A circuit court judge has dismissed a criminal defamation charge against Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad, a ruling based on lack of probable cause, according to online court records.
The 2025 version of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Directory is now available.
An ongoing investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Watch and TMJ4 News into Milwaukee County’s closely-guarded list of law enforcement officers — deemed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to have credibility concerns — produced a look at how Milwaukee Police Department delayed handling one officer’s termination.
O’Rourke Media Group recently announced the acquisition of the Arizona Silver Belt, Copper Country News and the Lake Powell Chronicle from News Media Corporation.
Plans are to have Louie Heuser operate his Linotype, Platen Press, Miehle Vertical, proof presses, composition stone, handset type, lock-up cases and type cases for the public as part of a Tomahawk Area Historical Society Antique Print Shop.
Six Oneida County residents who were arrested with Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad on June 27 have now been formally charged with disorderly conduct for engaging in what a police officer on the scene at the Minocqua Brewing Company described as a “dangerous” situation.
Kevin Berrier describes his upcoming appearances at the Wisconsin Community Papers Annual Meeting on Sept. 18, 2025 in Wausau.
The state’s free online resource library — BadgerLink, available to all Wisconsin residents — is at risk if President Donald Trump’s executive order to almost completely eliminate federal support for libraries and museums goes through in September, according to an Aug. 19 piece in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has agreed to settle an open records lawsuit less than two weeks after The Badger Project sued the department in Dane County Circuit Court for documents pertaining to an investigation of a State Patrol officer who was fired in 2023.
A Wisconsin Department of Justice investigation uncovered a pattern of inappropriate conduct by former Grand Chute Supervisor Ron Wolff and his allies, but a special prosecutor has declined to file charges against them.