Threads of late summer
Aug. 22, 2022
Summer is rushing by and to paraphrase the lyrics of my favorite male rock vocalist Bob Seger, autumn’s closing in.
Summer is rushing by and to paraphrase the lyrics of my favorite male rock vocalist Bob Seger, autumn’s closing in.
Leaders from New North and Competitive Wisconsin Inc. are co-hosting a summit to explore developing a successful broadband expansion strategy.
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The statewide in-person and virtual summit for local elected officials, business leaders, economic and community development professionals and members of the public will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at Fox Valley Technical College DJ Bordini Center.
Correne Martin, associate editor of the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press is leaving the newspaper to teach special education English at Prairie du Chien High School. Her last day was Friday.
Martin earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 2004. After graduating, she was hired as editor of the Fennimore Times, where she spent eight years. She’s held her current role with the Courier Press for more than 10 years.
Evan Casey, a reporter with roots in the Milwaukee area, has joined Wisconsin Public Radio, the network has announced.
A Racine native, Casey graduated from UW-Milwaukee. During the past five years, he has served as a reporter for the Kenosha News, The Racine Journal Times, Shepherd Express, The Milwaukee Courier and CBS 58.
With the inflation rate soaring to a 40-year high, more Americans are falling behind on their debt payments because they cannot make the required payments on their credit cards, car loans, and/or home mortgage.
Amid the crisis of the pandemic’s onset in 2020, Wisconsin cities and villages increased spending on police, fire, and EMS services, while reducing other expenditures.
A retired forester and a writer say the DNR allows logging perilously close to lakes. State officials disagree. Now the agency’s auditor is being audited.
Insiders thought Fond du Lac District Attorney Eric Toney had a chance to win the GOP primary for attorney general even though he’d been vastly outspent by rival Adam Jarchow.
The loss of a pet stirs many emotions about the passage of time, our own mortality and other family members who have gone before us. Pets are part of the family.
Robert Tabern, a former broadcast journalist, has been named editor of the (Frederic) Inter-County Leader. He will work alongside retiring editor Gary King during a transition period over the next few months.
Raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Tabern discovered a passion for journalism in high school, writing for the student newspaper and hosting shows on the school’s radio stations, as well as local cable access television. In 1997, he moved to Jonesboro, Ark., to attend Arkansas State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. During college, he worked at several local radio stations and as an assistant producer for KAIT-TV. After college, he held producer and reporter roles at WKJG-TV in Fort Wayne, Ind., and WDJT-TV in Milwaukee. Most recently, he worked as director of passenger development for the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad in Trego.
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