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Wisconsin Baseball Legend Andy Pafko Dies, 92

October 11, 2013 - 8:48am

Wisconsin baseball legend Andy Pafko died this week, but his story of making it from farm field to the major leagues lives on

Displaced Packers Fans Unite In New York City Bar

October 10, 2013 - 1:21pm

Green Bay might be the smallest U.S. city with a professional football team but Packers fans can be found around the world. According to Packers Everywhere, there are more than 1,700 Packers bars. In New York City, Packers fans gather at the Kettle of Fish on Christopher Street in Greenwich...

Bridge Or No Bridge, Packer Fans Will Flock To Lambeau On Sunday

October 4, 2013 - 12:12pm

This Sunday is the first home game for the Green Bay Packers since the closure of the Leo Frigo Bridge. The game against the Detroit Lions will also be bringing many fans in from out of town. Sunday's game will bring more people in on roads that are now diverted...

Bill Preempts Local Restrictions On Bow, Crossbow Hunting

September 18, 2013 - 8:04am

Local governments would no longer be allowed to restrict bow hunting, and crossbow hunters would get their own deer hunting season under two measures that passed the Wisconsin Senate Tuesday. The bill preempting any local restrictions on bow hunting or crossbow hunting passed along party lines, with Democrats like state...

Activists Plan To Protest Washington Redskins' Name At Packers Game

September 13, 2013 - 12:24pm

Activists will gather at Lambeau Field on Sunday to protest the name of the Green Bay Packers' opponent, the Washington Redskins. The weekend's events kicked off today at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with an educational forum on Washington's Native American-themed name and logos. Barb Munson of the Wisconsin's Indian Education...

New Bill Opens Public School Sports To Nonpublic Students

September 13, 2013 - 11:29am

A new bill would allow private, independent charter, and home-school students to engage in sports and extracurricular activities at public schools. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) writes the rules governing competitive sports at member public and private schools across the state. Its rules only allow students to play sports...

Judge Rules Telemark Lodge Abandoned, Speeds Foreclosures

September 10, 2013 - 8:04am

A Bayfield County judge has ruled that the historic Telemark Lodge and Resort has been abandoned and that foreclosure should be sped up. As dire as that may sound, it’s actually good news for Telemark. The lodge, built in 1972, is the starting point for the American Birkebeiner, the nation’s...

Walker Cancels Controversial DNR Grant, Earning Wildlife Federation's Approval

September 10, 2013 - 1:00am

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation is applauding Gov. Scott Walker for cancelling a sporting grant to a politically connected lobbying group . The $500,000 Sporting Heritage Grant, which was aimed at getting more people involved in hunting and fishing in the state, had been given to the United Sportsmen of Wisconsin...

The Bullet

June 8, 2013 - 11:45am

Composer Georges Onslow was a master of the string quintet, and he applied that mastery to one of the most remarkable string quintets ever written -- a description of an accident that nearly took his life. Onslow was born in France in 1784 to a father banished from England because...

No Deal!

May 2, 2013 - 11:30am

As World War II raged in Europe, English composer Arthur Bliss was director of music at the BBC. His family was in America and he was looking for a way to go over so that he could arrange to bring them back to England. An offer of assistance came from...