Governor Scott Walker to sign Milwaukee Bucks arena funding bill August 12th at State Fair Park

MILWAUKEE -- FOX6 News has learned Governor Scott Walker will sign the Milwaukee Bucks arena funding bill next week -- on Wednesday, August 12th at State Fair Park.The Wisconsin Assembly passed the bill to have taxpayers pay $250 million to help pay for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee on July 28th.The bill passed on a bipartisan 52-34 vote.The Wisconsin Senate passed the bill on July 15th with a 21-10 vote.

Tickets for Milwaukee Bucks preseason game in Madison go on sale August 5th

MADISON -- Tickets for the Milwaukee Bucks preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Kohl Center in Madison on Tuesday, Oct. 20, will go on sale tomorrow, Aug. 5, at 8:30 a.m.The game will mark the first full-team appearance by the Bucks in Madison since a preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks at the Kohl Center on Oct. 19, 1999.This year’s game will showcase the Bucks taking on a Minnesota Timberwolves team featuring Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns, the top overall picks in each of the last two NBA drafts (7 p.m. tip).Tickets may be purchased online at bucks.com/Madison, UWBadgers.com, by calling 1-800-GO-BADGERS or (608) 262-1440, or in-person by visiting the McGinnis Family Athletic Ticket Office located at 1440 Monroe St., near Gate 1 of Camp Randall Stadium.

Belly up to the milk house! 25-cent cups of milk return to the Wisconsin State Fair

WEST ALLIS -- The Milwaukee Bucks and Prairie Farms announced on Thursday, July 30th they are bringing back a State Fair staple for the 27th summer -- 25-cent cups of milk at the Milwaukee Bucks Milk House presented by Prairie Farms Dairy.The Milwaukee Bucks Milk House presented by Prairie Farms will once again be located at Main Street and South Grandstand Avenue, close to its original location from 1989.This year’s milk house will feature five of Prairie Farm’s tasty flavors:

Milwaukee Bucks sign free agent forward Chris Copeland

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks have signed free agent forward Chris Copeland.Copeland, 31, was undrafted out of the University of Colorado in 2006 and spent six seasons split between the NBA D-League and professional teams overseas before landing in the NBA with the New York Knicks in 2012-13.