Madissen King and her husband, Ben King, are building their own home using his contracting skills Madissen King (2) Madissen King's husband Ben, who is ex-Amish, has always dreamed of building his own ...

TOWN OF FRANKLIN, Wis. — Daniel Borntreger’s home looks like hundreds of other Wisconsin farmhouses: two-story A-frame, porch, clothes on the line. But his home could cost him thousands of ...

TOWN OF FRANKLIN, Wis. — Daniel Borntreger's home looks like hundreds of other Wisconsin farmhouses: two-story, porch, clothes on the line. But his home may yet cost him thousands of dollars in fines.

During the past 18 months, at least 18 legal actions brought against Amish in N.Y., Wisc. Custom-built homes are allowed in Wisconsin as long as the plans meet code standards, but apparently the Amish ...