Emilie Heidemann, community and business editor for Wisconsin Media Group's suburban Madison publications, is leaving to join the Wisconsin State Journal. She succeeds former business and technology reporter Shelley Mesch, who left in May to join The Salt Lake Tribune.

Prior to her time with Wisconsin Media Group, Heidemann worked as a reporter and assistant editor for the Lodi Enterprise and Poynette Press. While earning her journalism degree from UW-Oshkosh, she also served as news editor of The Advance-Titan student newspaper and was awarded WNA Foundation internships with the Waushara Argus in Wautoma and The Brillion News.

Jack Miller has joined Wisconsin Media Group as a sports and community reporter in the suburban Madison area. He succeeds Benjamin Pierce, who left to join the Trempealeau County Times in Whitehall.

A Janesville native, Miller most recently served as sports editor for the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson. Prior to that role, he worked as a sports reporter for the Daily Union and served as sports editor of the Milton Courier. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from UW-Whitewater, where he served as a sports writer and assistant sports editor for the Royal Purple student newspaper.

Joel Patenaude, managing editor of The Gazette in Janesville, now also holds the same position at the Milton Courier.

Both newspapers are part of Adams Publishing Group's southern Wisconsin group. Patenaude joined APG in June when he took on the Janesville role following nearly four years as editor of Madison Magazine. In the Milton role, he succeeds Rebecca Kanable, who had been with the paper since November 2014, first as news editor and later managing editor.