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Brandon Reid named Sheboygan Press editor as Matt Piper moves to new role

Sep. 13, 2021

Brandon Reid, editor of the (Manitowoc) Herald Times Reporter since 2015, will now also serve in the same role for The Sheboygan Press.

Reid previously served as a content coach for watchdog reporters across the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, as interim editor of The Sheboygan Press, and as editor of The Rock River Times in Rockford, Ill.

Reid takes over the role from Matt Piper, who had served as editor of The Press since 2019. Piper is moving to a position in which he will oversee in-depth reporting projects for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.

Emily Gojmerac joins The Star News photo staff in Medford

Sep. 13, 2021

Emily Gojmerac has joined the photo staff of The Star News in Medford.

A Rib Lake resident, Gojmerac also owns her own business, Amelita Photography. She started the business in 2018 and specializes in weddings, individual and family portraits and landscape photography. She previously worked at Marathon Cheese Corporation in Marathon City.

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

Sep. 13, 2021

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, former Waushara Argus office manager, dies at 84

Sep. 13, 2021

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.

Many long-term care staff in Wisconsin reject vaccine, despite risks

Sep. 13, 2021

Suspicion, right to control health care, create clash between some long-term care workers and vaccine mandates to protect the vulnerable residents they serve

Lieutenant governor primaries on tap for next year

Sep. 13, 2021

The primary election for Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor is just under 11 months away. So far, no Democrats are making noise about getting into the race.

Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning

Sep. 9, 2021

Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint

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

Sep. 8, 2021

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.

Finding and telling stories is not a science

Sep. 8, 2021

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.

New poll question: Do you support workplace vaccine mandates?

Sep. 8, 2021

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.