Immigration policy could be an election issue in Wisconsin this fall, even if the Mexican border is thousands of miles away from Wisconsin.
Employment in Wisconsin arts and cultural sectors has rebounded substantially from the COVID-19 pandemic, due in part to an unprecedented federal and state relief effort.
More than 150 students from 29 schools competed Friday in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation's Civics Games regional competitions. The top three scoring teams from each region advance to the state championships on May 13 at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. Each member of the state championship winning team will receive a $2,000 scholarship to a Wisconsin college or university.
Region 4, which had the largest number of teams competing, will determine which teams will advance to the state finals from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, May 3, when six teams reconvene virtually to complete Rounds 3 and 4 of the regional competition.
In 2022 drones are filling our skies and roads. Hobbyists are buying drones for recreation; photographers are taking aerial photos; children are using drones controlled by iPhones. Amazon is expected to bring package delivery via drone this fall. You may be wondering if drones can fly over your house.
Dakota Black and Joshua Gehde are in prison for homicide after former UW Dr. Barbara Knox accused them of inflicting abusive head trauma.
Coverage of public affairs – recording the actions and inactions of governing bodies from local to federal levels – demands attention from newsrooms year-round. And for good reason. Elected officials regularly debate and craft public policies that affect citizens’ everyday lives.
If a legislator deletes an email, is it truly gone? Not necessarily.
As part of our 2022 contest judging partnership, the Arkansas Press Association needs 20 additional volunteers from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association to judge its editorial contest this spring.
The deadline to sign up is Sunday, May 1. All judging will be done online and is scheduled to begin next week, with a deadline of Friday, May 20.
Madeline Westberg, has been named lead editor of the Adams Publishing Group’s Hometown News division, where she currently serves as associate editor. Westberg succeeds Karyn Seeman who has been named managing editor of the Janesville Gazette.
As a lead editor, Westberg will direct news coverage for Cambridge, Deerfield, Marshall and Waterloo.
Karyn Saemann, managing editor of the Cambridge News and Deerfield Independent and lead editor for Adams Publishing Group’s Lake Mills office, has been named managing editor of The Janesville Gazette.
Saemann, previously worked at the Beloit Daily News, the Daily Jefferson County Union and The Capital Times in Madison. Saemann will be succeeded by Cambridge News and Deerfield Independent associate editor Madeline Westberg.
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