Reopening court discussions was a good idea

On Oct. 9, 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held a lively, 35-minute discussion on whether to allow the deletion of certain eviction records from Wisconsin’s online court records system.

This August's primary is spurring an unusual summer debate over two constitutional amendments backed by Republicans.

DNR takes double hit

The Department of Natural Resources touches just about every Wisconsinite in regulating or managing issues affecting the environment, hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, state parks, state forests etc etc etc

Barca: Wisconsin economy positioned for 2024

Wisconsin is doing extremely well.”

So says Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, who spoke to a full house last week at Pier 290’s Upper Deck meeting space in Williams Bay.

Longtime Press-Gazette sports journalist Leonard Wagner dies 87

Leonard Wagner, a longtime writer and editor for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Omro. Wagner earned a degree in history in 1958 from St. Norbert College. In college, he played baseball, wrote for the St. Norbert Times student newspaper and served as an assistant in the college news bureau.

After graduating, he began working for the Press-Gazette and its radio station WJPG, where he continued on part-time after being named director of news services at St. Norbert in 1959. In 1961, he joined the Press-Gazette as a full-time sports writer and in 1968, he was named sports editor. He also served as news editor, features editor and columnist over the years. He remained with the newspaper for more than 30 years, retiring in 1992.

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