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Former Mineral Point Democrat Tribune editor and Dodgeville Chronicle freelance contributor Donnajean “Jeanie” Lewis died on Jan. 13, 2026 at age 85.

A Jan. 30, 2026 memorial service has been scheduled for former Elkhart Independent editor and publisher Frank Eames, who died Jan. 7, 2026 at age 96 at Holton Manor in Elkhorn.

Former Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise co-owner Mary Jane Knowles, age 76, passed away peacefully on Dec. 21, 2025, surrounded by family after a period of declining health following Alzheimer’s Disease and surgery.

Former Kaukauna Times reporter and proofreader Eunice Catherine Leemon, age 105, died peacefully on Dec. 6, 2025.

A 50-plus-year retired employee of the Green Bay Press-Gazette died on Nov. 13, 2025 — just before his 92nd birthday.

Longtime LaCrosse Tribune business news reporter, editor and freelancer Steve Cahalan died Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 at age 73.

Former Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter sports editor Jerome “Jerry” E. Zigmund, 92, of Manitowoc, passed away on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

Bonita Marie (Langteau) Yost, a reporter for the Star News in Medford for more than two decades, died Oct. 4, 2025 at age 83 at Prairie Maison in Prairie du Chien.

Retired Brown County Publishing employee Floyd Ferdon died last week, as announced in a Sept. 24 2025 story in The Denmark News.

Former Sheboygan Press journalist Janice Henschel of Plymouth died Sept. 16, 2025 at 86 years of age.