Wis. Stat. § 985.15

If the publisher or printer of a newspaper shall, after payment or tender of the publisher’s or printer’s legal fees therefor, refuse or willfully neglect to publish any legal notice required in pursuance of law or a lawful order of publication to be published in the publisher’s or printer’s newspaper, being able to make such publication, the publisher or printer shall forfeit $25, one-half to the party prosecuting therefor.