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Golf course halted; offenders sue over GPS monitoring; $$ pledged to reduce pretrial jail time
March 26, 2019 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2019/03/wisconsinweekly-kohler-golf-course-blocked-for-now/WCIJ takes home five golds, eight silvers and a bronze from the Milwaukee Press Club, Wisconsin’s premiere all-media journalism contest.
May 14, 2018 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2018/05/wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-wisconsin-public-radio-honored-with-14-awards/Since 2011, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has received accolades that include a first-place national award from the Society of Professional Journalists, a national award for collaborations with college students from The Associated Press Media Editors, two Golden Gavel Awards from the State Bar of Wisconsin, acceptance of its first documentary, Los Lecheros (Dairy Farmers) to screenings at a dozen film festivals nationwide, a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Los Lecheros, and 88 awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
March 21, 2018 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/awards/The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism was named a winner Monday of 14 prizes in the 2017 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism contest, including awards for investigative, public service and explanatory reporting; single story and multi-story coverage; photography and illustration.
March 20, 2018 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2018/03/we-win-wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-earns-14-milwaukee-press-club-awards/What to do about manure, organic labeling, vets’ class-action suit and a sulfide mine
Of Note: This week we’re highlighting news affecting Wisconsin farmers, Veterans Administration patients and members of the Menominee Tribe.
Tests show waste from Kewaunee County’s 97,000 head of cattle contaminates majority of wells, especially after rainfall or snowmelt; human waste also a factor.
June 8, 2017 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2017/06/fecal-microbes-found-in-60-percent-of-sampled-wells-raising-concerns-about-dairy-manure-septic-waste/An ancient poison that was detected in the late 1980s in Wisconsin’s drinking water persists despite state regulations designed to eliminate it. High-capacity wells can exacerbate the problem.
January 24, 2016 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2016/01/despite-state-efforts-arsenic-continues-to-poison-many-private-wells-in-wisconsin/The Center was honored with four gold awards, one silver and two bronze in the club’s Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism, the state’s premiere all-media journalism competition.
May 18, 2015 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2015/05/center-takes-home-seven-awards-including-best-website-design-from-milwaukee-press-club/We’ve transformed our reporting on problems with Wisconsin’s water quality and supply into sculptures that you can see and touch — including a life-size half cow and 1,000 balls of wool. Meet the artist and the reporters and learn about Wisconsin water in this series of events across the state April 30 through May 7.
April 20, 2015 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2015/04/investigative-reporting-art-the-spring-2015-wisconsin-tour/Despite fish kills, toxic algae blooms, unsafe beaches and an annual dead zone in the Lake Michigan bay sparking concern across the region, the level of phosphorus loading has changed little over the past two decades, and even gone up in the past couple of years. “I’m part of the problem,” said John Pagel of Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy, one of the largest farms in Wisconsin, at a summit hosted by U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble in Green Bay. “But I’m also part of the solution.”
April 1, 2015 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2015/04/farmers-vow-to-reduce-phosphorus-bane-of-green-bay/The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism received seven awards in the Milwaukee Press Club’s annual Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism, which were announced today. The Center now has won 32 awards from the press club.
March 24, 2015 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2015/03/wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-wins-seven-milwaukee-press-club-awards-raising-total-to-32/The growth in large dairies, and concerns about manure disposal from operations of all sizes, have fueled efforts to more tightly regulate their operations or siting. Here’s a partial roundup.
September 21, 2014 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2014/09/surge-in-big-dairies-backdrop-for-local-efforts-to-curb-cows-environmental-impacts/