beat Donald Trump in November.I’ve been part of this consensus since my first postdebate column three weeks ago today. Nothing that’s happened since has changed my mind. Biden’s Lester Holt interview this week wasn’t a disaster. But the metaphor I kept thinking about was that of an aging athlete who just didn’t have his old stuff anymore—Willie...
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