Marian University chamber singers will be traveling to Green Bay to collaborate on a performance of the Mozart Requiem with the Green Bay Civic Symphony. This performance will take place Sunday, April 17 at 3pm at the historic Meyer Theater in downtown Green Bay. Marian students will join collegiate singers from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay and St. Norbert College, as well as singers from the community, in […]
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump is wooing Wisconsin voters by targeting their sweet spot: their beloved Green Bay Packers. During a Wausau rally Saturday afternoon, Trump name-dropped Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers — who, coincidentally, played golf with President Barack Obama hours earlier — and told a story about an encounter he had decades ago with the team's Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi. He said he saw Lombardi intimidate […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Staff at the National Labor Relations Board says Wisconsin-based home improvement chain Menard Inc. is violating federal labor law in how the company treats its employees. The agency's regional office concluded that Menards has been improperly requiring employees to sign mandatory-arbitration agreements. NLRB staff also found that the Eau Claire-based retailer has withheld merit pay raises for workers engaged in protected activities. An official with a New […]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Bernie Sanders is endearing himself to a banquet hall full of devout Democratic Party members in Milwaukee by promising to "do exactly the opposite" of everything Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has done. The Vermont senator walked on stage at the Wisconsin Center after a short video akin to his popular television advertisement featuring the Simon and Garfunkel song "America." The 1,500 Wisconsin Democratic activists, officials and […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hillary Clinton waded into local politics during her visit to Wisconsin, criticizing a state Supreme Court candidate whose college writings two decades ago slammed gays, abortion rights and even Clinton's husband former president Bill Clinton. During a campaign stop in Milwaukee on Saturday, the Democratic presidential nomination front-runner described Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Bradley's comments while a student at Marquette University as "hate speech." Clinton told the […]
A Berlin man involved in a chase with police in Fond du lac, Dodge and Green Lake counties observed his 20th birthday Friday learning he won’t be getting any additional prison time. At a hearing Friday Fond du lac judge Robert Wirtz ordered three years probation to the nine year prison sentence Maxwell Decker is already serving. Before he was sentenced Decker apologized for his actions. Judge Wirtz pointed out that in addition […]
Two area communities are listed among the top 50 safest cities in Wisconsin according to a new report. BackgroundChecks.org combined data from recent FBI crime reports, natural language analysis, social media sentiment analysis and their own research to create the rankings. According to the report Beaver Dam is ranked the 10th safest city in Wisconsin. The report says the violent crime rate in Beaver Dam is 49.3, and the chance of being involved in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Governor Scott Walker says he doesn't want a position in Ted Cruz's cabinet if the Texas senator wins the presidency. Walker told reporters Friday during a question-and-answer session with reporters following a bill signing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that he thinks he can be of more help to Cruz as a governor.
APPLETON, Wisconsin (AP) — Donald Trump says his decision to stand behind his campaign manager, who was charged in an altercation with a female reporter, is a sign of loyalty — a trait that Trump has displayed, for better or worse, through much of his career. Trump tells The Associated Press he wouldn't have accepted Corey Lewandowski's resignation even if it had been offered. But he also seemed to acknowledge […]