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Report: Superintendent took 6 months to confront Little Chute teacher accused of sexual assault

Jul. 25, 2018

When a former student accused a Little Chute teacher of sexual assault in 2009, it took nearly six months for Superintendent David Botz months to confront him, according to a report USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin obtained through an open records request. Botz never contacted police or child protective services about the student’s report, the network’s Alison Dirr reported. He told the school board that because the student was an adult when she came forward, he didn’t believe he was required under the mandatory reporter statute to make such a report.

Assembly challengers bring in more money than incumbents

Jul. 25, 2018

Fourteen major-party challengers vying for a spot in the Wisconsin State Assembly outraised their incumbent opponents over the first six months of the year, a WisPolitics.com check of campaign finance reports found.

Simpson Street Free Press student publishes book

Jul. 25, 2018

Simpson Street Free Press reporter Zaria Glover has published her second full-length novel, the Madison after-school program reported. Glover, who attends James Wright Middle School,

WNA Foundation to honor 10 during Memorial Pylon ceremony

Jul. 24, 2018

The WNA Foundation will honor 10 industry leaders during this year’s Memorial Pylon ceremony Aug. 17 in Eagle River, Wis.

Milwaukee Press Club announces 2018 Media Hall of Fame honorees

Jul. 24, 2018

The Milwaukee Press Club announced Monday the journalists who will be inducted into the club’s Media Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Of the eight inductees, four worked at Milwaukee newspapers. They include Elizabeth (Betsy) Brenner, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Marilyn Krause, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Stuart Wilk, Milwaukee Sentinel & Dallas Morning News; and Nathan Conyers, (deceased), Milwaukee Times.

Student bypasses bigger jobs to run small hometown paper

Jul. 23, 2018

Nash Weiss, a 21-year-old incoming senior at UW-Madison, is serving as interim editor of his local weekly newspaper, the Mondovi Herald-News.

Wasson named editor of Ashland Daily Press

Jul. 23, 2018

Pete Wasson, longtime reporter and editor at the Wausau Daily Herald, has been named editor of the Ashland Daily Press. He succeeds Larry Servinsky.

Records: Outagamie sheriff candidate didn’t pass background check

Jul. 20, 2018

Records show that a candidate running for Outagamie County sheriff failed a background check earlier this year after he applied for a local police chief job, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin reported.

Contractor who struck Sun Prairie gas line wasn’t registered to do business in Wisconsin

Jul. 20, 2018

Records show that the contractor that struck a gas line in Sun Prairie, causing a massive explosion, was not registered to do business in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Group asks appeals court to uphold electronic records decision

Jul. 20, 2018

A coalition of government transparency advocates have asked Wisconsin appeals court judges to reject a state lawmaker’s argument that he isn’t required to provide records electronically. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Vandermeuse’s response to the coalition argued that Lueders’ request for the records “in electronic form, as an email folder or on a flash drive or CD” was “ambiguous” and not specifically for the files in native format.

She also wrote that the claim records should be “substantially as good” as the original isn’t the proper standard, because it’s not found in state statutes. It originates from the Attorney General’s Compliance Guide and an Executive Order by Gov. Scott Walker — sources that “merely offer guidance.”