Wisconsin State Journal Local News

WASHINGTON — Forget E.F. Hutton. It’s P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen.

GILMAN — Wisconsin discovered chronic wasting disease in free-ranging deer over a decade ago. Since then, the state has expended a lot of resources trying to manage the disease and contain it …

"My dream is for this sport to really have an international flavor," he said Saturday during a half-hour interview with The Associated Press.

This State Journal editorial ran on Jan. 27, 1915:

MILWAUKEE — For Jason Kidd, the first half of the Milwaukee Bucks’ season was never about wins and losses.

In his first throw of the 2015 indoor track and field season, Michael Lihrman picked up right where he left off.

MILWAUKEE — O.J. Mayo scored 20 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks relied on perimeter shooting and defense in a 101-86 victory Saturday night over the Detroit Pistons.

Colin Butler delivered the game-winning goal with 42 seconds left in overtime Saturday night, giving the host Verona boys hockey team a 3-2 victory over Middleton.

A strong second-half charge Saturday afternoon vaulted the Verona girls basketball team into the Big Eight Conference race with a 53-45 victory over first-place Janesville Craig.

The state’s top-ranked Division 1 boys basketball team, Stevens Point, strutted its stuff Saturday during a 71-55 non-conference victory over Big Eight Conference leader Middleton at JustAGame…

PLAYER OF THE GAME

REEDSBURG — When Mount Horeb senior guard Drew Fredrickson sank a 3-pointer just before the first-half buzzer, it proved to be just a warm-up for when the Vikings would need him the most.

If this isn’t the lowest, most humiliating point of the season for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team then some sadistic tendencies might well be in play.

Sophomore forward Marissa Robson scored 19 points Saturday night to lead host Stoughton to a 51-31 victory over Monroe in Badger South Conference girls basketball action.

University of Wisconsin women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson likened Saturday’s game against Clarkson to a postseason matchup.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team survived Saturday night at Crisler Arena.

Remember the “47 percent”?

It wasn’t first place, but Madison La Follette wresting coach Gary Skiles considered Saturday’s meet at Madison East a good barometer for where his team stands just weeks before the Big Eight …

The stage is set for a state Capitol debate over the future of the University of Wisconsin System, from its smallest two-year campus to its flagship research powerhouse in Madison.

A man suspected in a homicide case in Chicago was apprehended early Saturday morning at a Southeast Side hotel.