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Joey Ortiz homers and Bryse Wilson pitches 6 scoreless innings as Brewers defeat Rangers 3-1
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Ortiz hit a tiebreaking homer in the fifth inning to put Milwaukee ahead for good and Bryse Wilson threw six shutout innings in the Brewers' 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Wilson (5-3) entered the game to start the third after Hoby Milner...
Rhys Hoskins' grand slam sparks Brewers to 6-3 victory over Rangers
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rhys Hoskins put Milwaukee ahead for good with a grand slam during a five-run rally in the sixth inning and the Brewers beat Texas 6-3 on Monday to snap the Rangers’ four-game winning streak. “It was a big situation in the game,” said Hoskins, who homered for...
Rhys Hoskins' grand slam sparks Brewers to 6-3 victory over Rangers
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rhys Hoskins put Milwaukee ahead for good with a grand slam during a five-run rally in the sixth inning and the Brewers beat Texas 6-3 on Monday to snap the Rangers’ four-game winning streak. Adolis García homered for the Rangers. Milwaukee...
Marquette pausing its athletic director search until it selects a new president
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette will pause its search for a new athletic director until the school names a permanent president to replace Michael Lovell, who died two weeks ago. Kimo Ah Yun, Marquette’s acting president and provost, announced on Monday that the athletic director...
23-year-old new mom attempts to become 1st woman to win gender-neutral title in ACL cornhole event
The recreational game of cornhole wouldn’t seem to have any characteristics that would give men an inherent advantage. Yet no woman ever has won a championship in the nine-year-old American Cornhole League’s gender-neutral pro singles division. Cheyenne Bubenheim wants to change...
GOP Convention security will allow guns within outer perimeter, sets parade route for demonstrators
MILWAUKEE (AP) — People will be allowed to carry guns within blocks of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month and protesters will be given two outdoor stages, one within sight of the convention arena, under a security plan law enforcement authorities released Friday. ...
Pursuit of Milwaukee carjacking suspects ends with police shooting 2 teens in stolen vehicle
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A police pursuit of carjacking suspects in Milwaukee ended Thursday with police firing into the vehicle and injuring two teens, one of whom was pregnant and lost her baby, Milwaukee police said. Officers tried to stop the stolen vehicle just before 2:30 p.m. on...
Trump declares 'I love Milwaukee' after reportedly using the word 'horrible' for the RNC host city
RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeatedly praised Milwaukee just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention, playing cleanup after he reportedly used the word “horrible” in talking about swing-state Wisconsin’s largest city. ...
UW-Oshkosh to shut down Fox Cities campus amid enrollment plunge
Universities of Wisconsin officials plan to close another two-year school in the face of declining enrollment, this time in the Fox Cities. UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced Thursday that in-person learning at the school's two-year branch campus in Menasha will end after...
A 9-year-old boy is fatally shot in Milwaukee, the city's 4th young gunshot victim in recent weeks
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed early Thursday in Milwaukee, police said, becoming the fourth young gunshot victim in the city in recent weeks. Jonael Zambrano died at a hospital, about two hours after he was shot in a bedroom around midnight, the Milwaukee...
