(Photo: Wisconsin National Guard members train to provide assistance to the Dane County Medical Examiner’s office. C/o Wisconsin National Guard) The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office conducts death investigations and autopsies on the recently deceased. Case investigators aid in police investigations, wrongful death cases and insurance claims. The office has a full-time staff of 18 […]
Wisconsin National Guard Members to Work at Poll Sites
Due to the ongoing outbreak of novel coronavirus, fourteen states and one U.S. territory have made changes to their upcoming elections, either switching to mail-only voting or postponing them entirely. Wisconsin is not among them. The state Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee have sued the state to postpone the upcoming April 7th election, […]
Wisconsin National Guard Commander Resigns Following Sexual Assault In...
In a press release Monday morning, Wisconsin National Guard Major General Don Dunbar said that he and his team were in the process of reviewing a report about sexual assault in the Guard. By this afternoon, Dunbar — Wisconsin’s top commander of the National Guard— had announced his resignation. The report was completed by the […]
Protesters Say “No” to F-35s, Pocan Says “Come Toget...
Over a hundred protesters chanted “Human need, not corporate greed” around the State Capitol last Friday. They gathered to protest a proposal to station F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field on the northside of Madison. Jennie Capellaro is an activist with Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin, which organized the demonstration. Capellaro lives in the F-35s’ […]
State Reps, Community Protest Inhumane Family Separation Policy, Walke...
State Representatives JoCasta Zamarripa and Chris Taylor joined child advocates, pediatricians, and religious community members Wednesday morning in opposing the ongoing separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. The opposition comes as Governor Scott Walker ordered two dozen Wisconsin National Guard members to Arizona’s southern border on Monday, with more expected […]
