Wisconsin publishers discuss local newspapers on WPR

Wisconsin Newspaper Association members and former WNA officers Kris O’Leary and Pat Reilly joined Eau Claire’s Volume One managing editor McKenna Scherer to discuss local newspapers on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025.

Rude behavior mars culture and politics

It depends on whose ox is being gored.
I’m reminded of that old saying after U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil was shouted down repeatedly during what was called a “listening session” in Elkhorn.

Garden provides a bonus crop

From my great-grandparents, to my great-aunt and uncle, to my parents and now to my wife Sherry and I, there has been a vegetable garden of some sort on the Hardie Farm for four generations.

Finger Publishing Inc. buys Berlin Journal Newspapers

Berlin Journal Newspapers (BJN), a trusted news source serving Green Lake County and surrounding communities since 1870, has announced its sale to Finger Printing and Publishing, Inc., a Wisconsin-based media company owned by Tom and Pam Finger.

Ann Walsh Bradley and the cause of openness

This month, for the first time in 30 years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is without Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. It is also without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government.