A state program helped Didion Milling win $5.6 million in stimulus funding to expand its Cambria milling and ethanol plant, which has a history of environmental violations.

Neighbors of Didion Milling’s Cambria plant talk about why they have fought the company for years.
Main story How a polluter gets stimulus money — and avoids environmental review Nov. 29, 2010

For the third post in a series on online newspaper research, serials expert Ron Larson introduces us to the Wisconsin Historical Society news archives.

The Ken Kratz case is exhibit number one why secrecy in government harms the public’s interest.

Educational resources and statistics; suicide prevention tips; crisis lines and other places to seek help. Includes links specific to Native American suicides.

Fifteen years after Schuyler Webster took his own life at age 14, his mother still sees him everywhere.