Michael Stumpf, publisher of several weekly newspapers in western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota, has taken over as sole owner of those newspapers, the group announced last week.
Stumpf is publisher of The (Durand) Courier-Wedge, the Buffalo County News in Mondovi, and the Tri-County Area Times serving Augusta and Osseo. In Minnesota, Stumpf also publishes The Wabasha County Herald, The Plainview News and The St. Charles Press & Lewiston Journal.
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The Stumpf family has been in the newspaper business for more than 50 years, dating back to 1969, when Gary Stumpf bought the Wabasha newspaper. Along with his sons, Michael and Dan, Stumpf continued to bring additional local newspapers into the family’s portfolio until at one time they owned 15 publications.
