The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation (WNAF) memorialized 11 member newspaper professionals who passed away in 2024 and 2025 at the WNAF Memorial Pylon Ceremony in the WNA Memorial Grove located on the Trees for Tomorrow campus in Eagle River on June 5, 2026.
The Lakeland Times is alleging that the Vilas County Board of Supervisors violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law when supervisors convened in closed session on May 26 to deliberate compensation changes for its county finance director position.
The survey found greater trust among these 11 national news organizations individually than estimates of public trust in the mass media in general.
Port Washington City Administrator Melissa Gossett must give a deposition in an open records lawsuit filed by a Town of Port Washington resident seeking information about the Vantage Data Centers Lighthouse Campus.
A federal judge has rejected Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad’s attempt to move a state invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against him by two Lakeland Times employees into federal court, ruling that the dispute is fundamentally a state-law tort case rather than a federal campaign-finance dispute.
Wisconsin’s top election officials are urging the U.S. Postal Service to enact changes to ensure absentee ballots aren’t caught up in mail delays.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is, at times, taking nearly five years to respond to records requests, according to a May 26, 2026 article that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism contest, presented by The Milwaukee Press Club and the MPC Endowment, Ltd., features entries accepted in two divisions —
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association opposes substantial increases in certain fees, including raising the fee for news website group registrations from $95 to $350.
Glenwood City Councilperson Terri Ross was visibly upset about the amount of time that local police have spent filling open records requests.