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Post-Crescent, Press-Gazette welcome Report for America journalists

Sep. 7, 2022

The (Appleton) Post-Crescent and the Green Bay Press-Gazette recently welcomed journalists funded in part by Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues or communities.

Madison Lammert is the Post-Crescent's new early education reporter. Prior to joining the Appleton daily, she worked as a reporter for the (Monroe, Ill.) Republic-Times. Danielle DuClos, a recent graduate of the University of Missouri, will cover K-12 education for the Press-Gazette.

A new canvass: Determining the future of Milwaukee’s Charles Allis and Villa Terrace

Sep. 7, 2022

The Charles Allis Art Museum and Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum are valued arts, cultural, and historical institutions and event spaces that are valued community assets in metro Milwaukee.

The stories of bridges

Sep. 6, 2022

I’ve always been fascinated with bridges, ever since as a youngster our family drove across the Mackinac Bridge for the first time.

Public sector workforce takes a hit

Sep. 1, 2022

Weekly Fiscal Facts are provided to Wisconsin Newspaper Association members by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, the state’s leading resource for nonpartisan state and local government research

Your Right to Know: Outsiders can’t block records access

Sep. 1, 2022

Wisconsin’s open records law is most often used by requesters seeking to obtain records from a government agency. But occasionally it works in reverse, allowing someone to block the release of records to a requester, writes Christa Westerberg, a partner at the Pines Bach law firm in Madison and vice president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, in the group's latest "Your Right to Know" column.

Can you afford to drink and drive?

Sep. 1, 2022

You have heard the campaign slogans in television commercials and read them so many times on billboards that the words have become cliché. “Drive sober or get pulled over!” “Buzzed driving is drunk driving.” “Over the limit. Under arrest.”

Michels’ money strategy questioned

Aug. 29, 2022

While GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels won’t take PAC contributions, running mate Roger Roth isn’t placing any similar restrictions on his fundraising.

Two couples sue former UW child abuse doctor for alleged misdiagnoses

Aug. 29, 2022

Dr. Barbara Knox left Wisconsin and Alaska amid allegations of workplace bullying and wrongful diagnoses of child abuse; she now practices in Florida.

Nessie and party lines

Aug. 29, 2022

Even in a divisive world that will become even more so between now and the November election, there’s always room for a little kindness.

Kent Tempus retires from Oconto County Reporter

Aug. 26, 2022

Longtime journalist Kent Tempus has retired from the Oconto County Reporter after 11 years with the newspaper, he announced in a farewell column published Wednesday.

Tempus' journalism career spanned 40 years and three states. Prior to joining the Reporter, where he served as editor from 2011 to 2018, he was editor of the Shawano Leader from 1995 to 2010. He attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and Iowa State University, located in Ames, majoring in journalism and mass communications.