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Independent-Scout has printed 6,235 issues in 120 years

The newspaper known originally as The Crawford Independent and now known as The Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout has printed 6,235 editions — instead of the calculated 6,240 — during its 120-year history, the newspaper reported on May 22, 2025.

Platteville Journal op-ed draws attention to grading, admissions biases

The Platteville Journal became the first newspaper or media source to break the story on a solution to the STEM and boys’ crisis in Wisconsin and the nation by printing an op-ed piece in the paper’s April 30 edition written by advocates seeking to change school grading and higher education admissions biases.