Officer Thomas Dammer was fired from the Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department in 2024 after backing into another ...

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is pushing to strengthen limits on margarine. The effort is a reminder of a ...

Andrew Straszkowski resigned from the Lake Hallie Police Department on the day of a hearing regarding his use of force and insubordination. He’s now working at another police department in the county.

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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 ...

Andrew Straszkowski resigned from the Lake Hallie Police Department on the day of a disciplinary meeting regarding his use of force and insubordination. He’s now working at a nearby police department.

Waterford Police Chief Timothy O’Neill was arrested for OWI during his tenure as a cop in nearby Sturtevant. He said he took responsibility and used the incident to gain more “compassion and insight.” ...

The Badger Project sued the Wind Point Police Department after it denied records requests related to an officer who resigned in 2023. The village agreed to produce what they had and pay attorney’s ...

Governor Tony Evers signed a bill late last month requiring public schools to ban cell phones in the classroom. Wisconsin is now the 36th state to restrict the use of electronic devices in some ...

A former Sauk County Sheriff’s deputy who worked in the jail is facing three first-degree felonies after he snapped a photo of a half-nude female inmate captured on the jail’s video surveillance ...

A deputy in the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office who has a documented history of inconsistency in his police work resigned from his sergeant position in September, just days after The Badger Project ...

Despite releasing records after it was sued by The Badger Project, St. Croix County is refusing to pay nearly $1,400 in attorney fees and has moved to dismiss the lawsuit entirely. “Custodians usually ...