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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).

No shot at Coulee Golf will be more memorable – or infamous – than Mueller’s vaporized ball that took out Onalaska

ONALASKA, Wis. — That Par 5 No. 2 at Coulee Golf Bowl will get you every time. Sunday, it got a lot of Onalaska, in fact. That surprising power outage in […]

Wisconsin-Notre Dame football series expected to be announced today

It appears as though the University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame football teams will finally play each other … in five years. The two powerhouses are expected to announce the […]

Favre agrees with Rodgers, No. 12 can play forever

Aaron Rodgers will turn 34 in December. Last week, the two-time MVP told Peter King he essentially never wants to retire. “I want to play another seven, eight, nine, 10 […]

Holmen’s 24 seniors hungry this football season

Hungry seniors. That’s how Holmen High School’s football coach described the 24 players who have one more year left. Last year, the Vikings played two playoff games. Both on the […]

GOP lawmakers push gun safety class bill in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — The Latest on a public hearing on a bill that would create gun safety courses for Wisconsin high schools: 12:05 p.m. Two Republican legislators are trying to […]

Logan, CJ Siegel ready for big football season

He’s a do-it-all athlete for Logan High School. CJ Siegel has excelled in football, basketball and track. A year from now, he’ll be getting ready to play Division I football […]

Lebatard show’s “shocking tell-all interview with Aaron Rodgers”

Aaron Rodgers was on the Dan Lebatard show Thursday talking how quarterbacks talk. Literally, that’s what they talked about. Below are the highlights. To listen to the entire interview, click here. […]

Onalaska opens football season against D4 runners-up

Believe it or not, high School football officially began this week. The first game, now just two weeks away, which isn’t much time. “You’re not going to be able to […]

Taking in a Brewers game, NJ Gov. Christie confronts heckling fan

Christie, whose son works for Brewers, was getting some nachos. No related posts.

Bronson Koenig takes break from Bucks to run shooting camp in La Crosse

Former Aquinas standout ran camp for two days at Viterbo.  No related posts.

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