The central Wisconsin sheriff’s office has 50 take-home vehicles, nine of which travel beyond the county, Sheriff Tim Wilz ...

Several courthouses in north-central Wisconsin do not screen people coming into the building for weapons, an investigation by The Badger Project has found. A firearm discovered recently in one of them ...

The suspect says the man making the accusation was in the country illegally. The Sauk County Jail assists other law enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ...

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Before 2015, the most a person could give in annual political donations in Wisconsin was $10,000. Through early August this year, the conservative billionaire megadonor Elizabeth Uihlein has given the ...

Wandering officers — police and jailers who were fired or forced out from a previous job in law enforcement — have increased in Wisconsin by more than 50% since 2021, an investigation by The Badger ...

Over the past few decades, the billionaire Wisconsin businesswoman Diane Hendricks has given tens of millions to Republican candidates and organizations in state and out to help the party win ...

Wandering officers — police and jailers who were fired or forced out from a previous job in law enforcement — have increased in Wisconsin by more than 50% since 2021, an investigation by The Badger ...