Former newspaper worker Mel Fisher dies
Oct. 31, 2024
Romell “Mel” Leo Fisher, formerly of Green Bay, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 at the age of 89.
Romell “Mel” Leo Fisher, formerly of Green Bay, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 at the age of 89.
The number of annual union petitions in the state has more than doubled in recent years, suggesting interest in unionization is on the rise even as the share of Wisconsin workers in unions has fallen substantially.
The Center for Integrity in News Reporting is seeking entries for its second annual $100,000 of Awards in News Reporting Contest. Entries for 2024 are due Jan. 31, 2025.
Vivian Barrett has joined the staff of the Green Bay Press-Gazette as its new public safety reporter.
Multiple award-winning photographer David Sandell died on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.
The Ho-Chunk people are investing more than $400 million in a Beloit entertainment complex just north of the state line that will include a large casino, a premier conference center and the tallest building in Rock County — an 18-story hotel.
On October 29, the Wisconsin Historical Society will host History Sandwiched In with Wisconsin Historical Society Press author and former Wisconsin State Journal reporter George Hesselberg.
Attorney Tom Kamenick has authored the first detailed analysis of 2023 Wisconsin Act 253, the new law permitting law enforcement agencies to charge for the redaction of video and audio recordings.
Despite a decline from the previous year, rates of chronic absenteeism for Wisconsin’s students in 2023 remained at historically high levels for children of every race, grade level, and socioeconomic status.
Madison native Katie Dean, former executive editor for The Capital Times in Madison, has been named editor-in-chief of In Business.
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