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Superior’s $pending Spree: How Your City Stacks Up Against Wisconsin Neighbors

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You’ve heard the numbers. Superior’s city government, school district, and county have burned through over $1 billion since 2018. But here’s the question that keeps taxpayers up at night: Is this normal? Are other Wisconsin cities…

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Krampus Jim Strikes Again: Superior’s Naughty List Is Getting Longer

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Welcome to Christmas in the Paine, where the lights are bright, the debt is brighter, and City Hall keeps singing carols while quietly setting fire to the balance sheet. This year’s holiday hit isn’t from…

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BREAKING : Superior’s Dynamic Duds, Mayor Jim and Jason Serck, Face Civil Rights Jury Trial — City Budget Braces for Impact. (Court Dates Inside)

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BREAKING: 2700 Winter Lawsuit Moves Toward Trial, Superior Still Pretending It’s All Normal Well, grab your calendars and mark your dysfunction bingo cards, folks — the case of 2700 Winter, LLC v. Jim “What Zoning?”…

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Fourth Civil Rights Suit Filed Against Superior—This One Comes with Breast Pumps and GPS Trackers (Read the Lawsuit)

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Boobs, Bugs, and Badges: Allegations Rock Superior, Wisconsin PD Lede You Didn’t See Coming In a federal lawsuit filed in March 2025, a Superior, Wisconsin police officer alleges she was forced to express breast milk in a…

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Superior’s City Council Votes Are Missing Like Where’s Waldo—and Maybe So Is Any Legal Immunity For Members of the Council?

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Where’s Waldo? Superior’s Missing Council Votes—and the 4 Civil Rights Lawsuits That Aren’t Hiding Nearly as Well Soupnutz.net – The Home of Municipal Roast Sessions Superior’s Democracy: Now With 4 Civil Rights Lawsuits and Zero…

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How Superior PD Turned a Search Warrant into No Charges and Another Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit (Read the Latest Lawsuit)

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When the Badge Becomes the Brand—and You’re the Product Welcome to Superior, Wisconsin. Population: Sketchy Decisions. And Currently Four Federal Rights Lawsuits. Jim’s going to have to take his shoes off pretty quick just to…

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