the Associated Press conducted its annual poll of Wisconsin newspaper editors to determine the state’s top ten news stories of 1957. The results of the poll were published on Saturday, December 28. By unanimous vote, the Edward Gein case was selected as “Story of the Year,” beating out (in descending order of significance) the Milwaukee Braves pennant win and World Series championship, the death of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the election of William Proxmire (the first Democrat in twenty-five years to represent Wisconsin in the senate)
