This article has been updated with new information including a planned Jan. 6 memorial service. In October 1995, George Petak ...

Former State Sen. George Petak has passed. In the 1990s, Petak cast the deciding vote to fund the construction of Miller Park. Petak lost a recall election over that single vote. In the 1990s ...

Just two weeks after he lost his Wisconsin State Senate seat in unprecedented fashion, George Petak threw out the first pitch at a Brewers game at County Stadium. It was a moment rich with irony since ...

MADISON (WKOW) — George Petak, a former Wisconsin state senator, has died. He was 75. Gov. Tony Evers released the following statement on Petak's passing: “Kathy and I join the people of Wisconsin in ...

Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags in Wisconsin to fly at half-staff Monday in honor of former Wisconsin State Sen. George Petak.

Former state Sen. Tim Cullen and former state Sen. George Petak have passed away. Two retired Wisconsin lawmakers — former state Sen. Tim Cullen, 80, of Janesville, and former state Sen.

MADISON (WKBT) -- Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) signed Executive Order 252 on Friday which orders that all flags in the state be at half-staff on Monday, Jan. 6 to honor former Wisconsin Senator ...

In October 1995, George Petak Jr. changed the course of Major League Baseball in Wisconsin. As a Republican state senator at the time, Petak cast the deciding vote to provide public funding for ...

In October 1995, George Petak changed the course of Major League Baseball in Wisconsin. As a Republican state senator at the time, Petak cast the deciding vote to provide public funding for the ...