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Wisconsin starting offensive lineman transfers to Big Ten school

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January 11, 2026

Wisconsin starting offensive lineman transfers to Big Ten school

The Wisconsin Badgers will see a revamped offensive line in 2026, as several starters from the 2025 team are heading elsewhere. Left tackle Riley Mahlman is heading to the 2026 NFL Draft, as he’s out of eligibility, while Joe Brunner and Jake Renfro both entered the transfer portal.

Brunner was a recent addition, as he was also mulling entering the draft before returning to school. With one year of eligibility left, he’ll head elsewhere and is expected to be a hot commodity for some top programs.

Renfro, on the other hand, is heading to a seventh year of college football, thanks to a redshirt that wrapped up his third season at Wisconsin. Injuries have been an unfortunate theme of Renfro’s career. He missed the entire 2022 season at Cincinnati due to injury. Then, after transferring to Wisconsin ahead of the 2023 season, where he was projected to start at center, lower-body injuries cost the offensive lineman another season.

He started all 12 games for the Badgers in 2024 at center and looked to come back and have one more year of tape before heading to the pros. Unfortunately, Renfro got hurt during fall camp and never fully looked himself this season, constantly battling injuries before being ruled out for the season. He ended up playing just four games and entered the portal for his seventh year of college football.

Well, Renfro has a new destination: the Illinois Fighting Illini. Illinois is losing four starting offensive linemen this offseason, including center Josh Kreutz, and needs experience up front. Should he be healthy, Renfro could be a plug-and-play starter for the Fighting Illini in 2026.

There are a few connections for Renfro at Illinois, as his father, Rick, played offensive line there from 1982-84. Renfro is also an Illinois native and should be a leader in the room next year.

Wisconsin moved quickly to replace Renfro, landing Oklahoma State center Austin Kawecki in the transfer portal. He should start there in his final year of eligibility.

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Next Weathermaker to bring more thunderstorms to already flooded Northeast Wisconsin

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April 16, 2026

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Next Weathermaker to bring more thunderstorms to already flooded Northeast Wisconsin

(WLUK) — More rain is on the way for Northeast Wisconsin.

Flood warnings are currently in effect for many area rivers and streams as recent rainfall has pushed some to reach flood level.

This morning, there’s a dense fog advisory in place.

Visibility could drop to a quarter mile in some places.

Today there’s a chance for showers and a few thunderstorms.

It will then become mostly sunny with a high near 66.

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high of 70 before our Next Weathermaker brings showers and thunderstorms late in the day and into the evening.

Some of those storms could become severe with damaging wind, large hail and a few tornadoes.

Our area is in a level 2 and 3 out of 5 for severe weather risk.

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After the rain tomorrow night, we should have a string of dry days, which will help with dropping high river levels.

Saturday we’ll see a mix of sun and clouds.

It will be windy with a high near 48.

Winds could gust to 35 mph out of the northwest.

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Wisconsin basketball scores big with signings of Addie Deal, Kadidia Toure

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April 15, 2026

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Wisconsin basketball scores big with signings of Addie Deal, Kadidia Toure

MADISON – Robin Pingeton and the Wisconsin women’s basketball program have made a statement signing during transfer portal season.

Addie Deal, 6-foot guard from Irvine, Calif., will be part of the Badgers’ 2026-27 roster. The former Iowa Hawkeye announced her choice on Instagram Wednesday, April 15. The Badgers announced the move in conjunction with the signing of Kadidia Toure, a 6-3 forward who played at Long Island this season.

Toure averaged a double-double for Sharks this season. Deal, meanwhile, comes with the cache of being a five-star recruit in high school.

She was a 2025 McDonald’s All-American and a member of the Big Ten’s all-freshman team this season.

Deal played in all 34 games for Iowa with three starts. She averaged 5.1 points, 1.6 assists and 1.2 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. She shot 39.4% overall and hit on 29.7% from 3-point range. She posted season highs of 20 points and five assists.

Toure was the Northeast Conference player of the year as well as a member of the league’s all-defensive team.

She started her career at James Madison and then played at Arizona State before joining Long Island’s program. She averaged 19.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game this season.

Toure led Long Island to a 21-11 record with a 14-4 mark in the Northeast Conference that tied the Sharks for second place. The team reached the final of the conference tournament.

The addition of Deal and Toure helps UW compensate for the loss of four players to the transfer portal.

Reserves Alie Bisballe and Jovana Spasovski announced their depatures from the program on social media. The departures of Breauna Ware and Kyrah Daniels were reported by On3.

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NWS is investigating possible tornado touchdowns across 5 Wisconsin counties

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April 15, 2026

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NWS is investigating possible tornado touchdowns across 5 Wisconsin counties

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan is assessing storm damage to confirm if tornadoes touched down April 14 in three areas near southeastern Wisconsin.

J.J. Wood, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan, said teams are going out Wednesday, April 15, to Sussex, as well as Endeavor in Marquette County and an area around eastern Walworth County and western Racine and Kenosha Counties, to look into the damage.

He said that based on reports and radar signatures, meteorologists suspect the damage came from tornadoes, but will not be able to confirm whether tornadoes touched down, or if the damage just came from powerful winds, until the teams assess the areas.

“It might take today and tomorrow for them to really assess everything before we can get final numbers,” Wood said. “We’re not going to be able to get to everything today.”

A tornado warning was issued for Milwaukee County around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, lasting until around 7:15 p.m. The National Weather Service warned that a “tornadic thunderstorm” would impact Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Brown Deer, Elm Grove, Glendale and River Hills.

Around 8:30 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Racine County. Just before 9 p.m., the warning extended into much of Kenosha County, including the cities of Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie and Somers.

Damage from the April 14 storms was caused by more than just intense winds; large hail also hit areas closer to Madison.

“The east side of Madison has some very large hail – a lot of golf ball to up to baseball-sized [hailstones]. We got a report or two of softball-sized hail … so there’s a lot of hail damage there,” Wood said.

Large hail was also documented in Waukesha and Jefferson counties, he said, and some flooding took place across areas of southeastern Wisconsin.

“It wasn’t anything major, but we did have some minor flooding in some low areas,” Wood said.

While storms may hit the area again April 15, they will likely not be as severe.

“If anything does occur, it won’t be like [April 14],” Wood said. “I think hail and wind would be the biggest risk, if we see anything later today into this evening.”

Contact Kelli Arseneau at (920) 213-3721 or karseneau@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @ArseneauKelli.

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