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Author Archives: Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR

Madeline Fuerstenberg joined Wisconsin Watch in June 2021. She recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a bachelors degree in journalism. Throughout her career, she has interned with The Cambridge News & Deerfield Independent, served as editor-in-chief of UW-Eau Claire's student-run newspaper, The Spectator, wrote for The Chippewa Valley Post and interned with WQOW News 18. Her work includes international coverage of Holocaust research in Lithuania. Fuerstenberg has been awarded two Wisconsin Newspaper Association awards. She is the recipient of the 2020 Ann Devroy Fellowship, which includes a short internship with the Washington Post that she will complete in the fall. Fuerstenberg is based out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and her journalistic areas of interest include politics and racial justice.

mfuerstenberg@wisconsinwatch.org
Posted inHealth & Welfare

Many long-term care staff in Wisconsin reject vaccine, despite risks

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR September 11th, 2021September 29th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Suspicion, right to control health care, create clash between some long-term care workers and vaccine mandates to protect the vulnerable residents they serve.

Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

Spurred by Flint crisis, Eau Claire aims to eliminate lead pipelines

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR September 9th, 2021February 2nd, 2022
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

‘Skipping the middleman’: Defendants faced shifting demands in Outagamie County judge’s one-man drug court

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR August 28th, 2021September 29th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Judge’s rigorous collection of court-ordered debt atypical in Wisconsin — even in his own county

by Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 31st, 2021September 3rd, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Man decries lengthy ‘de facto probation’ in Outagamie County

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch July 24th, 2021September 30th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Timeline: Key dates from Beau Jammes’ review hearings with Judge Vincent Biskupic

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 24th, 2021September 2nd, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

‘Why do you keep harassing me?’: An Outagamie County judge controls defendants after sentencing

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 17th, 2021August 3rd, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Justice Deferred: Glossary of legal terms

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 17th, 2021July 21st, 2021

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