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Milwaukee audit logs show no evidence of election fraud, experts say
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (835+ words) It took mere minutes for conspiracy theorists to seize on a Milwaukee election error after the August primary, when officials initially forgot to extract election results from five of the city’s nine absentee ballot tabulators. They lobbed baseless accusations that…...
Fox Cities businesses balance tornado relief with keeping doors open
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1452+ words) For a few weeks, countless donations piled up on Destiny Antuna’s shop floor. Stacks of canned food, water bottles, Band-Aids, toilet paper, paper plates, work gloves, dog food and boxes of diapers made it almost impossible to walk through the…...
Did Tom Tiffany try to overturn the 2020 presidential election result?
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (192+ words) Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce Fact Briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Wisconsin Republican running for governor, moved to reverse Democrat Joe Biden’s…...
Wisconsin Watch wins national award for Supreme Costs investigation
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (229+ words) Our newsroom’s investigation of “obscene” spending in state Supreme Court elections has won top honors at the 2026 Online Journalism Awards. The awards, run by the Online News Association, have since 2000 honored excellence in digital journalism around the world. Judges awarded…...
Despite bipartisan support, 988 Crisis Lifeline faces funding shortage
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1721+ words) Every year, millions of people in crisis dial three numbers — not 911, but 988, the national suicide and crisis lifeline. People like Cadence Van Beek, who used the lifeline as a sophomore at Melrose-Mindoro High School in Melrose. During a mental health…...
Milwaukee couple adopts four children after eight years as foster parents
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (823+ words) McKenna and Celia Olson expanded their family by adopting four children, completing their South Side Milwaukee home. The adoption closed a chapter in their journey as foster parents with the Wellpoint Care Network. McKenna and Celia, closed their foster care…...
‘Too many funerals’: Wisconsin’s Black infant mortality crisis is harming generations
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1708+ words) Note: This is the first story in the Cap Times series Deadly Divide, investigating Wisconsin’s ongoing Black infant mortality crisis. This reporting is supported through a National Fellowship from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. For generations, Black families…...
Find stories on issues that matter ahead of the November election
1+ week, 4+ day ago (278+ words) The consortium of newsrooms includes the Post-Crescent in Appleton, the Green Bay Press Gazette, the Green Bay Press Times, Wisconsin Public Radio and yours truly — Wisconsin Watch. The collaborative effort formed in 2021 to advance in-depth local reporting on important topics....
UW-Madison police disciplined an officer over student interactions. The investigation raises more questions.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1629+ words) A University of Wisconsin-Madison police officer received a letter of reprimand last summer after a student journalist alerted UWPD about allegations of the officer’s inappropriate conduct with sorority and fraternity members. A follow-up Wisconsin Watch investigation has found UWPD interviewed…...
Oshkosh death companion helps LGBTQ+ community navigate death, grief
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1021+ words) Bryn Schraven is no stranger to death. When Schraven was 19 years old, their dad died in a car accident in the middle of their small Wisconsin town. A mountain of paperwork soon piled up, and so did the comments from…...