Updated: 12:39 p.m. | Rick Thurman, the lead agent for free agent Trevor Hoffman said Hoffman has "mutual interest" in the Brewers, who have targeted the all-time saves leader as their top choice to fill their vacant closer's role. The 41-year-old Hoffman, who has 554 career saves, converted 30 of 34 save opportunities for the Padres last season.
Updated: 1:28 p.m. | Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat today in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.
10:02 a.m. | For the first time ever, the Midwest Connect regional carrier is flying more passengers from Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport than the Midwest Airlines mainline carrier.
10:44 a.m. | A former Milwaukee fire and police commissioner attempted to use his position to avoid a drunken driving arrest in Dodge County, suggesting that if he were in the Milwaukee area, he would have received a pass, Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls said this morning.
He stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, but Howard Nolan looks as if he should be taller.
Something isn't normal. To Nolan, normal means near-constant pain. He battles exercise-induced asthma. The skin on his legs and arms looks odd. And then you learn his story.
