Voice of Wisconsin Rapids, LLC v. Wisconsin Rapids Public School District

¶ 1. In this public records case, The Voice of Wisconsin Rapids, LLC, and Jeff Williams (the newspaper) appeal the circuit court's denial of the newspaper's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Wisconsin Rapids Public School District and its superintendent (the district) to grant the newspaper access to documents withheld by the district. These documents were created by district employees in connection with interviews that the employees conducted as part of a district investigation. After inspecting the withheld documents, the circuit court denied the newspaper's petition on the…