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• Waterford’s physical defense stuns unbeaten Beloit Memorial in SLC showdown January 12, 2026
  It started with a missed layup from Beloit Memorial in the first half.  Waterford senior Caden Gustafson snatched a loose rebound and fired a pass ahead to Jayce Brechtl in the frontcourt. Brechtl caught the pass cleanly and spun towards the hoop, but as two defenders converged on him, he lost control of the ball.  […]
  Matt Hardesty
• Waterford girls extend winning streak with dominant first half against Beloit January 12, 2026
  Waterford’s girls basketball team cruised past Beloit Memorial 65-47 on Thursday, extending their winning streak to three games with a dominant first half that set the tone early. The Wolverines (8-4, 3-2 SLC) jumped out to a 35-21 halftime lead and never let up, out-rebounding the Purple Knights 38-27 and forcing 16 turnovers. The win […]
  Matt Hardesty
• Rejecting parties: Young Americans are increasingly unhappy with the two-party system, a new poll shows January 12, 2026
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are increasingly rejecting the two major political parties, according to new polling. This story also appeared in Associated Press Just under half, 45%, of U.S. adults now identify as independents, a new Gallup survey found. That’s a substantial shift from 20 years ago, when closer to one-third of Americans said they didn’t identify […]
  Associated Press
• Wisconsin’s state building footprint has shrunk by 589K feet. Candidates for governor have different ideas about what’s next January 12, 2026
  A 422,000-square-foot Art Deco building overlooking Lake Monona in Madison was the home of state employees for nearly 100 years. It most recently served as the offices of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.  This story also appeared in WisconsinWatch.org Today large “For Sale” signs bookend the historic structure, which sits vacant just a few […]
  Brittany Carloni
• GOP lawmakers rediscover rules banning citizens from recording committee hearings January 12, 2026
  After WisconsinEye, the state’s version of C-Span, went off the air in December, Republican lawmakers rediscovered rules that bar members of the public from making video and audio recordings of committee hearings and decided to start enforcing them. Wisconsin lawmakers, journalists and members of the public returned to the Capitol last week for a packed slate of […]
  Baylor Spears