Celebrating the most American of freedoms
Jun. 21, 2021
On the most American of holidays, let’s be sure to celebrate the most American of freedoms. Those freedoms must never be taken for granted.
On the most American of holidays, let’s be sure to celebrate the most American of freedoms. Those freedoms must never be taken for granted.
The Milwaukee Times, a weekly newspaper that focuses on positive news in the Black community, is selling Juneteenth Strawberry Soda as part of a fundraiser that also serves to share the history of the holiday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported this week.
Proceeds from the soda sales go toward the newspaper's Louvenia Johnson Scholarship Fund, named in honor of one of The Times' original founders.
For the past five years, the newspaper has sold the soda out of its office at 1936 N. King Drive during the summer months. This year, The Times expanded the soda's reach by distributing it to three local businesses.
Jerold Johnson, whose early journalism career included a stint at the Marshfield News-Herald, died Saturday, May 22, in Farmington, N.M. He was 93.
An Abbotsford native, Johnson spent several years working in the business office of the Chicago Tribune before joining the U.S. Air Force in November 1951.
Following his military discharge in September 1955, Johnson enrolled at UW-Madison, where he earned his journalism degree before joining the Marshfield News-Herald's newsroom. After four years at the newspaper, he went on to work for the Douglas (Ariz.) Daily Dispatch and the Farmington (N.M.) Daily Times.
Kris Leonhardt, senior editor for Multi Media Channels, will no longer serve as editor of the Portage County Gazette.
Leonhardt is stepping aside from the role as she shifts to work on the creation of other MMC products, including Heritage, a central Wisconsin history magazine. She shared the news in a farewell column, thanking readers for their kindness during her time with the paper.
Taking over the editor role is Taylor Hale, who has served as associate editor and a reporter for the newspaper.
C.L. Sill has returned to the role of editor of The (Osceola) Sun.
Sill, who joined the newspaper in March 2020, had been serving in a marketing position for the Baldwin Bulletin as part of a pandemic-related shift in duties among Sentinel Publications newspapers.
While Sill shifted to marketing, Jason Schulte and April Ziemer — editors in Baldwin and Amery, respectively — took over news editing and reporting in Osceola. With Sill’s return to Osceola, Schulte and Ziemer will return to their usual roles as well.
Pam Humpal has retired after 36 years as advertising manager of the Amery Free Press. A lifelong Amery resident, she joined the newspaper in March 1985.
During her time with the Free Press, Humpal wrote a weekly column, "Pounding the Pavement with Pam" — a tradition established by previous advertising managers.
Hospitals’ use of court actions to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But some of the nation’s largest health care systems kept suing — and most were nonprofits.
Milwaukee city officials have pursued significant policing reforms amid the national debate during the past year, but further opportunities may include expanding violence prevention initiatives and crisis response, and bolstering whistleblower protections, critical incident reviews, and community reporting.
Increasingly, school districts in Wisconsin are forced to ask voters for approval to pay for everything from maintenance of old school buildings and construction of new schools to employee pay.
I’ve always been a bit of a weather nerd, as longtime readers already know, but recently our wild weather ride ventured into the ridiculous category.
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