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Wisconsin Athletic Hall Fame 2024 induction class announced
(Courtesy: Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame)
MILWAUKEE – The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame will induct four members – Prince Fielder, Mike Holmgren, Matt Kenseth and Steve Stricker – this April during its 74th Anniversary Induction Ceremony.
Donald Driver, former Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion and Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame board president, will host the induction ceremony at downtown Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center on April, 20.
“We are delighted to celebrate this remarkable group of Wisconsin athletic legends who have demonstrated excellence both on and off the field, spanning a diverse range of sports,” said Brian Lammi, the Hall’s executive director.
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About the inductees:
- Prince Fielder: Drafted in the first round by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002, Fielder spent the first seven years of his career in Milwaukee. He holds the Brewers’ team record for home runs and runs batted in in a season. He became the first Brewers to win the Home Run Derby in 2009. Fielder ended his career as a six-time All-Star with 319 home runs.
- Mike Holmgren: As head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, Holmgren led the franchise to a Super Bowl XXXI title in 1997. Known for his competitive spirit, the Packers were consistent winners under his tenure, never recording a losing season – winning Super Bowl XXXI and appearing in Super Bowl XXXII – along the way.
- Matt Kenseth: Born in Cambridge, Wisconsin, Kenseth is a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and named to NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers list. After winning out on short tracks in Wisconsin, Kenseth moved up to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in 2000. That year, he won the series’ Rookie of the Year honors. He won the final Winston Cup Championship in 2003. Following his Winston Cup win, The International Race of Champions invited Kenseth to race in their 2004 season, where he won the season championship. He won the Daytona 500 in both 2009 and 2012.
- Steve Stricker: Born in Edgerton, Wisconsin, Stricker was the U.S. 2021 Ryder Cup captain, winning at the historic Whistling Straights. In 1994, he joined the PGA Tour – marking two early victories in 1996 and finishing fourth on the PGA Tour money list. Throughout his successful career, he has amassed 12 total PGA Tour wins. Known for his versatility on the course, Stricker has been a fixture in the upper echelons of the Official World Golf Ranking. In 2006, he was voted the tour’s Comeback Player of the Year. In 2007, he was named Comeback Player of the Year once again after finishing runner-up to Tiger Woods at the FedEx Cup Playoffs. After continued success in 2023 with multiple victories in the PGA Champions Tour, Stricker was given the Byron Nelson Award.
Founded in 1951, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame celebrates the state’s athletic icons. It was established before the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963) or the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1959).
About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry on Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometres) southwest of Wisconsin’s capital, Madison.
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a video statement that 300 to 400 protesters were “violently trying to break into the property” and assault officers. He said protesters have ignored designated areas for peaceful protest and blocked roads to prevent emergency vehicles from entering.
“This is not a peaceful protest,” Barrett said.
The sheriff’s department said a “significant” number of people were arrested out of about 1,000 protesters at the site but did not give an exact total as they were still being processed as of the afternoon.
Protesters tried to overcome barricades that included a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence. Some protesters did get through the fence but were unable to enter the facility, where an estimated 2,000 beagles are kept, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
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Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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What we know:
Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
Storm damage in Caledonia
Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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