News & Announcements

BadgerLink at risk due to library cutbacks

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.

WisDOT settles with Badger Project

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.

Hardie featured at August 20th author talk

The McIntosh Memorial Library, in partnership with Vernon County Over 50, invites the community to a special author talk featuring journalist-turned-farmer Chris Hardie on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 2:15 p.m. in the library lobby.

North Carolina Press executive elected NAM president

The executive director of the North Carolina Press Association was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc. (NAM), during the group’s 102nd Annual Summer Conference Aug. 7 in Asheville, N.C.

Youngs featured on PBS Iowa program

Joey and Lindsey Young were recently featured on Iowa Public Broadcasting Service in a piece entitled “Kansas Newspaper Publishers Try New Strategies.”