As communities and companies navigate the path ahead for mega data centers in Wisconsin, some say the massive building projects could lead to expansion of renewable energy, a stronger grid and new energy technologies.
Lakeland Times and Northwoods River News publisher and WNA Foundation board member Gregg Walker this week rejected a demand for a $50,000 payment to attorney Frederick Melms and said he will not withdraw a professional misconduct complaint against the attorney or retract the newspaper’s reporting after Melms threatened a defamation lawsuit.
Both the Blue Mounds village attorney and Dane County District Attorney Ishmael Ozanne have found the village followed proper protocols and did not violate any open meetings laws in October 2025 despite accusations from the former village president.
Wisconsin’s tax burden remained at an all-time low in 2025, as its residents’ combined incomes grew at the same rate as state and local tax collections.
Adams MultiMedia, the parent company of The Gazette, announced Jan. 27 that Richard Green, a longtime media executive and editor, will be regional president and publisher of The Cedar Rapids Gazette and 11 other community newspaper titles in Iowa.
The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an environmental news network covering America’s largest watershed, is seeking talented journalists to join six newsrooms through Report for America’s 2026 class. The application deadline is Feb. 16, 2026.
Join the UW Center for Journalism Ethics in hearing from 2026 journalist-in-residence Melissa Sanchez, immigration and labor reporter at ProPublica, about her work covering Wisconsin dairy farms, ICE activity in Chicago and more during “Reporting on Immigration in Times of Crisis: Wisconsin and Beyond” from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
Kevin Berrier describes his upcoming appearances at the 2026 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Convention
A new Republican bill introduced this week bars data center developers from entering into agreements intended to conceal information about a project from the public.
Legislative leaders have reached a tentative bipartisan agreement to fund WisconsinEye, the state’s version of C-SPAN, over a month after it went dark.