In his first years of life, Joshua DeShaney kept getting returned to his abusive father by a Wisconsin county’s child protection system. Again and again, a social worker noted likely child abuse, and again and again the county returned the boy to his father, who had gained custody in a divorce settlement. Read more →
A casket, an empty casket, was found near Friendship, Wis., west of Tomah, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports on its Facebook page. Read more →
A state senator in Milwaukee is finding that Facebook can be dangerous for a reputation.
Lena Taylor was downtown last night when she snapped this picture of a protest during the debate of Republican presidential candidates. Read more →
It was a breath of fresh air on The Current this afternoon when Mary Lucia returned as afternoon host after a seven-month battle to shed a stalker. Read more →
Reopening the post-conviction proceedings is in the interest of justice, the judge said in today’s order. He also granted Adnan Syed’s motion to reopen the question of the reliability of cellphone data used to convict him. Read more →
Perhaps you’ve seen the video a man on the way home from a curling match filmed at a McDonald’s drive-thru on Stinson Boulevard in Minneapolis on Monday. Read more →
Daniel Heinrich has not been charged with any crime relating to the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling. But officials identified him with a phrase that presents ethical questions for journalists: person of interest. Read more →
In the case Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz the story today is, again, how we don’t know what we think we know. Read more →
Gary and Kris Rothers buried their daughter, Abby, in August in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish cemetery on south Highway 61 in Hastings, and then found that pots of mums were being stolen, a despicable crime, of course. Read more →
Last night’s 60 Minutes report on heroin was certainly an eye-opener in an area of the country that often feels it’s insulated from many ills: the suburbs. Read more →
Mary Lucia is coming back to The Current after more than six months of trying to put a stalker where he belonged. Read more →
There’s been another confrontation on the mean streets of Washington, D.C., between a police officer and the public. And a dance-off settled it. Read more →
Unlike Cecil the lion, shot by a Bloomington dentist in Zimbabwe last summer, causing an international uproar, Al the alpaca went pretty quietly. His death, however, deserves at least equal attention in Dassel, Minn. Read more →
It doesn’t cost that much to buy a pot of mums, so why are people stealing them from a grave in Hastings? Read more →
Jesse Ventura won $1.8 million in his defamation suit against ‘American Sniper’ author Chris Kyle. In an appeal of that award, judges today focused less on free speech and more on a single comment from Ventura’s lawyer. Read more →
Bob Collins