Wisconsin Archives

Couple says adoption is a blessing, gift and ‘roller coaster of emotions’

Oct 20, 2019

After David and Maria Schuette got married in 2015, they wanted a family right away but months later they found out that infertility issues would likely prevent them from having children of their own.

By Benjamin Wideman

Woman says vow not to ‘deny Jesus’ was motivation in campus freedom fight

Oct 1, 2019

As long as she can remember, Polly Olsen, 29, said she has handed out heart-shaped cards on Valentine’s Day. The handmade cards included a positive, handwritten message in the center, along with a Bible passage.. On Valentine’s Day 2018, after distributing about 30 cards on the NWTC campus, Olsen was stopped by a campus security officer after someone anonymously called the security office.

By Sam Lucero

Retired Catholic priest found not guilty of sexual assault

Sep 14, 2019

A Wisconsin jury on Friday acquitted a retired Catholic priest on charges alleging that he had sexually assaulted an altar boy over several years, starting in 2006.

By Associated Press

Survivors demand US investigation of Mississippi abuse deals

Aug 30, 2019

Catholic sex abuse survivors in Mississippi and Wisconsin on Thursday demanded that federal authorities investigate allegations from three black Mississippi men who say they were molested by Franciscan friars during the mid-1990s, when they were as young as 9 years old.

By Michael Rezendes and Emily Wagster Pettus

Voracious goats keep Wisconsin cemetery looking beautiful the natural way

Aug 19, 2019

In early July, five goats arrived at St. Mary Cemetery in Appleton, Wisconsin, from a farm in nearby Black Creek. They’re helping tackle the cemetery’s problem with buckthorn, an aggressive, invasive species of shrub that had overtaken the cemetery’s riverbank.

By Patricia Kasten

Smell, taste of sauerkraut marks successful Wisconsin parish festival

Aug 10, 2019

Food, music and games are all essentials for a successful parish festival, but at St. Mary Parish another key ingredient is the smell and taste of sauerkraut.

By Sam Lucero