Lawmakers want more oversight on sales of state property
The Legislature?s Joint Finance Committee has approved changes to a state budget proposal that would allow Wisconsin to sell buildings and land it owns. The provision is designed to help the state sell facilities with costly upkeep costs or land that?s no longer needed, such as property acquired for road projects that was not used. [...]
05/21/2013 04:43:42pm
Cause of house explosion still unknown
Firefighters are still trying to figure out what caused a house to explode in Eau Claire County over the weekend. Investigators say they are waiting for insurance agents to assess the damage before returning to the home that was leveled Sunday afternoon just east of Eau Claire. The family who lives in the home was [...]
05/21/2013 01:16:27pm
Wisconsinites set to help tornado victims
An American Red Cross official in Wisconsin says they are preparing to send helping hands to the community decimated by a tornado Monday. "Probably sometime today we are going to be receiving the request to start sending our trained personnel down to Oklahoma," spokesperson Barbara Behling said this morning. She said Red Cross responders usually stay [...]
05/21/2013 12:40:28pm
Drunk driver required to watch video of fatal victim
Prison is ordered for the Wausaukee man accused of killing a teen in a Marinette County drunk driving accident. Christopher Croley of Ishpeming was just days from his 14th birthday when he perished in the October accident. Timothy C. Christ, 29, will spend more than twice that under the watch of Wisconsin?s criminal justice system for [...]
05/21/2013 11:51:25am
WRN Sports Daily (Video)
In today's version of the WRN Sports Daily, I take a look at the history and tradion of the Octopus, in regards to the role it plays at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings. Did you ever wonder by Wings fans throw Octopus' on the ice? I did, and I finally [...]
05/21/2013 09:49:29am
