The beauty of black and white

It’s always with a mixture of sadness and hope when we move past the holiday season and face the bleakness of January.

Fearless Forecasters give 2023 their best shot

Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tim Michels joined the group for lunch last week, celebrating the bright red wave that carried him to victory over incumbent Tony Evers in November’s mid-term elections.

Viewing nature in backyard

I am blessed to live in the country where the solitude of the woods and the wonders of nature and animal life are literally just feet from my doorstep.

Your Right to Know: Here’s to a more transparent 2023

There's plenty of room for Wisconsin officials to be more transparent in 2023, writes Christa Westerberg, attorney and vice president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council in its most recent "Your Right to Know" column.

In the column — available for republication, Westerberg gives three specific suggestions for improving government transparency.

Jim Fitzhenry

Fitzhenry to lead Ideas Lab, community engagement for Gannett’s network of Wisconsin newspapers

Jim Fitzhenry, former Vice President of News for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, has been named editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Ideas Lab, the newspaper has announced. He'll also lead the organization's statewide editorial board and serve as the director of community engagement for the Journal Sentinel and the 10 other Gannett newspapers in Wisconsin.

Fitzhenry succeeds David Haynes, who retired on Dec. 15 after more than four decades in journalism.

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