The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee lags in key revenues compared to peer urban research universities, as a decade of enrollment decline has exacerbated the effects of an eight-year tuition freeze and state funding that has not kept pace with inflation.
The idea behind analog summer is we’re turning back the clock to simpler times — when our lives were not dominated as much by digital devices but by human interaction and natural experiences that don’t come from liquid-crystal displays.
Theodore “Ted” Charles Edward Radde III, longtime publisher of the Sparta Herald and former Sparta City Council member, died Monday, July 12, in La Crosse. He was 73.
With his grandfather, T.C. Radde, and father, Don Radde, each having served as publisher of the Herald before him, Radde grew up in the newspaper business. He began his career with Monroe County Publishers at age 14, working his way up through the ranks of the company, which published the Sparta Herald and Monroe County Herald.
Radde became publisher of the Sparta Herald in the late 1970s, a role he held until his retirement in 2015, when the company was sold to current publisher Greg Evans.
Thousands of residents in Wisconsin — many of them people of color — would see a higher standard of living if politicians raised the long-stalled minimum wage.
A Wisconsin Watch and WPR analysis shows Judge Vincent Biskupic is the top user of this ‘de facto’ probation, which raises questions of judicial authority — and fairness
The WNA Foundation will honor 26 industry leaders during a virtual Memorial Pylon ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20.
While we miss gathering with our members and their families at the Trees for Tomorrow campus in Eagle River, Wis., we look forward to the participation of those across the state and the country who would not regularly have the opportunity to join us — and we're asking for all of your help! We know our inductees made a lasting impact on the lives of many, and we’d like to include as many memories as possible of each honoree. Upload a video message, share photos or submit your memory in writing using our online form or email them to WNA Membership & Communications Director Julia Hunter by Monday, Aug. 2.
Ryan Gregory, an Indiana native with family ties to Wisconsin, has been named sports editor of the Sun Prairie Star, The (Waterloo/Marshall) Courier and the Cambridge News and Deerfield Independent.
Gregory earned his degree in sports journalism from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. While in college, he served as sports editor for The Campus Citizen student newspaper and worked in the sports department at The Indianapolis Star.
Wisconsin’s jobless are mismatched on openings and skills or struggle with child care or transportation. Others are still waiting on unemployment aid.
The Society of Professional Journalists, College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press have announced that they will partner for their 2022 conference, which will be held in October in Washington, D.C. It marks the first time SPJ, CMA and ACP will have hosted a national conference together.
"Emerging journalists are not just the future of journalism, they’re the present, and I hope that our 2022 conference is just the start of a long and fruitful relationship because SPJ’s 6,000 members have a lot to teach college journalists and a lot to learn from them," SPJ National President Matthew T. Hall said in the announcement.
Some renters facing eviction say they waited months to find out whether they qualified for thousands of dollars in emergency help to pay past-due rent. Some are still waiting.
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