Blake Richard joins Lakeland Times, Northwoods River News
Mar. 25, 2026
Blake Richard is the new reporter for The Lakeland Times and The Northwoods River News.
Blake Richard is the new reporter for The Lakeland Times and The Northwoods River News.
The Cap Times will host middle and high school students this July for the 2026 Youth Press Corps, a summer journalism camp coordinated by the Greater Madison Writing Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Natalie Eilbert, most recently a Madison-based reporter covering mental health and other issues for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has been named The Cap Times’ new opinion editor.
News/Media Alliance has partnered with Bria to let NMA members opt into an AI licensing agreement that would see them compensated for the use of their content in AI systems.
A parent speaking at a recent Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education meeting raised concerns about transparency and student privacy after a Southport Elementary School teacher allegedly photographed a second grade class on a personal phone and sent the picture to another teacher.
Perry Hibner is tapping back into his newspaper roots in his next book, reporting on the impact of a TV series that was itself based on a novel.
The chairman of the Town of Delafield has sued the Delafield Common Council and Mayor Tim Aicher over what he says is a violation of the state open meetings law, but also has three more complaints involving Delafield pending with the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office.
Recently I attended the first Rural Policy Institute Summit held in Stevens Point, hosted by the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the UW-Stevens Point. More than 100 people from rural partners around the state gathered to engage and collaborate in small group discussions.
From family-friendly fun to outdoor escapes and charming small towns, there’s plenty right here in the Badger State to fill a spring break week of memories without going far from home.
In a rare moment of drama in the Senate on Tuesday, a bill that would give the UW-Madison athletics department millions to pay down debt and free up other money for revenue-sharing with players passed by a single vote that changed just as the legislation appeared doomed.