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A onetime pro, Garrett Jones achieves his biggest golf dream with a Wisconsin StateAm title
WAUKESHA – After a grueling four days of competition at the Legend at Merrill Hills golf course, Garrett Jones of Madison won the 123rd Wisconsin State Amateur Championship. Hardly a second into his acceptance speech, Jones began to break down. ...
A police shooting saved his life, the chief said. So why did officers arrest him?
MILWAUKEE — When a group of Columbus police officers opened fire, killing Samuel Sharpe, Milwaukee police Chief Jeffrey Norman said the officers' actions saved the life of a man officers believed Sharpe was trying to stab with a pair of knives. "These officers, who are not from this area,...
At the RNC Prayer Breakfast, Speakers Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, I arrived at the Pfister Hotel ballroom 10 minutes before the God and Country Prayer Breakfast was supposed to start. I arrived a bit early just in case I encountered any trouble, since a few hours before the Faith and Freedom Coalition, the influential Christian political group that was hosting the breakfast, had denied my request for a press credential. While I didn’t have any trouble walking into the event, once I arrived, an organizer informed me that the hundreds of seats in the cavernous main breakfast room were already taken. She ushered me and a handful of others into an extremely air-conditioned overflow room, where, over chilly bacon and scrambled eggs, we watched a live stream of the proceedings on a big screen. My tablemate was an older gentleman who boasted that he had once hosted a Trump fundraiser at his “car club” and raised $2 million. We commiserated about being relegated to this outpost.
School bus collision in Kansasville sends 11 to hospital
KANSASVILLE, WI – Eleven people, including ten children, were injured in a crash involving a school bus and a minivan on Thursday, July 18 at the intersection of County Trunk Highway N (Sunnyside Drive) and Church Road. The Kansasville Fire and Rescue Department (KFRD) responded to the crash at...
Kneiser, DuChateau Making Headlines in Professional Golf
WAUKESHA, Wis. – A couple of Green Bay men's golf alumni are making headlines in the professional ranks this week. 2019 graduate George Kneiser , who is from Milwaukee, finished six under on Monday at the Price Cutter Charity Championship in Missouri. As of when this story was published, Kneiser was one over par Thursday afternoon. Overall in his PGA career, Kneiser has appeared in 28 events, making the cut 13 times. He ended his collegiate career with a victory at the Horizon League Championships in 2019. Joe DuChateau, a Fond du Lac native, impressed with a five-under 66 at...
RNC 2024: Waukesha business provides extra security
MILWAUKEE - There are about 4,000 police officers from all over the country providing security for the Republican National Convention. There are hundreds of additional private security guards also helping out. A Waukesha business owner is overseeing a staff of 200 men and women. The majority have law enforcement backgrounds,...
Trump campaign team vehicle stolen from Milwaukee hotel, teen charged
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee teen has been criminally charged, accused of stealing a vehicle from the Pfister Hotel on Saturday, July 13. The vehicle was assigned to a Trump Campaign Advance Team member. Charles Lucas, 17, is charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and criminal damage...
MLB trade grades: Brewers may have actually won the Corbin Burnes deal after bombshell report
The MLB All-Star break was supposed to be a quiet time leading up to the second half of the season. Once teams returned to action, then things would heat up with the trade deadline right around the corner and the postseason not too far behind. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal had...
'Jeopardy!' champion Ben Chan helps award scholarships to Northeast Wisconsin students
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A local non-profit organization is teaming up with "Jeopardy!" champion Ben Chan to present college scholarships to high school seniors in Northeast Wisconsin. CollegeReady is awarding more than $485,000 in scholarships to approximately 180 students from 18 high schools in Brown and Door counties. About...
Stop the Torture Coalition protests Wisconsin prisons in five counties
A small group of protesters gathered by the Brown County Courthouse late Sunday afternoon, demanding change in Wisconsin’s correctional system. “I don’t want any other mothers to suffer the way I am,” Kerrie Hirte said. Hirte’s daughter, Cilivea Thyrion, died in the Milwaukee County Jail and her death was ruled a suicide, FOX6 News Milwaukee […] The post Stop the Torture Coalition protests Wisconsin prisons in five counties appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Wisconsin high school football standout inks major contract extension with Broncos
Former Wisconsin high school football standout Quinn Meinerz signed a four-year, $80 million contract extension with the Denver Broncos on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Despite not playing for the Badgers during his collegiate tenure, Meinerz made the jump to the collegiate scene after an impressive athletic career at Hartford Union High School in Hartford, Wisconsin. Outside the gridiron, Meinerz was a talented athlete in track and field and wrestling. In football, the 6-foot-3, 320-pounder earned an honorable mention all-state nod as both an offensive and defensive lineman during his senior season. Meinerz played college football at Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2017-2019. After playing...
AJ Dillon and Wife Launch Foundation to Combat Hunger in Northeast Wisconsin
LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — AJ Dillon, and his wife Gabrielle, launched ‘The Dillon Family Foundation’ to tackle hunger in our area. The couple partnered with Feeding America in order to help as many people as possible. The foundation kicked off Thursday afternoon, packing 375 meals to be delivered to families across northeast Wisconsin.
Gov. Evers, DWD announce record-high job numbers in June
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, along with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, announced Thursday Wisconsin achieved new record highs for employment and total non-farm jobs during June 2024.
Door County GOP Chair Up Front at RNC
Door County Republican Party Chair Stephanie Soucek said she had an up-close view of history in the making at this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Soucek, one of the 41 delegates representing Wisconsin, said she was seated in the fourth row with the state contingent next to the stage, where they participated Monday in nominating Donald Trump as the party’s candidate for president two days after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
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