Matthew DeFour

@MattD4th

State Bureau Chief for Wisconsin Watch. It's no wonder truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Madison, WI wisconsinwatch.org Joined October 2010

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A sitting Wisconsin governor had not endorsed a candidate in their party's primary since 1970. That's the story tonight folks. Good night!

Matthew DeFour @MattD4th Jun 20

Grateful to work with @Jmalewitz @deejhall and the rest of the @WisconsinWatch team on this investigative journalism/true crime story.

Nearly 40 years after Shelly Hansen vanished in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, unsealed records reveal a hidden suspect wisconsinwatch.org/2026/06/wiscon…

wisconsinwatch.org Nearly 40 years after Shelly Hansen vanished in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, unsealed records reveal a... The Price County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant for Michael D. Raskie’s DNA in 2008, but he wasn’t charged in Hansen’s case before he died in 2015.

Matthew DeFour @MattD4th Feb 16

Wisconsin Watch's @KertscherNews and
@CharlieBerens talk data centers and create some Old Fashioned comedy gold:
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Matthew DeFour @MattD4th Feb 9

As Wisconsin weighs who should pay, another possible billion-dollar data center emerges wisconsinwatch.org/2026/02/wiscon…

wisconsinwatch.org As Wisconsin weighs who should pay, another possible billion-dollar data center emerges Grant County officials in southwestern Wisconsin aren’t divulging the developer interested in a $1 billion data center in the town of Cassville.

Matthew DeFour @MattD4th Jan 30

No, Mr. President. Wisconsin’s voter roll figures aren’t a sign of ‘fraud waiting to happen’ wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/wiscon…

wisconsinwatch.org No, Mr. President. Wisconsin’s voter roll figures aren’t a sign of ‘fraud waiting to happen’ People on Wisconsin’s inactive list aren’t eligible to vote, but their records stay on file indefinitely — a practice that actually helps reduce the likelihood of fraud, election officials say.…