Wisconsin Opinion Spotlight

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Horizon League announced its 2020-21 men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules on Wednesday. Both Green Bay teams will open at home, but without fans through at least December. The Phoenix women will begin on December 12 and 13, with Green Bay hosting Milwaukee. The men’s basketball league season will get underway a week later Saturday, December 19 and 20, when Green Bay hosts the Panthers as well before heading to Wright State the following weekend. The nonconference schedules for both the Green Bay men’s and women’s basketball teams are planning to be announced next week.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers’ defense is good at one thing, at least. According to OverTheCap.com, the Packers are spending $116.6 million on their defense this season. That’s the fourth-most expensive defense in the NFL. They paid through the teeth to add Za’Darius Smith, Preston Smith and Adrian Amos. They opened the vault to extend Kenny Clark. In the five drafts from 2015 through 2019, 13 of the 15 selections used in the first three rounds went to defensive players.

Former Green Bay Packers tight end and Super Bowl champion Tom Crabtree is Monday’s guest on Clubhouse Live, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin’s live and virtual weekly Packers show. The program kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Crabtree, a fan-favorite during his playing days with Green Bay, will join co-hosts Brett Christopherson and...

Mike Pettine and Rex Ryan coached together every year between 2002-12. Both were part of the Baltimore Ravens defensive staff from 2002-08. When Ryan was named the New York Jets head coach in 2009, he took Pettine with him as his defensive coordinator. Today, Pettine is on the hot seat...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Darrell Green didn't know much, if anything, about Jaire Alexander. But when assistant coach Jerry Gray asked him to speak to the Green Bay Packers defensive backs, Green figured his old friend must think there's a natural comparison. Green, the Hall of Fame cornerback who played...

MILWAUKEE — Voters planning to submit their absentee ballots via a drop box should not wait until the last minute on Election Day. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. But the 15 new absentee ballot drop boxes in Milwaukee will be emptied for the final time at 7:30 p.m.

MILWAUKEE- Citing an exponential increase in positive cases of coronavirus over the last three or so weeks, the City of Milwaukee decided Monday to take extra precautions and roll back some of the more lax restrictions that had been put in place under the previous phase. You can read the...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – New restrictions on public gatherings will take effect in the City of Milwaukee on Thursday, October 29 as COVID-19 cases around the state continue to rise. Milwaukee Health officials say citations, instead of warnings, will be handed out to businesses violating the restrictions. Around 600 bars...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Despite a statewide mask mandate, voters without masks will not be turned away at the polls, Wisconsin election officials say. “The Executive Order issued by the Governor on July 30, 2020 that requires face coverings in certain situations does not apply to voters,” the Wisconsin Elections Commission explained on its website. Governor Evers’s mask mandate was extended until Nov. 21. “No voter should be refused a ballot for lack of wearing a face covering.”

MADISON, Wis. — Never has Carmen Lerma been happier to wake up in a hospital bed. The cords, the bruises, the pain are all signs. "It was like a relief, but it was more of a relief when they took the tubes out of my mouth and I was able to take that deep breath by myself," Lerma said on a virtual call Tuesday. "You know and that was also priceless."

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- An organization that helps young people across Milwaukee County celebrated a milestone anniversary Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Running Rebels marked their 40th anniversary with a virtual ceremony. The organization serves more than 2,500 young people annually through unique community-based mentoring, violence prevention, workforce development, art, athletics...

The general story of how the Milwaukee Bucks came to a decision to not play their playoff game against the Orlando Magic in late August following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Milwaukee has been known since it pretty much happened. But there were some previously unknown details about the emotional atmosphere of the locker room prior to the strike that guard Kyle Korver revealed in a recent interview.

MADISON, WI (METRO) – Wisconsin is stopping all utility disconnections til next year. The state’s Public Service Commission on Friday voted to stop utilities from turning-off water, gas, or electricity until April15th. Companies in the state have been banned from ending service since the spring because of the coronavirus. This...

MADISON, Wis.– Few things are more simple and scrumptious than a fresh, out-of-the-oven cookie. Madison’s Peggy Hoffman knows that, and it’s the framework behind her passion project, ‘The CookieXChange.’. Hoffman’s husband, who works in marketing, initially launched the cookie delivery company two years ago as a way to thank his...

MADISON, Wis. — Hundreds of Wisconsin students came together virtually on Saturday to get out the youth vote as a part of WISPIRG’s Phone-a-thon for Vote Early Day. The event was part of a national effort by the student-run group to encourage their peers to vote. The group’s mission is to increase civic engagement on college campuses and among youth all over the country.

MILWAUKEE — With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, and the pandemic cancelling traditional parties and trick-or-treating, who ya gonna call?. The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music — joined by three community partners — is reviving its Saturday night pandemic #MKEsingalong Facebook event on Oct. 31. The song choice, naturally,...

MADISON, Wis. — Starting Monday, the city of Madison will lower the posted speed limit on Prairie Road from Raymond Road to Maple Grove Road. This is the third stage in the city-wide Vision Zero effort. The speed limit will change from 30 mph to 25 mph, a release said.

MADISON, WI (MetroSource-WSAU) — Pharmaceutical company Astra-Zeneca resumes COVID-19 vaccine trials which include those at UW. The company suspended testing of its version of a COVID-19 vaccine back in September due to a trial participant in the UK falling ill. Since then a worldwide review by health officials has shown the test vaccine was not responsible for the participant’s illness allowing the trials to resume.

As Wisconsin’s coronavirus cases continue to surge, Dr. Deborah Birx, a top White House COVID-19 adviser, called on the state Friday to take steps to stop the “silent spread” of the virus during a visit to Madison. Birx met Friday with UW System officials, including interim President Tommy Thompson and...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – COVID-19 can have minor symptoms in people that it infects, symptoms that are hard to see on the outside. But that’s not the only invisible way that the disease has an effect on people. “We certainly are talking about the physical health, you know our...