John Chisholm was underway by October 2018.
By November 2019 then-commissioner
Jeanette Kowalik said the matter had grown to include the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) and was slowing work at the department.
“Some of the files and investigations are being held up with that,” said Kowalik of the investigation. “There are various pieces because they’re looking at a certain time period.”
But none of the criminal investigators nor city officials have ever explicitly stated what or who is being investigated.
Records that the Public Health Foundation, an auditor of MHD’s lead program sought, were unavailable for review because of the investigation according to foundation representatives and city officials.