Thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students get low-cost instruction: ‘Our goal is to reach as many students as we can to give them the tools to be a safe driver’
Four entries have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, UW-Madison's Center for Journalism Ethics announced this week. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize and be invited to accept the award and discuss their reporting at an awards ceremony in New York on May 17.
The Shadid Award, now in its 13th year, recognizes ethical decisions in reporting stories in any medium, including print, broadcast and digital, by journalists working for established news organizations or publishing individually. The award focuses on current journalism and does not include books, documentaries or other long-term projects.
With new projections that the state’s bottom line will grow by $2.9 billion over the current two-year budget, Wisconsin lawmakers from both parties are debating how to utilize this newfound windfall.
Tickets for the University of Wisconsin’s annual Varsity Band Spring Concert are now on sale. This year’s concert is the band’s first since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will feature two shows, each beginning at 7:30 p.m., on Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, at the Kohl Center on the UW-Madison campus.
Concert highlights this year will include “Bohemian Wait for It,” “Country Classics,” “The Music of Panic at the Disco,” and classic UW favorites like “Space Badgers,” “If You Want to Be a Badger” and the signature Badger Band finale. All proceeds from the event benefit the band.
Homelessness has been an ongoing struggle in Brown County, long dealt with in the shadows. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated it and made it more visible.
A bill progressing through the Wisconsin Legislature was meant to spur the expansion of electric vehicle charging by confirming that private businesses can sell electricity to drivers at charging stations.
As the populations at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake have declined, Wisconsin counties are seeking alternatives to sending youths to the troubled juvenile prisons as their per-inmate costs to house them there have more than tripled.
My clothing principle is if it still covers, snaps, buttons or zips — sometimes partially but still enough to prevent wardrobe malfunctions — then it’s still good enou
Tannette Elie, a UW-Parkside lecturer and longtime journalist, has been named as the school's executive director of university relations.
In the role, Elie is the school's primary legislative liaison and public information officer. She also will serve as a member of the chancellor's cabinet and will lead the communications, branding and marketing efforts at UW-Parkside. Prior to her career in higher education, Elie spent 20 years as a reporter and columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Kenneth A. "Ken" Troedel, who enjoyed a 26-year career publishing newspapers in Wisconsin, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, at his home in Waupaca. He was 69. Troedel graduated from West Bend West High School studied accounting and business administration at Moraine Park Technical College, during which time he worked at The West Bend Company.
He started his career in advertising sales and worked his way up to serve as publisher of several Wisconsin newspapers. Over his 26-year career, Troedel ran the Washington County Sunday Post in West Bend, Ozaukee County Sunday Post in Cedarburg, The Chippewa Herald in Chippewa Falls and the Waupaca County Buyer's Guide.
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