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Marquette names Ah Yun president

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University officials announced Wednesday that Kimo Ah Yun will serve as the school’s next president. Ah Yun had served as acting president since June, when President Michael Lovell died in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. Ah Yun becomes only the second lay person to serve as the Jesuit university’s president. Lovell was the first, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Ah Yun joined Marquette in 2016 as dean of the school’s J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication. He was promoted to provost and executive vice ...

Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer hunt opens Saturday

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A beloved Wisconsin tradition begins anew this weekend as hunters take to the woods for the start of the state’s nine-day gun deer season. The season opens at dawn Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 1. Hunters are looking to rebound after a tepid ...

More details on kayaker who faked death, fled overseas

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children has been communicating with authorities daily from Eastern Europe, even telling them how he did it, but has not committed to returning home, a sheriff said ...

Tiny Earth Winter Symposium focuses on antibiotic discovery

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Students from areas across the state and nation will present their findings at the Tiny Earth in Titletown research symposium in the Lambeau Field Atrium from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. The event connects students, parents, faculty and community members from the region and across the country to showcase the collaborative and innovative efforts of students working together to mitigate the global public health crisis of antibiotic resistance. Registration for this community-based symposium is free and open to the public. Wisconsin students, including ...

Wisconsin forest: Right-wing group takes interest in land use policy

A committee of the Oneida County Board has approved a number of changes to the draft of the county’s new comprehensive plan suggested by a timber industry group, aided by U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and American Stewards of Liberty, a right-wing nonprofit that has taken an interest in land use ...