Freshman state Rep. Karen DeSanto spent years traveling the world with the Ringling Brothers. Now she’s representing a rural ...

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A bipartisan bill in the state Legislature would provide legal immunity to 911 dispatchers who transfer calls to the suicide ...

Ted Gregory senior editor Ted is a former general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune who, as part of a team of six reporters, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He also ...

A former state trooper was "terminated for cause” in 2020, but has continued to work in law enforcement. The Badger Project ...

A deputy resigned from the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office before it concluded an investigation into her conduct. The county denied a request for those records, citing concerns over department ...