WNA Foundation to honor 26 in Memorial Pylon ceremony
Jul. 16, 2021
The WNA Foundation will honor 26 industry leaders during a virtual Memorial Pylon ceremonyon Friday, Aug. 20.
The WNA Foundation will honor 26 industry leaders during a virtual Memorial Pylon ceremonyon Friday, Aug. 20.
Ryan Gregory, an Indiana native with family ties to Wisconsin, has been named sports editor of the Sun Prairie Star, The (Waterloo/Marshall) Courier and the Cambridge News and Deerfield Independent.
Gregory earned his degree in sports journalism from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. While in college, he served as sports editor for The Campus Citizen student newspaper and worked in the sports department at The Indianapolis Star.
Wisconsin’s jobless are mismatched on openings and skills or struggle with child care or transportation. Others are still waiting on unemployment aid.
Some renters facing eviction say they waited months to find out whether they qualified for thousands of dollars in emergency help to pay past-due rent. Some are still waiting.
The number of students completing bachelor’s and advanced degrees in health science fields at southeast Wisconsin colleges and universities rose considerably in the last decade, providing much-needed talent to one of the largest, fastest-growing sectors of the region’s economy.
It was a peaceful Sunday afternoon on the farm the day after a much-needed late-June rain. Suddenly, the sleepy midday was shattered by two loud bangs. The source of the noise? Two large limbs from an oak tree in our yard suddenly and violently plummeted to the ground.
Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes of bills from the GOP-run Legislature are irking Republicans. Evers, a Democrat seeking re-election next year, recently used his veto pen on some major Republican pieces of legislation, including the two-year budget.
Community newspapers can’t do much about a decline in the interest of local news, but there are some things they can do. It starts with understanding the problem, writes Al Cross, director of the University of Kentucky's Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, which publishes The Rural Blog.
In the latest installment of his "Into the Issues" column, Cross offers suggestions on how to draw readers' interest back to the news they need.
Sales and use tax revenues in Wisconsin increased markedly in the first four months of 2021 when compared to the same period in 2019, another sign that economic activity is rebounding strongly from the COVID-19 crisis. Yet this revenue growth also shows notable shifts in key sectors that could have potential impacts on state and local finances.
A new poll question about whether colby should be named the official state cheese of Wisconsin is available to be used by WNA members. We are asking the question in light of a recently introduced bipartisan bill that would give the honor to the cheese, which was created in 1885 in the central Wisconsin city of Colby.
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 for their own dashboard.
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