1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (592+ words) Paul Kiefer joined Wisconsin Watch in September 2025 as a Roy W. Howard fellow, focusing largely on immigration and data reporting. He grew up in Washington state, first setting foot in a newsroom as a teenage producer-in-training at a Seattle public radio…...

1+ day, 29+ min ago   (493+ words) Local news matters, but we journalists have work to do when it comes to delivering the information people value most, according to the northeast Wisconsin residents who took part in the Local News Landscape Study. Researchers at the University of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (891+ words) Nancy and Brian Breedlove visited the Oshkosh Tool Library in mid-July hoping to borrow a hand truck, also called a dolly. The Oshkosh couple needed to move heavy items out of their garage before workers installed an epoxy coating on…...

21+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1017+ words) A walk around downtown Menasha reveals the heart of devastation after an EF3 tornado surged through parts of Neenah, Appleton and Menasha on Monday at 11:56 a.m., traveling 12 miles. Ceramic roof tiles lie shattered on the sidewalk, trees bend at unnatural angles, downed…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (816+ words) A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday overturned a ruling that had restored abolished collective bargaining rights, in a setback for unions and public workers in the state. Unions are expected to appeal, sending the case to the Wisconsin Supreme Court,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (752+ words) Ahead of the 2026 midterms, Wisconsin election officials are planning for the potential of mail ballot delivery delays by encouraging voters to mail back absentee ballots as soon as possible or return them some other way. And on Friday, the League…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1811+ words) The Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin has changed both dramatically and barely at all since the start of this year. The size of the field, which remained stagnant at seven major candidates for months, shifted rapidly in the span…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (270+ words) Milwaukee has become part of a mass surveillance apparatus. Surveillance technology is dangerous, and few know that these are counterinsurgency tactics being practiced on residents by our own police department. These types of surveillance technologies made their way back for…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (955+ words) In Milwaukee at H.W. Longfellow School’s Community Learning Center, which is operated by the South Side nonprofit Journey House, staff are always finding new ways to immerse students in art and culture. To help, Cherise Myers, Journey House director of community…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1454+ words) Protesters burst into a Thursday news conference about the police shooting of a homeless man in Madison, taking the microphone from the police chief and arguing with some attendees who said they wanted to hear more about the investigation. The…...