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The WNA Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Wisconsin Civics Games Editorial Writing & Cartoon Contest.

Open government experts are raising concerns over Republican legislative leaders’ decision to ban average members of the public from recording lawmakers in hearings at the Wisconsin State Capitol.

Vilas County District Attorney Karl Hayes said he made it clear to Preque Isle Town Chair Al Eschenbauch that continued noncompliance with Wisconsin Open Records Law will result in legal action.

While Wisconsin is often associated with laid-back charm and easygoing escapes, the state is also home to a handful of accommodations that deliver true luxury.

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that works to protect access to public meetings and records, is now accepting nominations for its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees.

A Jan. 30, 2026 memorial service has been scheduled for former Elkhart Independent editor and publisher Frank Eames, who died Jan. 7, 2026 at age 96 at Holton Manor in Elkhorn.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he is hopeful a bipartisan deal will be reached to bring back WisconsinEye and said he is confident a solution

David Hoffmann, the Florida-based billionaire and Washington, Missouri native, is leading a $50 million deal with the owner of the Wisconsin State Journal and newspapers in Baraboo, Portage and Beaver Dam to buy a controlling stake in the chain and become its chairman.

Following the sale of Berlin Journal Newspapers this past summer, and beginning with the Jan. 15 editions, printing of the Berlin Journal, Green Lake Reporter, Markesan Regional Reporter, Princeton Times-Republic and Omro Herald, has moved to Finger Printing & Publishing’s primary facility in Black Earth.