The Washburn County Board is reviewing its policy on public comment and decorum at open meetings, as discussed at the board’s Tuesday, June 17 meeting.
Global Power Components’ planned expansion has taken another step forward with a company affiliate buying the West Milwaukee development site. The company in May disclosed plans to convert the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s former printing plant into a manufacturing site with around 1,000 jobs.
A June 23 story in The Sheboygan Press outlined that an unreleased study conducted to survey the climate of the Department of Natural Resources’ conservation warden program found employees generally unhappy with leadership and fearing retaliation for vocalizing agency problems.
For the first time in at least three years, House Oversight Government Operations Subcommittee members on June 24, 2025 heard from customers about the devastating effects of the Delivering for America Plan, according to the National Newspaper Association.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation has announced that nominations for 2026 Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame class are due no later than Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
This week’s featured Dane’s donors are Kris O’Leary, Carol O’Leary and Carol’s husband Bob Whetstone!
A House Government Operations Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, June 24, will hear from postal stakeholders — marking the first time a newspaper industry witness will be included in several years.
Crivitz parent and former school board member Sara Roman has asked Wisconsin State Sen. Mary Felzkowski and State Assembly Rep. Jeff Mursau to consider sponsoring legislation to make school boards more transparent.
Cottage Grove police referred charges against six juveniles at Glacial Drumlin Middle School earlier this year for allegedly circulating a pornographic video and accessing records from that investigation resulted in an April 28 attack on a Cottage Grove family.
Join the newspapers of Wisconsin in thanking the Wisconsin State Senate for supporting transparency in government, and urging passage of SB 194 in the State Assembly.