Member News

After nearly 35 years as general manager, Chuck Gauger retired from the (Whitehall) Trempealeau County Times at the end of 2018.

Brad Allen, a Janesville native, has joined the reporting staff at the Portage Daily Register, the newspaper announced Thursday.

Merle Hill, a former news editor who worked for 35 years at the La Crosse Tribune, celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 22.

After nearly two decades at The (Rice Lake) Chronotype, associate editor Eileen Nimm retired last week. She started in 1999 as a reporter.

Ed Berthiaume, who has worked for 29 years at The (Appleton) Post-Crescent, will step down from his role as news director early next year.

Jim Dorrance, general manager of The (Rice Lake) Chronotype, is retiring Friday after more than 34 years at the newspaper.

Saturday’s print edition of the (Beaver Dam) Daily Citizen was a little thicker this week, as it launched a new “weekend edition.” 

Paul Arentz, former editor of the (Black River Falls) Hocak Worak has returned to the industry after 11 years away to become the next editor of the Hillsboro Sentry-Enterprise.

Steve Jagler, business editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is leaving the newspaper to become corporate communications director of Graef, an engineering, planning and design firm in Milwaukee.