Ofstad named publisher of The Globe following Mizell retirement

Oct. 13, 2023

Sue Mizell, publisher of The Globe in Ironwood, Mich., has retired after 34 years in the industry and 11 years with the newspaper. In 2012, Mizell was named publisher of The Daily Globe, which transitioned to a weekly in September 2022. Before joining Stevenson Newspapers, she worked for the Sidney (Neb.) Telegraph, Media News Group – owner of the Denver Post, and newspapers in New Mexico, Idaho and Colorado.

Mizell is succeeded by former advertising director Heidi Ofstad, a native of Ironwood Township who graduated from Luther L. Wright High School. Ofstad joined the newspaper 20 years ago, starting in circulation.

College adviser Andris Straumanis dies at 66

Oct. 13, 2023

Andris Straumanis, a longtime journalism professor and adviser at UW-River Falls, died Monday, Sept. 11, at the age of 66.

A native of Long Island, New York, Straumanis was a first-generation Latvian-American, his parents having immigrated to the United States two years before he was born. Before joining academia in the 90s, he worked as a photographer, writer and editor at the Minnesota Real Estate Journal, the Elk River (Minn.) Star News, the Monticello (Minn.) Times, and the (Elburn, Ill.) Chronicle West. He was a faculty advisor to The Student Voice, a student-run news organization at the UW-River Falls, where he taught classes in print and online journalism.

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Kunasch retires as publisher of Waushara Argus

Oct. 13, 2023

Mary Kunasch, longtime publisher of the Waushara Argus, has retired from the newspaper after 56 years. Her last day was Friday, Sept. 29.

Kunasch began setting type at the newspaper in 1967. She worked her way up to production manager and became publisher in 1985. 

Building his own bridge

Oct. 10, 2023

Last week I wrote about the remaining covered bridges in Wisconsin but I missed one that has a story to tell.

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