Eleven gubernatorial candidates, including 10 Democratic hopefuls, will be in Eau Claire next Monday (Dec. 11) for a candidate forum at the VFW Club 305, 1300 Starr Ave. The forum is scheduled for 12:30 to 2 p.m., with registration starting at noon. This will be the first time such a forum has been held in […]
Wisconsin’s complex dairy farm dilemma: the need for immigrant workers, documented or not
By Dee J. Hall and Riley Vetterkind Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism DANE — On a recent cool, summer evening in the rolling hills just outside Madison, the lofty pole barn of Ripp’s Dairy Valley farm briefly transformed into a town hall meeting. As twilight descended, a crowd of more than 60 farmers, public officials, […]