Brian Fraley: DPI response fails to make the grade
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has many problems. They’re self righteous, secretive and indignant. Their communications efforts do not offer clarity, they obfuscate. This was on full display in their spokesperson’s response to Dairyland Sentinel’s reporting.
Richard Moore: The biggest bully in the school just might be … the school
There was a time when the biggest bully in school was a kid with a bad haircut and a mean streak. These days, in too many places, the biggest bully in the school is the school itself.
Dalia Brasuel: Wisconsin bill echos national legislative assault on trans youth
AB104 would intervene within the privileged, confidential relationship between physicians and pediatric patients, offering no avenue of support for gender-diverse youth at a time when the Lemkin Institute has characterized the erosion of transgender rights in the United States as indicative of the “early stages of genocide.”
Bill Kaplan: GOP-Trump, higher health care premiums
Wisconsin Democrats are promoting affordability and economic security, while Republicans’ stonewalling on ACA tax credits results in more suffering and political payback for the GOP in November.
James Causey: Trump Obama ape video latest in string of unhinged actions
Anyone blindly defending this behavior is as much as racist as Trump. This is not the first time he crossed the line.
Dave Zweifel: Trump’s cabinet full of names we’d like to forget
I wonder if my old civics teacher would have wanted us to memorize these names?
Michelle Bryant: When the pulpit speaks, communities listen
Inside or outside the church, all of us have a role to play in advocating for social justice.
Fredrickson campaign: Jeremiah Fredrickson launches campaign for 92nd Assembly District
ELK MOUND, Wis. – Today, Jeremiah Fredrickson, owner of Jeremiah’s Bullfrog Fish Farm, formally announced his candidacy for the 92nd Assembly District. Fredrickson released the following statement: “I am excited to announce my candidacy for the 92nd Assembly District. As
WisDems: ICE has come to Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, new reporting revealed that ICE crossed the Mississippi and infiltrated Hudson and Baldwin, Wisconsin. Even before ICE put boots down in the state, local residents in St. Croix were calling out their un-American militant campaign that forced multiple
Dept. of Natural Resources: Awards 2026 surface water grants
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced approximately $6 million in grant funding to lake organizations, nonprofit organizations and municipal and county governments throughout Wisconsin. This grant program provides cost-sharing for projects that restore and protect
Wisconsin Potato & VegetableGrowers Association: Wendy Dykstra becomes first woman WPVGA board president
At a brief meeting held immediately following the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Annual Meeting, February 5, in Stevens Point, the WPVGA Board of Directors elected Wendy Dykstra of Alsum Farms Inc., Friesland, as its first-ever woman President
Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association: Presents annual industry awards
In addition to its annual Hall of Fame induction, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) presented several other annual Industry Awards during a banquet on February 4, 2026, in Stevens Point. The WPVGA Associate Division Business Person of
Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America: Ready for statewide governor’s race as Madison DSA joins in endorsing Francesca Hong
The Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are working to support a statewide race for governor after both that chapter and Madison DSA voted to endorse DSA member Francesca Hong in her bid for that office. “Working people have seen
Dept. of Natural Resources: 2026 sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 14
OSHKOSH, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing for the sturgeon spearing season opening Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, on the Winnebago System. With one of the largest lake sturgeon populations in North America, the Winnebago System supports
Wisconsin Historical Society: Joseph Cochrane (Schooner) shipwreck listed in the National Register of Historic Places
DOOR COUNTY, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Joseph Cochrane Shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on January 22, 2026. The schooner is located in Lake Michigan near Baileys Harbor, in Door County.