Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor reacting to the suspension given to WTAQ's Jerry Bader. Barbara Lawton says the two week suspension isn't enough. She adds, Green Bay residents need to be held accountable for how their community is perceived. Lawton thinks, "Green Bay, Wisconsin seems to repeatedly brand itself ...
The owner of Fond du Lac’s Mercury Marine lost $114 million in its most recent quarter. The Brunswick Corporation of suburban Chicago said it lost $1.29 a share from a year ago, and sales in its boating division were down 62 percent. Brunswick makes boats and engines, bowling ...
Aaron Rodgers is having a street named after him in Green Bay – but only for the weekend. Mayor Jim Schmitt has renamed Minnesota Avenue in honor of the Packers’ quarterback, while the Vikings are in town to play the Pack on Sunday. It’s 1 of 4 things the mayor ...
Wisconsinites still love Tommy Thompson. A new poll asked residents who they consider to be favorable among the announced and potential candidates for governor next year. And former Governor Thompson got a 57 percent favorable rating, while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was second at 29 percent. St. Norbert College and ...
President Obama’s approval rating has dropped by 10 percent since April in Wisconsin. The latest St. Norbert College-Wisconsin Public Radio poll says 50 percent of Wisconsin residents approve of the job the Democrat Obama is doing. That’s down from 60 percent in the spring. Also, fewer people think ...
WTAQ talk show host Jerry Bader has been suspended for the next two weeks. General Manager Duke Wright made the announcement Thursday morning. Bader is suspended for an online story this week on Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton and her reasons for dropping out of the gubenatorial campaign that has since ...
Green Bay's Mayor is kicking off "Brett Bowl II" by celebrating quarterbacks, both new and old. Mayor Jim Schmitt took over 1,700 ideas and whittled them down to the top 4. It starts out with 8th graders across the city picking the top 12 reasons to stay in ...
A Neenah lawmaker wants to repeal recent changes to the state’s auto insurance laws. Senator Mike Ellis says provisions in the state budget required minimum amounts of coverage for all drivers in Wisconsin and they’re driving up insurance rates. The Republican lawmaker says for some people insurance costs ...
Wisconsin health officials have not seen any sizable efforts to sell quack medicines for the H1N1 swine flu. But history tells us it might not be too long before it happens. UW-Oshkosh professor Susan McFadden has studied the 1918 flu pandemic in the Badger State. She says snake oil, alcohol ...
A native of Little Chute has been killed in Afghanistan. Army Sergeant Nickolas Mueller was a crew chief on a helicopter that crashed Monday. He was a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Mueller graduated from Little Chute High School in 2002.