Scott Schaut first quit a leadership position at the sheriff's office after The Badger Project requested documents on his job ...

A veteran of the City of Waukesha Police Department quit in 2023 after he was arrested for driving drunk and knocking down a ...

The Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department fired Thomas Dammer after he caused a minor collision and didn't immediately ...

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 ...

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The butter versus margarine debate is back on the menu in the dairy state. A bipartisan bill introduced in the state Senate earlier this month would tighten some of the state’s enduring restrictions ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former Sauk County Sheriff’s deputy is accused of snapping the photo from the jail’s video surveillance system without the inmate’s knowledge and then sharing it with a colleague.