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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former star running back Adrian Peterson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early Friday in Minnesota after appearing at an NFL draft party for Vikings fans. According to Hennepin County jail records, Peterson was booked at 5:16 a.m. and released from custody at 7:31 a.m. on a $4,000 bond. The 40-year-old faces a fourth-degree…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Matthew Golden was well aware that the Green Bay Packers hadn’t selected a wide receiver in the first round of the NFL draft since 2002. But that didn’t shake Golden’s confidence that his name would be called by the Packers. The host team for this year’s draft selected the Texas…

Grant Bilse, host of WKTY’s Wisco Sports Show, joined to talk about everything but the NFL draft, including Packers CEO Mark Murphy stealing his job a few weeks ago in La Crosse to the rumor of Brett Favre running for Wisconsin governor and the situation the Milwaukee Bucks are in.  La Crosse Talk airs weekdays…

A few weeks ago, La Crosse Area YMCAs executive director Bill Soper and development director Nikki West crashed the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk having some fun previewing both the Wicked Fun Gala coming up, as well as a new addition to the Onalaska Hauser building. La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m.…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Frozen Tundra would’ve melted from all the rain. A thunderstorm Wednesday morning abruptly ended interview sessions with NFL draft prospects and sent folks scurrying for cover. Workers inside the draft theater were instructed to seek shelter because of lightning and events were held up until the rain cleared up.…

Economist Adam Hoffer stopped in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk to help break down the economics of the NFL draft coming to Green Bay. We also dived into the hundreds of millions of dollars Wisconsin is losing out on by not legalizing weed, and we hit on the La Crosse School District’s budget…

Baseball fun Tuesday afternoon at Southern Bluffs Elementary as the Milwaukee Brewers Famous Racing Sausages stopped at the school to the delight of the students and surprise for one teacher. The stop included taking time to honor first-grade teacher Jennifer Friedman. She was named the Brewers Grand Slam Teacher, and given a custom Brewers jersey…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star guard Damian Lillard wanted to give the Milwaukee Bucks a lift Tuesday night. So he called coach Doc Rivers in the morning and told him he would return for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series after missing the past month because of a health scare. Rivers didn’t argue with his…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rui Hachimura got smacked in the face early in Game 2, and he headed to the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room with a bleeding nose. He was back on the court just one quarter later wearing a mask, which he discarded shortly afterward because it annoyed him. The Lakers said they…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Christian Yelich hit his fifth career grand slam and Jake Bauers added a two-run homer as part of an eight-run sixth inning, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to an 11-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Yelich’s fifth home run this season and first grand slam in more than…