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Madison pastor keeps preaching as state revokes his child care license amid child sexual assault investigation
A Baptist pastor at a small congregation in Madison has continued in active ministry around children as police investigated him for sexual abuse, a case that has led to law enforcement recommending charges to prosecutors of first-degree child sexual assault.
Read moreBattleground Wisconsin: Unpopular and deeply divided
Two Madison photographers used pandemic assistance to survive 2020. Then the state accused them of fraud.
MADISON, Wis. — Jonny Hoffner hasn’t checked his mailbox in the past year without a knot in his stomach. A basket full of hundreds of documents in his and wife Michelle’s home tells the story: an unending battle with the state of Wisconsin over thousands of dollars in benefits paid out in 2020.
Read moreFive voters and a tale of two primaries
Join Naomi Kowles for a personal, in-depth short documentary looking at the lives and stories of five voters and community leaders across the political spectrum, with regional analysis from Marquette University’s Mike Gousha along the way.
Read more'This is a crisis': In Wisconsin, special needs patients may wait years for sedated dental care
“His face turned white. He didn’t respond. He didn’t eat. And he kept pointing to his tooth. I could see on the side of his face was swollen,” she said. “I brush his teeth. I try to take the best care of his teeth as I can. But I can’t find a dentist; nobody will take him.”
Read moreAn old drug addiction and an uncharged crime: How the internet won't let a Madison man move on
In this story, WISC-TV/Channel 3000 rolled out a new policy and took a close look at media responsibility—including our own—in the internet age
Read moreTwo years and thousands in debt later, Stoughton hair stylist still fighting for pandemic unemployment benefits
State of Hate: A News 3 Investigative Series
A Murrow-award winning investigation reviewed hundreds of pages of hate crime investigation reports, uncovering new details about the way victims are targeted and how crimes go unreported, untracked or misclassified in Wisconsin’s official statistics. For the first time, a review of court documents discovered how infrequently prosecutors successfully bring the hate penalty statewide.
Read moreAcross Wisconsin, elderly at risk as residents wait weeks without Frontier phone service—or a way to call 911
Scores of reports, begging the state for help. Elderly residents scattered across rural Wisconsin, dependent on their landline for medical conditions or Lifeline support and living in areas untouched by reliable cell service, remained out of phone service for weeks at a time in the past two years.
Read moreJeremiah Button vanished two weeks before trial. Here's the bunker where he survived.
Jeremiah Button vanished two weeks before trial. Here's the bunker where he survived.
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