DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | COVID RELIEF FUNDS Wisconsin education department disputes federal audit alleging mismanagement Nadia Scharf Green Bay Press-Gazette Apr 28, 2026 Apr 28, 2026 Updated Apr 28, 2026 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Trump administration is demanding Wisconsin's education department return millions of dollars in misused COVID-19 relief money.kAmqFE E96 DE2E6 s6A2CE>6?E @7 !F3=:4 x?DECF4E:@? D2:5 :E 5:5 ?@E9:?8 HC@?8 H96? :E 5:DEC:3FE65 E96 >@?6J E@ ?62C=J a__ (:D4@?D:? D49@@=D]k^AmkAm%96 &]$] t5F42E:@? s6A2CE>6?EVD ~77:46 @7 x?DA64E@C v6?6C2= 2==6865 :? 2 a_ad 2F5:E E92E s!x AC@G:565 >@C6 E92? Sa_ >:==:@? @7 AC:G2E6 D49@@= r~'xs\`h C6=:67 7F?5:?8 E@ :?6=:8:3=6 AC:G2E6 D49@@=D] %96 56A2CE>6?E :D C6BF6DE:?8 2 7F== C6G:6H] k^Am kAms!x D2:5 :ED 5:DEC:3FE:@? 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Animal welfare groups start transfer of 1,500 beagles from embattled Ridglan Farms Florida-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue has removed the first few hundred beagles out of the 1,500 it bought from Ridglan Farms.
Fire Department rescues boy from inside a claw machine “We’ll get you, bud,” one of the firefighters says to calm the child. “What’s your name, bud?”
Historic Wilson Street office building poised to become Madison Amtrak station The developer of The Edgewater and the Kohl Center wants to reinvent the State Office Building as a Downtown Madison transit hub.
Kaukauna teacher on leave over post about presidential assassins A Kaukauna teacher has been placed on leave after a post circulated from his X account about Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspond…
