Patrick Farabaugh News Today

The magazine started nearly 15 years ago within the Madison area and has since spread to readers all across the state. And is now getting its own day in Wisconsin.

‘I don’t know if there would be a Mark Pocan or a [U.S. Sen.] Tammy Baldwin or a [Madison Ald.] Mike Verveer if it wasn’t for Dick Wagner,” says U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan.

A warning: some of the content is graphic and may be disturbing. When a Black woman in Grant County reached out to Dustin Wetzel in January to tell him to “watch his mouth” after she said he used a racial slur on Facebook, the two at first exchanged angry words over text. Then came the voice messages. “Don’t make me get that whip and tie you to a m—f— tree, just like they used to do to your ancestors,” a message recorded by police said. The messages went on for four minutes, laced...