State And Regional

Marquette beats Menomonee Falls in WIAA Division 1

Marquette held Menomonee Falls to 51 total offensive yards and scored a lone touchdown on its way to a 7-0 win in the WIAA Division 1 state football championship Friday.

Nov 20, 2009 | 6:40 pm

Waunakee upsets Kimberly 34-21 foe Div. 2 title

In the process of earning its third state football title, Waunakee denied Kimberly its third consecutive championship.

Nov 20, 2009 | 5:50 pm

Packers offensive line in flux

The decision was made during the offseason by Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy, who'd grown tired of watching what he called "musical chairs" being played on his offensive line for the previous three seasons.

Nov 20, 2009 | 5:15 pm

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches

California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:25 pm

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier

Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:05 pm

Student checks with mom, returns bag of cash

A Chicago college student who found a duffel bag containing more than $10,000 in cash decided to call the police _ after consulting her mother.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:45 pm

Wis. mulls Harley-Davidson, cheese microbe honors

Choppers and cheese may soon become official Wisconsin symbols.

Nov 20, 2009 | 2:50 pm

Wildcats try to stop Clay in Big 10 finale

It seemed Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald was talking about the same player as he analyzed first his own quarterback, Mike Kafka, and then the one the Wildcats must contain Saturday _ No. 17 Wisconsin's Scott Tolzien.

Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 pm

Harley's Pa. plant thought likelier to stay now

A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there, instead of leaving the state to cut costs.

Nov 20, 2009 | 1:50 pm

Report: Nuclear power won't solve global warming

A new report says nuclear power plants would take too long to build and are too expensive to make any impact on global warming.

Nov 20, 2009 | 12:20 pm

Cubs agree with Grabow

The Chicago Cubs and left-handed reliever John Grabow have agreed to a two-year contract.

Nov 20, 2009 | 12:15 pm

Detainees needle Wisconsin troops about Favre

Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.

Nov 20, 2009 | 11:10 am

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier

Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery.

Nov 20, 2009 | 10:35 am

Bogut out 2 to 4 weeks with leg injury

The Milwaukee Bucks have lost center Andrew Bogut (BOH'-gut) for two to four weeks with a left leg injury.

Nov 20, 2009 | 7:05 am

11 percent of home loans behind or in foreclosure

A new report shows 11 percent of home loans in Wisconsin were in foreclosure or delinquent at the end of September.

Nov 20, 2009 | 6:05 am

Proposal would name official Wis. motorcycle

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson would become the official Wisconsin motorcycle under a bill proposed in the Legislature.

Nov 20, 2009 | 5:00 am

Wis. brothers get prison time for arson plot

Two brothers have been sentenced to prison for plotting to burn down a northern Wisconsin bar in exchange for a construction contract.

Nov 20, 2009 | 5:00 am

Walker powers Walworth Big Foot to 1st state title

A year ago, Michael Walker trudged off the Camp Randall Stadium field with his Walworth Big Foot teammates as the WIAA Division 4 state runners-up.

Nov 19, 2009 | 11:05 pm

Fond du Lac Springs runs past Arcadia

Arcadia coach Derek Updike knew his team would be facing a formidable Fond du Lac Springs offense in Thursday'ss WIAA Division 5 state final.

Nov 19, 2009 | 7:55 pm

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:35 pm

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