Ryan Urban has been named editor of the Barron News-Shield, the newspaper announced Wednesday. He fills the position being vacated by Bob Zientara, who is transitioning to semi-retirement.
Urban joins the News-Shield after spending the last six years with The Chronotype in Rice Lake.
Adam Krebs, a Monroe native who has spent the last three years with the newspaper, has been named editor of The Monroe Times.
Krebs took over the role on an interim basis following the departure of Emily Massingill. After one month in the role, the interim designation was removed. He has spent the last three years with the Times.
Michelle Jensen has been named editor of The Chronotype, the Rice Lake newspaper announced Wednesday.
Jensen joins The Chronotype after spending nearly two years as a reporter and photographer for the Ashland Daily Press. She previously worked as a copy editor and evening editor for the (Eau Claire) Leader-Telegram. All three newspapers are owned by Adams Publishing Group.
After three years in what she described as her “dream job,” Emily Massingill on Friday worked her last day as editor of The Monroe Times.
She announced her departure and said goodbye to readers in a column Saturday. Massingill did not specify what was next for her, but called leaving the Times “one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my career.”
Longtime southeastern Wisconsin journalist Pete Wicklund has been named managing editor of the Kenosha News, the newspaper announced Tuesday.
He replaces Bob Heisse, who was named executive editor of the River Valley Media Group. Wicklund has spent the last 21 years with The Journal Times. He started in the Burlington bureau and has gone on to serve as a police reporter, copy editor, photographer and most recently, assistant managing editor.
Veteran journalist Bob Heisse has been named executive editor of the River Valley Media Group newspapers, the La Crosse Tribune announced Tuesday.
Heisse will oversee the Tribune newsroom, as well as The Chippewa Herald and Winona (Minn.) Daily News. He succeeds Rusty Cunningham, who last week announced his retirement after 41 years with Lee Enterprises. For the last two years, Heisse served as executive editor of the Kenosha News.
After a 41-year career with Lee Enterprises newspapers, La Crosse Tribune editor Rusty Cunningham will retire Sept. 30, the newspaper announced Wednesday.
Cunningham said in the announcement that he looks forward to more time to spend with family and more opportunities to golf, though he will miss “being in the know” and working with the staff at the Tribune.
Lucy Ripp is the newest member of the reporting staff of The (Monona/Cottage Grove) Herald-Independent and McFarland Thistle.
Ripp grew up in Cambridge before attending UW-Eau Claire, where she worked as a journalist and media assistant for the university. She also served as a marketing and social media intern for UW-Madison during the summer of 2017. She graduated in 2019 with her bachelor’s degree in communications.
Karin Henning is the newest member of the Mount Horeb Mail advertising staff.
She fills the role vacated by Marc Mickelson, who left the Mail this month after 20 years with the company.
Ahead of a planned move in November, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has begun clearing out its longtime home in a historic downtown building, the Milwaukee Business Journal reports.
While its staff has been working remotely since March due to the pandemic, the Journal Sentinel is vacating the offices at 333 W. State St., as a local developer prepares to convert the building into apartments. A drone video shot by photographer Mike De Sisti offers a last glimpse of the empty building prior to the move.
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