the green and gold take on the new york giants at lambeau in less than two hours. 12 sports' stephanie sutton is there live with a preview. steph? stephanie: the gates just opened here at lambeau field. sunday night showdown against the giants. the packers are coming off their bye week. this will be their first home game within a 12 day stretch at lambeau field. they will play three home games within 12 days. wide receiver randall cobb talked about the importance of winning here at home. >> i think it is continuing to that people are accustomed to see here. continuing that, continuing to make those big plays. we had a lot of plays that can -- that detroit gave. stephanie: of course, the packers wants to take advantage of home field advantage. coming up later on in sports, quarterbacks to quarterback. what aaron rodgers has to say owner is found murdered in his -- sheldon: a popular jazz club owner is found murdered in his own business. police say they have a person of interest. wisn 12 news christina palladino is live near 24th and fond du lac. and christina, at first, the owner was thought t

stephanie sutton goes one on one with jordy nelson. kathy: and, more postseason announcer: big 12 sports presented by menards. dan: the cowboys lead the nfl in rushing offense. the packers have the nfl's best at lambeau field could be the struggling packers offense against the dallas d. 12 sports stephanie sutton has our exclusive one-on-one with packers receiver jordy nelson. stephanie: what happened after the first two series? it seemed like the offense was a little off. aaron rodgers threw two interceptions. what is your take? >> randall had a big touchdown the got called back because we were not set with 12 guys on the field. it broke o drive, there was not any of that. we were moving the ball forward. every once in a while we have miscues and do not get in the rhythm. stephanie: aaron rodgers hardly touched, wasn't sack, looking pretty good. >> absolutely. they are getting in a rhythm as well. it relates to the run game. stephanie: until a.d. lacey got injured or hurt his ankle, you guys were rolling with the eddie lacy had a grea

. >> let's get right to 12 sport'' stephanie sutton with the highlights. stephanie: it's the showdown everyone was waiting for, a top 10 battle at the big house between the badgers and the wolverines, both teams undefeated heading into today's game. the badgers searching for their first win in ann arbor since 2010. no score in this game until the start of the second quarter. wolverines inside the five. khalid hill rumbles his way in for the touchdown. wisconsin down 7-0. ch three overall, keeping the badgers in the game 7-0 at the half. third quarter, after a badgers interception, they finally get on board. redshirt freshman quarterback alex hornibrook finds milwaukee's own dare ogunbowale for a 17-yard touchdown pass. game is tied at 7-7. but in the fourth quarter, big play by michigan. on first down, speight goes long to amara darboh. a 46-yard touchdown pass puts the wolverines in front 14-7. badgers offense struggling today. interceptions, including two in the fourth quarter. the wolverines hand the badgers their first loss of the season. the final 14-

let's send it first to stephanie sutton, who's kicking off our team coverage. stephanie: nebraska was the higher ranked team in tonight's primetime showdown in madison but the 11th ranked badgers knew would be in the big 10 west standings and handed the cornhuskers their first loss of the season. the two head coaches, paul chryst and mike riley, have been friends for a quarter of a century, but their put their friendship on hold for a few hours tonight -- hours tonight. second half action. quarterback alex hornibrook to robert wheelwright for a nine yard touchdown catch. badgers in front by 10. fast forward to the fourth quarter husker quarterback tommy armstrong junior on the keeper, and he's in for the score. nebraska eventually ties it with a field goal and we go to overtime. badgers then go to quarterback he hands it off to dare ogunbowale, the milwaukee's native with his biggest touchdown of the season. he's in for six. but badgers miss the extra point. then it's nebraska's turn. however, the huskers can't convert on fourth down. game over. in thrilling fas

former packer leroy butler gives his take in this week's green and gold one on one with stephanie sutton. stephanie: what is wrong with the packers right now? >> i don't necessarily there are two levels you can look at. the fan level would be you have to look at the quarterback first because some of the throws he is missing, normally makes. you also don't see the offense trying to find identity in the third order. stephanie: why do you think aaron rodgers is in a funk right now people understand how to defend aaron rodgers right now. i would also like to address something i have been hearing from fans. i think it is irresponsible and silly to blame his girlfriend, allegedly, for the way to place on the field. i got a lot out of that. i don't know, but it's not on who their dating are who they are married to. dan: thank you, stephanie. cornerback sam shields, who hasn't played since the season opener, was placed on injured reserve. he could return later this season. also, for the first time in six years, ted thompson makes an in season trade sending a , conditional late round draft pick t

stephanie sutton is next in sports. but >> big 12 sports, presented by menards. stephanie: after falling to michigan by a touchdown yesterday in ann arbor, the badgers football team falls out of the top 10 rankings but only eleven in the ap poll today. wisconsin is 13th in coaches poll. no doubt the badgers offense struggled in the 14 to 7 loss to the wolverines but the defense shined once again. in fact wisconsin's d has allowed only 3 touchdowns in three games against top 10 teams this year. plus michigan was just 3 for 15 on third downs. the badgers defense definitely gave their team a chance. >> have the mindset that we are going to pull this out. when we tied up, that was a great mentum swing. we have to get our offense back. those kind of our mantra the whole second half. stephanie: the packers are enjoying their bye week even if it is a little earlier than they had hoped it would be. green bay is back in action next sunday night at lambeau field against the giants. new york faces the vikings tomorrow night in minneapolis. meanwhile today in nfl action the b

adrienne: 12 sports' stephanie sutton joins us now. ~ next stephanie: the tenth ranked badgers bouncing back at iowa today. they snap a two game losing streak and win their fourth straight at kinnick stadium. heartland trophy. the game was scoreless until the second quarter. that's when q.b. bart houston comes in for a series. he connects with troy fumagalli who reaches across the goal line for the touchdown. ,badgers in front 7-0. a league 7-6 of the half. in the third quarter, they find the end zone again. corey clement musles his way into the endzone for the touchdown. clement with 134 yards on the ground. kicker andrew endicott missed two field goals today, but makes a big one late in the fourth quarter. badgers defense allowing zero touchdowns today. the heartland trophy belongs to the badgers once again. the final today 17-9. badgers are now in the big 10. 2-2next week they host nebraska , at camp randall stadium. sheldon: thank you so much. that's the goal of today's statewide prescription drug take-back day. >> some having two-year duration as well. sheldon: instead of flushing

stephanie sutton and stephen and as we go to break, i look at ? >> hi. i am grace. operation football starts right now. stephanie: thank you, young ladies. welcome to the final week of the regular season of operation football. next week, the playoffs start. our game of the week, the one that you the viewers picked, is a ut between racine park and racine horlick. this is the 50th meeting between the two schools. the great rivalry trophy up for grabs. early on park driving. , and horlick's defense steps up. joe garcia with the pick takes it to the panthers 10 yard line. very next play. george sims rumbles into the endzone. just like that the rebels are up 7-0. you saw joe garcia on defense, horlick's quarterback on the keeper. a 35-yard touchdown run. horlick gets the two-point conversion up 17-0. , it's a highlight reel for joe garcia. i'm guessing colleges are taking notice. look at him, like a video game. making a sweet spin move. and he's off to the races. a 40-yard touchdown down. horlick is now up 24-0. later in the first half, garcia goes to the air. he connects

rebounds. , rookie malcolm brogdan sparked a late run, but the hornets win 107-96. 12 sports stephanie sutton continues our coverage live from impression by the bucks. stephanie: no, it wasn't. not exactly how they wanted to start the season, but one of the few bright spots for milwaukee was the play of giannis antetokounmpo, scoring 31 points and nine rebounds that help the milwaukee bucks state in the game. here is jason kidd talking about his performance after the game. >> we need that for the whole season, but he was off the charts. i think for us just being patient, they came out and impressed us right away, and that got out of rhythm for us where we should have kept up the pressure and moved the ball, so a lot of good stuff, but work needs to be done. stephanie: right before we went maker practicing. he did not play tonight. that was the coaches decision. it may be a while before thon makes his nba debut. back to you. dan: thank you steph. , former marquette star henry ellenson made his nba debut tonight for the pistons. he was held scoreless in a loss to the raptors. formom tomorrow. c

stephanie sutton and stephen watson have team coverage up next in sports. but first, here are tonight's i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. on healthcare, russ feingold will work with both parties to lower premiums and cut health care taxes. i want to do the hard work of improving the system so it works for middle class families. but in washington, senator ron johnson sides with big insurance. voting to make medicare a voucher program, forcing seniors to pay more for prescription drugs, and letting insurance companies stephanie: that is jackson hunter in the front row. he is the son of our photojournalist, jason hunter. welcome to our playoff edition of operation football. level one games otherwise known including in our area. 12 sports stephen watson joins me right away. he just got back from a division one showdown between oconomowoc and middleton, stephen. stephen: everyone loves a good 4-5 matchup to open the playoffs. oconomowoc is a team many thought would have been seeded higher after going 8-1 and winning a share of the little 10 conferenc

stephanie sutton is next in sports. as we go to break, a look at announcer: big 12 sports presented by menards. stephanie: for the second time this season, the espn college gamday crew is coming to wisconsin. they were at lambeau field for the badgers season opener, and this weekend, they will be live for madison. 12 sports stephen watson caught up with host rece davis earlier this week at camp randall and asked him if he expected to be back in the cheese state so soon. >> no, i didn't. i had great regard for bowl, but i was going through things in october with a winning record. now they may get out of october in the playoff picture. it is a remarkable testament to paul and his entire staff and in particular, the players. stephanie: it was a good night for san diego. they hold on to beat denver and hand the broncos their second loss of the season, 21-13. operation football, a conference championship on the line tonight between greefield and pewaukee. fourth quarter, the hawks trailing by 16. check out easy kill banks on

receiver jordy nelson had an up and down night against the giants. 12 sports stephanie sutton has our exclusive one on one. stephanie: once again, you guys started off strong offensively to take us through that first drive. >> that's the way you want to start a game, a nine-minute drive, balance impact, continue to make leis. the running and passing game keeps the ball moving forward. capping it off with a is the way you want to finish, specially in an opening drive. stephanie: you are the only receiver who has had a touchdown catch in every game you have played this season. >> i have been lucky and fortunate to be put in situations where i can score a touchdown. we try to make the most of those very there are a couple where i wish i could have them back, but as an offense of player, we put points on the board. it is everyone doing their job, those plays, and i have done that. stephanie: twice, so close. >> not getting it done. not getting off of them are making the plays at the end of the down. you just have to make some plays. dan: thank you, steph. the badgers are 10 point underdog

tipoff against the hornets is just under an hour away. 12 sports' stephanie sutton is live inside the bradley center with a preview of tonight's game. stephanie: as you can see, players are warming up for tonight's season opener against the hornets. the fans, players, and coaches can't wait, especially jason kidd. >> school, everybody is excited. the last two days have been good. the mental focus and physical, and so the season is here. everybody is ready to go. stephanie: that is michael beasley on the other side of the court. fans can't wait to see him. coming up later in sports, thon maker will be making his debut. we will hear from him and the advice jason kidd has for him. kathy: go take a few shots. while the new home to the milwaukee bucks goes up in downtown milwaukee replicas will , also soon be built. joyce: will work together to construct miniature versions of the arena next week. the event aims to introduce students to elements of engineering. it's happening next thursday at north division high school. cool idea. our ugly weather will not last too much longer. kathy: i lov

stephanie sutton is next in sports. announcer: you're watching workers: he campaigned as a job creator but senator johnson helps companies ship jobs overseas. good manufacturing jobs just disappeared. ceos and giant corporations get richer guys with families... guys like me? just gets harder and harder to get ahead. we need an economy that works for people like me. for people like me. people like me. russ: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message because wisconsin's middle class ? >> we are the waterford dance team. operation football starts now. stephanie: , ladies. it was a wet one for week seven of operation football so it only , makes sense our game of the week was in waterford. a conference showdown between the union brove broncos and the wolverines. homecoming night in waterford. a lovely looking court they have. early on, the defense stepping up. second union grove quarterback what happens. number 33 moves through traffic and goes all the way for the touchdown. wolverines with back-to-back scores, 9-0. still

big 12 sports stephanie sutton has more from lambeau field. >> the packers get the win over the giants here on sunday night despite the inconsistent performance by rodgers. he also threw two interceptions. here now rodgers and company after the company. we had a lot of opportunities tonight. we got to execute in the passing game as well as we are doing up front and in the run game chl we felt good about the yardage, but we would like to score a few more points there to help out the defense out when they are playing so well. >> we weren't as crisp as we would like and we have to improve from that. >> that is what we the team, we went out and got the win, and we are confident that, you know, we still have a lot more to give. >> there is still room for improvement, but thanks to the kicker and defense, the packers beat the giants and improved to 3-1 for the season. next week here at home hosting >> two women from madison will be on ellen today sharing their inspiring story. one is the mother of a young girl with a kidney disease, the other is the child's preschool teacher and kidney donor

with hall of famer brett favre, and he has been a close observer of aaron rodgers. 12 sports stephanie sutton talked to leroy about the mvp quarterbacks in our exclusive one-on-one. that happened between brett favre and the packers, is it nice to see him on it yet again it lambeau field? is there a brett favre jinks? >> i don't know. you would think a historical place like lambeau has got it because it is god's favorite stadium. i think it still is. there was something that was kind of trauma, lot of guys would over to congratulate him. i thought aaron would go over and congratulated. stephanie: there's been a lot of thing about that relationship between brett favre and aaron rodgers. would you know about the relationship? >> awkward. some of the stuff in the book i was hoping would never come out because it paints aaron rodgers as an arrogant guy they can't be -- it paints brett favre as, so i hope people just take it for what it is worth. there are a lot of books about brett favre. dan: i have read the book. it is pretty good. thank you, stephanie. the operation football playoffs begin frid

big 12 sports stephanie sutton has more from lambeau field. >> the pack ers get the win on sunday night despite aaron rodgers. >> it is all about winning and we have had the opportunities tonight, i have to play better. but we got to execute in the passing game as well as we are doing up front and in the run game. we felt good about the yardage, but we would like to score a few more points there to help out the defense when they are playing to well. plays as we would like. even though we put up the points, and got the win, everybody the confident that, you know, we still have a lot more to give. >> there is room for improvement, but thanks to the kicker and defense's performance the packers get the win. cowboys. >> up next for the packers, a showdown against the dallas cowboys next sunday at lambeau. kickoff is at 3:25. >> two women from madison will be on ellen today sharing their inspiring story. the mother of a young girl with a kidney disease, the other is the child's preschool teacher and kidney donor. ellen had a special surprise for the generous teacher. >> he's a very busy guy,

with sheldon dutes has, adrienne patterson, lindsey slater, and stephanie sutton with big 12 sports. wisn 12 news at 10:00 continues. adrienne: we are following breaking news right now. police and sheriff's deputies are searching for this 10-year-old boy with autism who is missing. people last saw him going into a corn field by his home. terry stillwater circle and oxbow drive with the very latest. terry: there are more than 100 volunteers out searching this neighborhood as well as neighborhood parks for this 10-year-old boy. the family is waiting for any word in their home right behind me here. also come off to the left you can see the cornfield that shortly before 4:00 this afternoon. police say 10-year-old andrew was last seen shortly before 4:00 running into this large cornfield right near his house. he has been diagnosed with autism and is nonverbal. this is an southwest waukesha near rivers crossing park. they have expanded their search to the areas in and around those parts as well. they have been using a drone with infrared capability on it to try to search for any sort of bo

:00 with sheldon dutes, adrienne pedersen, weather watch 12 meteorologist lindsey slater and stephanie sutton with big 12 sports. wisn 12 news at 10:00 continues. sheldon: breaking news. a south korean news agency is temporarily halted production of galaxy note 7 phones after replacement devices catch fire. samsung has recalled millions of phones since september, after several of them caught fire. the company provided replacements, but now there are reports of those phones catching fire as well. samsung has not confirmed that it is suspending production of the phones. adrienne: nearly three dozen people are hurt, after a commuter train crash on long island. the train side-swiped another train that was doing maintenance about 600 people were on board. >> we were on the third car, we were sleeping the next thing we know and i guess on the left handside of the rail so we hopped up the rail and the door came ripped off. adrienne: crews are trying to clear at least part of the track in time for tomorrow morning's busy commute. in california, a community is in mourning. sheldon: t job, and two of t

important local coverage. 10 :00 with sheldon dutes has, adrienne pettersen, lindsey slater, and stephanie sutton with the egg 12 sports. -- big 12 sports. wisn 12 news at 10:00 continues. adrienne: we're following breaking news tonight. a baby abducted from a gas station parking lot is found safe. one-year-old taratino carter was in a car that was stolen tonight, near 59th and good hope. police found him later at 39th and silver spring. we'll bring you a live update on this s i minutes. sheldon: a police ride-along in california suddenly turns scary. an officer had a civilian in his squad car for a ride-along. when the officer tried to pull a car over the driver took off. the passenger in that car started spraying the squad with gunfire and bullets came right through the window. neither the officer nor the civilian were hit. police are still looking for the we're following a developing story out of california. investigators want to know what caused a tour bus to slam into a semi. adrienne: 13 people are dead 31 others are hurt. abc's adrienne bankert takes us to the scene. 2the tour bus crashed

both played well in last night's win over the giants but as 12 sports stephanie sutton reports, the defense saved the day. performance sunday night by the packers defense. they held eli manning to just one touchdown. >> yeah, that spake. that's good for our defense. >> he is a great quarterback, so you have to get in his face. he's fast, and you have to make it uncomfortable for him. the giants he is just 43 yards rushing. >> we just need to continue to get better. we want to continue to fly under the radar. we don't want anybody to talk about us. we want to continue grinding. tostephanie: so the packers defense is a big reason why they are three and one on the season. they're looking for the third straight home win sunday when they host the dallas cowboys. stephanie sports. dan: thanks, steph. four big 10 teams are ranked in the top 10 of the ap poll, the first time that has happened in the regular season since 1960. wisconsin moves up to 8th in the ap poll, they are ranked 10th by the coaches. linebacker vince biegel has officially been ruled out of saturday's game against 2nd ranked ohio

wisn 12 news at 10:00, with sheldon dutes has, adrienne patterson, weatherwatch slater, and stephanie sutton with big 12 sports. wisn 12 news at 10:00 continues. adrienne: new video just released, of a 2015 attack on the airport in new orleans. you can see the suspect at the security checkpoint, first using wasp spray, before pulling out a machete. passengers scrambling to get out of the way. police shot and killed the man. {adrienne 3 mon} it has been six months since 18-year-old jakob wagner shot and injured two of his classmates at their prom in antigo. sheldon: and tonight we are hearing from his mother. lorrie wagner tells the abc-station in wausau that jakob was bullied and suffered from depression. she also says she had no clue what he intended to do. and still wonders what if. >> if i would've stayed awake another half hour. if i would've had somebody talk to him. i don't know if i could do anything differently. sheldon: police shot jakob at the scene and he later died at the hospital. adrienne: a broke down car leads to an arrest la crosse county. a deputy who pulled over to help go

coming up in our next half hour, stephanie sutton goes one on one with jordy nelson. young as 13. joyce: still ahead, why he says he's thankful for one of the suspects. kathy: then, a 600-pound pot bust. how investigators were tipped off to three local men accused workers: he campaigned as a job creator but senator johnson helps companies ship jobs overseas. good manufacturing jobs just disappeared. ceos and giant corporations get richer guys with families... guys like me? just gets harder and harder to get ahead. we need an economy that works for people like me. for people like me. for people like me. people like me. russ: i'm russ feingold and i because wisconsin's middle class

faced off against the giants late last night, now add another game to the win big 12 sports stephanie sutton has more from lambeau field. >> the packers get the win sunday night despite the performance by oir ran rodgers, throwing for 259 yards and two touchdowns and throwing two interceptions. >> it is all about winning, and we had the opportunities tonight. i have to play a lot we have to execute in the passing game as well as we are doing up front and in the run game. we feel good about the yardage, but you know, we would like to score a few more points there to help the defense out when they are playing so well. >> we weren't as crisp as we would like. we have to improve beyond that. >> that is what we love about this team, we got the win, but have more to give. >> there is room for improvement, but thanks to the kicker and a solid performance by the defense, the packers win and improve to 3-1 for the season. next week they host the cowboys at home. >> two women from madison will be on ellen today sharing their inspiring story. the mother of a young girl with a kidney disease, the other

you're watching wisn 12 news at 10:00 with sheldon dutes, and stephanie sutton with big 12 sports. anchor: people with recalled samsung galaxy 7 phones may not be stuck with those models, days after a galaxy replacement phone caught fire on board a southwest airlines flight. samsung's recall has been in frustrated, angry and tired, how some people feel about public safety in milwaukee. sheldon: their concerns were front and center this morning at marshall high school in the first of a series of saturday hearings. >> the people who came to this auditorium and stepped up to the microphone wanted to speak directly to elected officials. >> i'm finding there's just not enough police officers. >> we need more officers on the street. i don't we used to. reporter: city aldermen are looking for feedback about the proposed safety action plan, much of the feedback at a saturday hearing at milwaukee's public safety committee, centered around police. >> i'm calling police and they're not coming by and at least making some type of surveillance. that's all i would like to have happen. >> i'd real