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Iowa County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Koehler issued a temporary order on Wednesday to stop the destruction of public records in the form of text messages, following the filing of a civil complaint against the village of Arena.

Former Village Clerk Taylor Scott filed the complaint against the village and its records custodians a day after the Arena Village Board voted 5-1 to declare that text messages henceforth were “not subject to maintenance as a public record.” In her order, Judge Koehler found that, to the contrary, state law “appears to provide that text messages are records.”

During the “safer-at-home” order, a Middleton family has started The Quarantine Times, an online newspaper featuring content created by children.

Claire Lundgren, 10, and her sister, Rachel, 8, are among many children across the country publishing their own newspaper during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new program that prepares students to become the next generation of community newspaper owners and publishers has named its first group of fellows.

The newspaper industry is urging Congress to stop putting off dealing with the looming disruption of the U.S. Postal Service. Join the effort and add your signature.

APG Media of Southern Wisconsin and Lee Enterprises each announced Wednesday programs that offer matching advertising grants to local businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Katie Pulvermacher of Hartford Union High School was named the recipient of the 2020 NEWSPA/WNA Foundation Scholarship, the groups announced Thursday.