MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the filing of a civil law enforcement action against Youssef (Joe) Berrada and his property management company, Berrada Properties Management, Inc. The complaint alleges that Mr. Berrada and Berrada Properties Management, Inc., violated Wisconsin landlord-tenant law by including illegal provisions in leases, illegally charging tenants late rent fees and court fees, and engaging in illegal security deposit deduction practices. The complaint also alleges that Defendants engaged in several illegal practices while remodeling newly acquired buildings with existing tenants, including: forcing tenants out of their apartment, throwing away tenant property, and entering

Milwaukee, WI – November 16, 2021 – Lindner & Marsack, S.C., one of the region’s most respected and long-standing management-side labor, employment and worker’s compensation defense firms, today announced four attorneys acknowledged by Super Lawyers magazine. Honorees include Douglas Feldman, Gary Marsack, Daniel Pedriana and Oyvind Wistrom. Feldman and Wistrom were also named as Best Lawyers by U.S. News & World Report, along with Daniel Finerty and Jonathan Swain. “While this recognition rightly highlights the accomplishments of several individual attorneys, it also is a testament to the dedication and quality of work provided by our entire team as we help employers in Wisconsin and

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” to discuss the administration’s weakness on countering China and President Biden’s radical policy agenda. The full video can be found here, and excerpts are below. On President Biden’s foreign policy weakness: “Unfortunately what President Biden has been doing has been demonstrating weakness while Xi Jinping militarizes the South China Sea Islands, threatens Taiwan with over flights, represses his own people, the Uighurs. We are actually concerned more about wonkiness in our military as opposed to military readiness, so Xi Jinping understands that. As Tony Bobulinski warned us, he

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has signed a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement with Kohler Co. that paves the way to greatly enable collaborative research, talent development and more partnership opportunities. The formal agreement builds upon a working relationship that spans more than 102 years, creating additional research and internship opportunities for the Marquette community by establishing a mutual agreement around intellectual property, licensing and other partnership terms. “We are incredibly excited and honored to finalize this partnership with Kohler,” said Dr. Carmel Ruffolo, associate vice president for corporate engagement at Marquette. “This is a unique opportunity that not many universities have with

Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza was appointed to the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board of Directors bringing his experience in local government to the statewide governing body. The League is comprised of more than 600 members – large and small cities and villages representing both urban and rural Wisconsin. “I am honored to have been appointed to the board. The League provides invaluable resources to communities throughout Wisconsin and I’ve been privileged to work with them and my peers to navigate through the waters of local government,” said Wiza. In 2021-2022 the League’s 16-member Board will be working to set the

Madison, Wis. – The court-appointed Monitor’s 11th report for Lincoln Hills School/Copper Lake School was filed with the court today, and noted multiple improvements at the juvenile facility and in DOC’s efforts to meet the requirements of a court order. The report highlights Wisconsin DOC’s continued steps to achieve compliance with elements of a consent decree, stemming from a 2017 lawsuit and investigation into substandard conditions at the facility under the previous administration. In the first report from the Monitor, filed shortly after the Evers Administration took office, DOC was in substantial compliance with just one of roughly 50 benchmarks measured by the

70 students have been selected for $7,000 scholarships MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson today announced that 70 students have been selected through a random drawing to receive a $7,000 scholarship under the System’s Vax Up! “70 for 70” campaign. The 70 students attend the 11 UW System universities that participated in the campaign and that also achieved a 70 percent COVID-19 vaccination rate among students. “We took up a challenge to educate and inform students as a part of a vaccination campaign to help keep our universities safe – and it has succeeded,” Thompson said. “What a

Gorsuch is the longest-serving bank CEO in Fitchburg and Madison. Fitchburg, WI – A career in banking wasn’t a childhood dream, but Oak Bank’s CEO Bob Gorsuch says he is blessed to have 57 years of experience in banking (and counting). “I am one of those people who doesn’t feel like I go to work every day – I love what I do,” said Gorsuch. “The moment it starts to feel like work is when I will retire.” The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) honored Gorsuch, along with four others, with the 2021 Leaders in Banking Excellence award on October 29 during the

  WEST ALLIS, WIS. – Dr. Cliff Hartmann, a pediatric dentist in New Berlin, was sworn in as president of the 3,100-member Wisconsin Dental Association at the organization’s 151st House of Delegates, which was held in Brookfield on Nov. 12 and 13. Dr. Hartmann will serve as president until November 2022.                 Dr. Hartmann graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSoD) and also completed his pediatric training there. He is an active staff member at Children’s Wisconsin and teaches in the MUSoD Department of Pediatric Dentistry. He served on the WDA Committee for the Dental Home Initiative from 2007-09 and 2011-12,

MADISON, Wis. – Today the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) announced Gov. Tony Evers proclaimed the month of November as National Scholarship Month in Wisconsin. The proclamation is part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness about the vital role that scholarships play in reducing student loan debt and expanding access to higher education. “Every Wisconsinite deserves the opportunity to access a high-quality, affordable education from early childhood to technical colleges and universities,” said Gov. Evers. “As the cost of higher education continues to rise, students and their families are faced with the ever-increasing burden of paying for their

MADISON, Wis. — With just under one year before the 2022 midterms, Ron Johnson finds himself in deep trouble. After going from tax scandal to tax scandal, opposing a historic federal investment in to rebuild Wisconsin’s infrastructure, trying and failing to rip health care away from hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites, and prolonging the pandemic with his COVID disinformation campaign, Johnson finds himself on the wrong side of nearly every issue Wisconsin voters care about.   Given his record, it’s no wonder even Johnson admitted hasn’t been “particularly successful” as a US Senator. Here’s what he’s done:   Openly rooting

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today published public and choice school and district report cards for the 2020-21 school year, as required by Wis. Stat. 115.385. Both federal and state law require DPI to annually release accountability reports, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these report requirements were suspended for the 2019-20 school year. Because of ongoing pandemic impacts, the U.S. Department of Education again waived federal Every Student Succeeds Act accountability requirements for 2020-21 school year data. However, the Wisconsin State Legislature did not grant another suspension. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DPI urges using caution when