After 33 years in the newspaper business — 22 as editor of the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press — Ted Pennekamp is retiring, he announced in a column Wednesday. Prior to joining the Courier Press, Pennekamp worked as a reporter and photographer for the (Beaver Dam) Daily Citizen.

Pennekamp's longtime co-editor, Correne Martin, left the newspaper in August to teach special education English at Prairie du Chien High School. Earlier this month, the Press announced Mellissa R. Collum, a Prairie du Chien resident with a background in academia, had joined the newspaper as an editor.

Zacharias Strohecker, a southern California native and recent graduate of Cal Poly Pomona University with a bachelor’s of science in communication, has joined the Waunakee Tribune, Lodi Enterprise-Poynette Press and DeForest Times reporting team, Adams Publishing Group has announced.

In college, Strohecker reported for the Poly Post student newspaper, where he covered news, sports and the arts, and wrote opinion pieces.

Zack Goodrow, a 2022 graduate of Grand Valley State University near Grand Rapids, Mich., has been hired as a sports reporter for The (Janesville) Gazette. In his new role, he will cover Janesville, Milton and surrounding areas.

In college, Goodrow served as the editor-in-chief of his student newspaper, the Grand Valley Lanthorn, won three Michigan Press Association awards for his sports stories and columns, created a university podcasting network and produced his own sports podcast.