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.
After The Badger Project reported on what experts said are “clearly illegal” fees for open records requests, the Richland Center Police Department removed a reference to its $25 minimum fee from its website, and Richland County said the sheriff’s office will stop charging the fee “effective immediately.”
The Wisconsin Transparency Project has filed a lawsuit in Oconto County Circuit Court alleging that the Town of Abrams Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission held multiple illegal meetings from July through September.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced a grant of $1.16 million to establish the Upper Midwest Newsroom, a regional journalism collaboration led by Minnesota Public Radio with partners Prairie Public Broadcasting (North Dakota), South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) and Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR).
A federal judge issued a partial summary judgment in favor of online news publishers and advertisers who alleged Google unlawfully monopolized the digital advertising market and diverted revenue that would have gone to news operations.
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is pleased to announce the 2025 Beyond Print Grant Program, which will provide up to $400,000 in total funding which supports independent local newspapers.
Presque Isle Town Board members indicated there will need to be another special meeting to handle that and discussed a few other items instead — such as an open records request made by The Lakeland Times in February that hasn’t been satisfied by the town.
Online resources are available from journalism groups to help journalists who are feeling unsafe because of activity of a threatening nature online or via social media.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, and Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin held the online event “Reporting with Care: Media, Victims and Marsy’s Law in Wisconsin” on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 at noon Central Time via Zoom.