Kris Leonhardt who has been with Multi Media Channels (MMC) since 2014, is one of 10 professional journalists throughout the United States to earn the Editor & Publisher magazine’s “Editor Extraordinaire” honor, according to a May 21, 2025 article in the Hub City Times of Marshfield.
Ethan Ferrell rejoined the staff of Adams Publishing Group Southern Wisconsin newspapers on May 12, 2025.
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.
Journalists from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel received six National Headliner Awards for investigative, enterprise and digital journalism. Reporter Jessica Van Egeren won first place for
Celebrate 120 years of publishing The Independent in Crawford County with an anniversary party on Friday, May 23 at the Independent-Scout office located in the Gays Mills Mercantile Center.
The Middleton Times-Tribune was recently honored for its 73 years of membership with the Middleton Chamber of Commerce.
Ambrosia Wojahn, graduate of Laurel High School, UW-Eau Claire journalism student, and former Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout reporter, announced that she has received the Ann Devroy Fellowship at the Washington Post for January, 2026.
Alex Denman recently joined the Ladysmith News to cover school sports, athletics and other events, according to a May 1 item in the Ladysmith News.
Chris Lusvardi has joined the Oshkosh Herald, Neenah News and Winneconne News as editor.
With a career spanning more than four decades that began at the Marinette Eagle-Star and ended as the editor of the Oshkosh Herald and Neenah News, Dan Roherty officially announced his retirement in a story published April 30, 2025 by the Herald.