"All of this happening on Warden Hepp’s watch

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"All of this happening on Warden Hepp’s watch – reflects back on him as his responsibility:" The former warden and eight other officials at Waupun prison have been arrest following an investigation

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Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 5, 2024:* We share an update on the troubled maximum-security prison in Waupun,* Find out how Wisconsin's restaurant and bar industry is doing in the wake of the pandemic,* Revisit past arts and culture interviews,* Travel back in time to 1969,* And much more.

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