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 Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania, as ...

Former Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Mertzig was investigated in 2022 amid accusations from his landlords that he ...

Alcohol is a common factor in the rising number of off-road vehicle crashes and fatalities reported in Wisconsin. Legislators ...

State Rep. Darrin Madison, a two-term Democrat from Milwaukee favored to win reelection this fall, has not paid the $1,600 ...

A detective for the Portage County Sheriff’s Office resigned in 2024, a month after his wife called 911 on him, claiming he was intoxicated, handling guns and acting aggressively toward her and their ...

An officer for the UW-Superior Police Department resigned after being investigated for sending “inappropriate and unwanted text messages” to female student employees. He now works for the Hayward ...

In the final years of the Coloma Police Department, two high-ranking Waushara County Sheriff’s Department officials made nearly $75,000 total for their part-time work running the village’s law ...

A deputy for the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office is facing charges after he was booked for drinking and driving last month. Daniel Matuszak, 34, has been a deputy for the sheriff’s office since 2022, ...

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The delivery app company DoorDash reported spending nearly $2 million in the first half of 2025 lobbying the Wisconsin State Legislature, according to mandatory filings with the state, to pass a bill ...

Way back in 2018, when Mandela Barnes was running to be lieutenant governor, he wrote on a public social media account, “I need that.” to a photo of a T-shirt that said “Abolish ICE.” A photo of him ...