The Grafton Village Board on Monday Nov. 10 trimmed the list of candidates to become the village’s next administrator to four during a closed session but refused to release the names of the finalists despite a written request from the Ozaukee Press.
Former reporter and UW-Whitewater newspaper advisor Sam Martino, newspaper publisher Carlton DeWitt and former newspaper managing editor and current Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation President Scott Peterson have been selected for induction as the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026.
Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge William V. Gruber has ruled that Town of Palmyra Board members violated Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law on five occasions in 2023, in a case brought by local resident and former board member Weenonah Brattset.
A rural Kansas county agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom.
A bill intended to inform Wisconsin drivers how much they are paying at the gas pump in federal and state fuel taxes has been created by Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, and Sen. André Franken. Jacque, R-New Franken.
The League of Women Voters of Ozaukee and Washington Counties (LWVOzWa) hosted the West Bend High School Annual Civics Games Invitational at the high school on Saturday, with Grafton High School winning the event.
The Public Notice Resource Center will host a 1 p.m. EST (12 noon CST) webinar on Monday, Nov. 17 to discuss the best practices to help keep public notices in newspapers.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the City of Cedarburg, Police Chief Mike McNerney, Detective Dustin Koehler and 10 John Doe police officers by a woman who was arrested for running a drug house — charges that were later dropped.
A suburban Milwaukee police chief placed on paid leave for months as part of an internal investigation has been charged with a felony count of misconduct, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper publisher, is renaming itself USA Today Company, after its flagship national newspaper, the company announced on Tuesday Nov. 5, 2025, according to Editor & Publisher.