Dennis West, former editor and publisher of The Beacon, dies at 78
Dennis West, longtime editor and publisher of The Beacon in Williams Bay, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, at his Williams Bay home. He was 78.
After spending the first two decades of his career at WIFR-TV in Rockford, West attended UW-Madison and earned his journalism degree in 1992. After graduating, he moved to the Lake Geneva area, where he joined The (Williams) Bay Times. He later purchased The Beacon, of which he served as editor and publisher for several years before selling the newspaper in October 2017 to Southern Lakes Newspapers. He continued on as editor of The Beacon until retiring in February 2020.