Launching our newsletter
Over the past year, we have listened to people across Northeast Wisconsin through surveys, small-group conversations and community listening sessions. We focused on how local news and information can better support people as they navigate daily decisions, understand local systems and make sense of issues that affect their lives. That work helped us better understand where people experience gaps in local information and guided our next step.
Now we’re building a new Northeast Wisconsin newsletter in our effort to share local information and resources in one place. The name is still in progress, and we are inviting the community to help choose it. What’s clear is its focus. Residents want reporting that helps them understand how local decisions shape daily life and highlights how to learn more, get involved or find support when issues affect their families and neighborhoods.
This newsletter will explain what’s happening locally, why it matters and how to take part — all while exploring solutions to challenges and neighbors who are making a difference.
Click the button below to cast your vote for the newsletter’s name and sign up to receive it. Expect it in your inbox in March 2026.
Attend our virtual event
In an emergency, we pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 without much thought as to whether someone will answer. Increasingly though, communities across Wisconsin face a shortage of 911 dispatchers. Who will answer our calls if the crisis continues? And how can communities turn the shortage around?
That’s what we’ll explore in a free, virtual event on Feb. 18 from noon to 1:15 p.m. Reporter Miranda Dunlap will moderate a panel discussion featuring industry professionals and educators.
Read our reporting
Work, recovery and second chances on a Wisconsin manufacturing floor
Those recovering from addiction have a difficult time finding stable employment and keeping it. Apricity Contract Packaging offers “a safe environment” – one where every person is pursuing sobriety.
Kewaunee County town staves off interest from data center developers
Cloverleaf Infrastructure is no longer pursuing land to build a data center in the town of Carlton, town and company officials said.
As Wisconsin ages, UW-Green Bay looks to older adults to boost enrollment — and keep minds sharp
UWGB leaders hope their efforts will keep the region’s growing retirement-age population sharp and socially engaged — and potentially in the workforce for longer — while also bolstering enrollment.
‘Can’t do this alone’: An Appleton school prepares students for skilled trades. It’s not easy.
Appleton Technical Academy students like hands-on classes, enroll in paid apprenticeships and collect free college credit before continuing on to trade school. But the school has struggled to attract students, combat a persistent stigma around technical education and afford equipment and tools.
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Have questions about this project?
Jessica Adams, Wisconsin Watch’s director of partnerships for northeast Wisconsin, is happy to answer questions about community listening sessions. You can reach her by email at jadams@wisconsinwatch.org or by phone at (920) 493-7857.