More than a year before the GOP primary, a rural Wisconsin sheriff’s race is heating up, with the former and current DAs ...

A sheriff’s investigation recommended that the Waterford Police Department terminate Nathaniel Schweitzer in 2024. He was ...

A sheriff’s investigation recommended that the Waterford Police Department terminate Nathaniel Schweitzer in 2024. He was recently promoted to sergeant in Big Bend in Waukesha County. 'They don’t know ...

A sheriff’s investigation recommended that the Waterford Police Department terminate Nathaniel Schweitzer in 2024. He was recently promoted to sergeant in Big Bend in Waukesha County. 'They don’t know ...

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Peter Cameron managing editor Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and ...

So says Christopher Garrison, Sun Prairie’s fire and EMS chief. Fewer volunteers, more 911 calls and the rising costs of medical care are stressing EMS agencies statewide. It could mean longer wait ...

An appeals court ruled that a challenge to a Rock County supervisor’s 3-vote victory was frivolous and ordered repayment of her legal fees. Now the challenger is asking the Supreme Court to take the ...

Local governments and nonprofits in Wisconsin could suffer if federal revenue shrinks. By Annie Pulley, THE BADGER PROJECT The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, headed by the now-departed ...

Coty Hazelett was rehired by the Vilas County Jail after his 2020 resignation, then got a similar job in Fond du Lac County in 2023. By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT A deputy at the Fond du Lac ...