Kohl had rare, broad bipartisan appeal
Jan. 2, 2024
These days major statewide elections in Wisconsin can be decided by just thousands of votes.
These days major statewide elections in Wisconsin can be decided by just thousands of votes.
Law enforcement officers in Winnebago County shot three people in 2023, one fatally. And while we know the names of the people shot, the identities of those who pulled the trigger remain secret.
Opponents cheer a court decision finding fault with the controversial project’s plan to fill Wisconsin wetlands.
Carroll Kraus, a distinguished copy editor with a notable career at The Milwaukee Journal, died on Dec. 5 in Milwaukee — one day after his 84th birthday.
Before joining the U.S. Army, where he was a public information officer, Carroll served as editor of the Daily Nebraskan and as a reporter for the Lincoln Journal. After his military service, he joined the copy desk at the Des Moines Register. In 1970, he moved to Milwaukee, joining The Milwaukee Journal, where he worked for more than 40 years.
Michael Kujawski, who previously served as a wire editor and sports editor at several newspapers in Wisconsin, has joined the Antigo Journal as a reporter.
Kujawski earned a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from UW-Madison and recently returned to Wisconsin after teaching English for several years in China. In his new role, Kujawski will write news features, cover Antigo School Board and Langlade County Board and report on local high school sports.
David James Grey, a former journalist and editor with the Oshkosh Northwestern, died on Dec. 15, in Oshkosh, after a long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was 78.
Grey began his journalism career that year as a sportswriter for the Northwestern. His tenure with the newspaper spanned 36 years, during which he served as city editor, business editor and special editions manager. In 2002, he shifted his professional focus to real estate, joining Schwab Realty in Oshkosh, where he worked until his retirement in 2020.
After more than 56 years in the newspaper industry, Bob Berglund has retired, with the final publication of his column, "Over the Back Fence," the Tribune Record Gleaner has announced.
Berglund began his newspaper career straight out of high school, when he began as an apprentice at the Turtle Lake Times in 1949. In 1956, after spending time in the U.S. Army and as a postal clerk in Turtle Lake, he married his wife, Florence. The two purchased the Loyal Tribune and the Spencer Record in 1968, and the Greenwood Gleaner in 1969. They then merged the three weekly newspapers into the Tribune Record Gleaner. The couple oversaw the publication of 1,364 issues of the newspaper from October 1968 to January 1995.
Officials invest millions of dollars to tackle a mismatch between where residents work and can afford to live. Success will require loosening zoning laws, experts say.
Local governments face no consequences for conflicting with state-mandated plans to guide land use.
The number of states offering income tax credits to families with children has doubled in the last three years, after the federal child tax credit was expanded twice since 2017.
34 Schroeder Ct., Suite 220
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 283-7620