Longtime central Wisconsin editor Peter Weinschenk to retire

Peter Weinschenk will retire as editor of The (Abbotsford) Record Review, effective Oct. 12, he announced in a column this week.

A southern California native, Weinschenk joined the Record Review in 1981. He has served as editor of the newspaper ever since. In 2018, Weinschenk became the first three-time Golden Quill winner in the 56-year history of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ competition.


Kris O’Leary, publisher with husband Kevin Flink of the Record Review in Wisconsin, photographs their family company’s award-winning employees at the 2013 International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ awards banquet in Green Bay. Record Review editor Peter Weinschenk (center) is shown with his Golden Quill editorial-writing award. (ISWNE photo)

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