barbara fiore

Barbara Fiore, longtime pre-press worker for Edgerton Reporter, dies at 81

Barbara Hipp Fiore, who worked many years in newspaper production for The Edgerton Reporter, died Monday, Aug. 30. She was 81.

After marrying her ex-husband, James, Fiore moved to Madison — where she started her newspaper career with The Edgerton Reporter. She worked in pre-press for the newspaper and held a strong belief in the role local newspapers held in their communities. Her work at The Reporter led her to purchase a screenprinting business, Silk Screen Creations. She continued in both roles until retiring in 2011.

donna hansen

Donna Hansen, former Waushara Argus office manager, dies at 84

Donna Delight Hansen, who started her longtime career in newspapers at the Waushara Argus in Wautoma, died Monday, Aug. 30, in Olathe, Kan. She was 84.

A Michigan native, she moved to Wisconsin with her family as a youth and earned a degree in music education in 1958 from Wisconsin State College-Stevens Point. A few years later, she met her future husband, Ramon Hansen, publisher of the local newspaper, the Waushara Argus. He hired Donna as the paper's office manager in 1961, and kept in touch after selling the newspaper three years later. The couple was married on March 13, 1965, in Nebraska, and went on to own several newspapers together, including publications in Kansas, Arkansas and New York.

Wisconsin Policy Forum logo

Property values up in Wisconsin amid pandemic, aided by residential value boost

Total equalized property values in Wisconsin increased 6.8% in 2021, the largest one-year increase since 2006. The increase was buoyed by residential property values, which also saw their largest increase in that span. Residential property values statewide grew 7.8% in 2021, the biggest annual percentage increase since 2006.

stories, corn

Finding and telling stories is not a science

Whether it was at Grandma’s or Aunt Sara’s, I’ve always loved hearing stories. So, it should be no surprise that I was drawn into a career of hearing them and telling them.

vaccine, nurse, coronavirus

New poll question: Do you support workplace vaccine mandates?

A new poll question asking whether readers support vaccine requirements in the workplace is available to be used by WNA members. Following the full FDA approval of the COVID-19 vaccine, we are asking the question in light of an increasing number of employers beginning to require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Poll questions are available through a WNA partnership with Polco aimed at helping newspapers better engage readers and access enhanced data and insights. WNA members who have signed up for an account can access their local version of the new question, as well as local poll results, on their dashboards. Those who have not signed up can do so here.

robert dye

Robert Dye, former Journal Communications VP, dies at 74

Robert Dye, who served as an editor at the Milwaukee Sentinel before joining the communications department of its parent company, died Monday, Sept. 3. He was 74.

A Missouri native, Dye attended Baylor University and started his career in Kansas City, Mo. According to his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obituary, Dye was hired by the Sentinel while on a layover in the city during a trip to Canada for another job interview. He went on to serve as an assignment editor, assistant city editor and news systems editor for the Sentinel. He later served as vice president of corporate communications for the newspaper's parent company, Journal Communications, where he

Wisconsin Newspaper Association