The rise and fall of the Melchior Hotel & Brewery
Nov. 15, 2021
The crumbling remains of a two-story stone building along the Mississippi River are all that’s left of what was once a bustling brewery and hotel.
The crumbling remains of a two-story stone building along the Mississippi River are all that’s left of what was once a bustling brewery and hotel.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman said he’s considering adding a fourth prong to his 2020 election review after watching the Racine County Sheriff’s Office announce results of its own investigation.
Current and former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staffers have launched a scholarship fund in honor of longtime reporter Meg Jones, who will be inducted next week into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame.
The scholarship will be awarded to journalism students from Wisconsin attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jones’ alma mater. Organizers hope to raise $50,000.
In the days leading up to Phil Haslanger's induction into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame, the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication caught up with him to hear more about his career, including his story of working at The Capital Times on the last day they used typewriters in the newsroom.
Haslanger worked at The Capital Times from 1973 to 2008 as a reporter, city editor, editorial page editor and managing editor. He retired in 2008, but continues to work on behalf of the industry through his role as a board member of the UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics.
A state legislator appears to have been improperly given a special privilege when he was notified by the local police department that the Green Bay Press-Gazette planned to release a report alleging he abused his child and then let him add a statement to the documents.
Local public officials cited the statute requiring notification of elected officials who are the subject of open records requests. However, the law doesn't apply in this case because the legislator wasn't a public employee or official at the time the record was created — and he was never an employee of the police department, the newspaper reports.
Nealy Corcoran has been named editor of The (Osceola, Wis.) Sun and (Scandia, Minn.) Country Messenger. She began work on Nov. 3.
Corcoran previously was a contributing writer for the Country Messenger and the Stillwater (Minn.) Gazette, as well as the (Saint Paul, Minn.) Growler and (Eau Claire) Volume One magazines. She succeeds C.L. Sill, who accepted a position with Pheasants Forever in September.
Bruce David Johnson, a longtime journalism educator from Lake Geneva, died on Nov. 4, at Geneva Lake Manor. He was 94.
After his second tour of duty in the military, Johnson earned a degree — his second — in English and education from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He went on to teach English and journalism at Badger High School in Lake Geneva, where he served as an adviser to the student newspaper. After 28 years in the position, he retired in 1986. In addition to his teaching role, Johnson was featured as a columnist in newspapers including the Lake Geneva Regional News. He also was an avid reader, photographer and genealogist.
The application period for newspapers interested in hosting an intern during the summer of 2022 is now open. The deadline to apply is Sunday, Nov. 28.
In an effort to provide students and newspapers with a more valuable experience, the WNA Foundation board of directors recently voted to change the length and application process for its summer internship program. Beginning in 2022, internships will be extended from eight to 12 weeks and participating newspapers will be awarded of $3,000 — up from $2,000 — and will be required to contribute $1,800 in matching funds.
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes trails his top U.S. Senate rivals in terms of net worth, reporting assets of between $5,005 and $75,000.
Unprecedented levels of federal pandemic relief aid have positioned the city of Madison to consider a 2022 budget that would avoid large tax increases and service cuts while launching a handful of new initiatives.
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