Records released this week shed new light on claims a UW Stevens Point professor punched a student last summer. The records show that Dr. Meghan Buckley shoved or punched student Wesley Shaw at least once during a summer field trip in rural Lincoln County last July but offer varying accounts on exactly how many times [...]

Drinking and riding a snowmobile can often lead to tragedy. The Department of Natural Resources says if you’re going to drink, you cannot ride after. “That’s going to end in tragedy, not only for you, but for your family and friends,” says DNR snowmobile administrator Gary Eddy. A statewide enforcement team will hit the trails [...]

A Massachusetts technology firm has opened its new software development and testing center in Wausau. Collaborative Consulting has hired its first 12 employees in Wisconsin and begun working with three clients on developing and testing software. Senior vice president of marketing and services John Williams says they plan to hire another 20 employees soon. “Doing [...]

A state appeals court hands recall forces a victory. Waukesha County Judge Mac Davis last month ordered the Government Accountability Board to take steps to remove potentially false and duplicative signatures from the recall petitions against Governor Scott Walker, the lieutenant governor, and four Republican state Senators. But the appeals court rules that Davis erred in [...]

Wisconsin women and advocacy groups applaud a change of heart. While Nancy Brinker, head of the breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said the organization “would never bow to political pressure,” apparently after three days of controversy, Komen is listening to public pressure and reversing a decision to cut off funding for Planned [...]

The City of Madison is attempting “sweeten the pot”, trying to entice the WIAA to keep the WIAA boys and girls basketball tournaments in Madison.  With revenue’s at an estimated $9-million on the line, it would be difficult not to. According to a report in today’s Wisconsin State Journal, UW-Madison is pursuing options to make [...]

House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan is concerned the Federal Reserve’s plans are taking the nation down a familiar, unsustainable path. The Wisconsin Republican told Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the central bank’s had “too loose” of policies in 2003-to-2005 which resulted in the asset bubble bursting. “I know you don’t agree that. But because you don’t agree [...]

Safety concerns are raised at a college campus in Kenosha because of perceived racial threats. A noose made of rubber bands, found by an African-American female student in a UW-Parkside residence hall, leads to the young woman receiving a threatening note. It was followed Thursday night by threatening flyers against black students in the same building. [...]

An elementary principal and head football coach for the Unified School District of Antigo has resigned while facing marijuana charges. The district’s board of education approved the resignation of John Lund during a special meeting Thursday evening. In a letter submitted this week Lund said his career has been a “varied and rewarding one”, adding [...]

The Wisconsin Badger women’s basketball team fell to Iowa 85-79 in overtime at the Kohl Center on Thursday night.  The loss ended Wisconsin’s 3-game winning streak as the Badgers fell to 4-6 in Big Ten action (8-14 overall). Taylor Wurtz tied her career high 27 points, Morgan Paige added 17 and Jade Davis 16 for [...]