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Gannett sells longtime home of Wausau Daily Herald

Aug. 28, 2021

Gannett Co. Inc., parent company of the Wausau Daily Herald, has sold the newspaper's longtime home at 800 Scott St.

The Daily Herald offices had been located in the building since 1958. The newspaper will lease space in the building, which it reports was sold to Bauer's Mega Storage, a Wausau-area company. With the sale, Gannett no longer owns any of the buildings that for decades had housed its central Wisconsin newspapers.

Wisconsin’s farm treasures still exist

Aug. 26, 2021

Bit by bit, the smaller homestead farms disappear a little more each year as houses and buildings are torn down or left to decay. But if you look closely while driving through farm country you can still spot one legacy of farming that still exists in many places — the treasure troves that some may call junkyards.

In southeastern Wisconsin, fewer education grads pose threat to teacher workforce

Aug. 25, 2021

Education degrees earned at colleges and universities in southeastern Wisconsin declined from 2011 to 2019, raising the question of whether there is a sufficient supply of new K-12 teachers to meet the region’s teacher workforce needs.

With infusion of broadband expansion funds, rural areas take steps to connect

Aug. 23, 2021

When the rest of the world went virtual during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, rural Wisconsin went dark. In an effort to close those internet-access gaps, more money is going toward broadband expansion in Wisconsin than ever before.

Nearly 200 Wisconsin officers back on the job after being fired or forced out

Aug. 23, 2021

Of more than 1,000 officers ousted in the past five years, some returned to police work after allegations including sexual harassment and drunken fights

Jack Miller to cover Madison-area sports for Wisconsin Media Group

Aug. 20, 2021

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.

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The Gazette’s Joel Patenaude to oversee Milton Courier newsroom

Aug. 20, 2021

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.

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New poll question: Do you support mask requirements in schools?

Aug. 19, 2021

A new Polco question about whether readers support mask requirements in schools is now available for WNA members. As students and teachers across the state return for the fall semester, we are asking the question in light of recommendations that masks be required in schools this fall.

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 with Polco 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.

Private school enrollment in Wisconsin fell during pandemic

Aug. 18, 2021

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic drop in Wisconsin public school enrollment in the 2020-21 school year was accompanied by a smaller but still notable decline in private school enrollment, with both concentrated at the lowest grade levels. Meanwhile, homeschool and virtual charter school enrollment rose substantially.

DNR board member’s refusal to leave sparks controversy over wolf hunt

Aug. 18, 2021

The controversy surrounding the disputed member of the Natural Resources Board has led to a lawsuit from Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul. Kaul’s lawsuit seeks to force Prehn from the board that controls policy of the Department of Natural Resources.