U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson faces even more re-election pressure as he strengthens ties to Donald Trump after the impeachment trial, a labor group launches an ad campaign and Alex Lasry announces his U.S. Senate bid.
O’Rourke Media Group has named Caleb Anderson vice president of sales for Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The group owns several Wisconsin newspapers, including the Ripon Commonwealth Press and the recently acquired (Hudson) Star-Observer and (Ellsworth/Red Wing, Minn.) Republican Eagle.
A Wisconsin native, Anderson most recently worked two years as a La Crosse-based regional sales manager for Lee Enterprises.
Rich Jackson, who in May earned national attention as "The Homeless Editor," has been named editor and general manager of the Spooner Advocate and the (Hayward) Sawyer County Record.
A Wisconsin native and longtime newspaper veteran, Jackson grew up in Chippewa Falls and earned his journalism degree from UW-Eau Claire. While in college, he worked for The Spectator student newspaper and interned for the Leader-Telegram. He started his professional career in the 1990s with stints at the (Beaver Dam) Daily Citizen, (Wisconsin Rapids) Daily Tribune and the Wausau Daily Herald.
Jackson succeeds Paul Mitchell, who held the same roles with the Advocate and Record before retiring late last year.
Mary Therese McLoone, who co-founded Lake Country Publications with her husband Jim McLoone, died Thursday, Feb. 4, at her home. She was 91.
The couple bought their first newspaper in Stewartville, Minn., and in 1960 relocated to Hartland, Wis., where they founded the Lake Country Reporter and its parent company, Lake Country Publications. The company went on to include four weeklies, one semi-monthly and two shoppers before they sold it in 1990.
Their son, John McLoone, publishes the Pierce County Journal in Prescott and the Stanley Republican.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation on Friday honored the work of newspapers across the state, announcing the award winners and newspapers of the year in the 2020 WNAF Better Newspaper Contest.
Recipients of 2020 Newspaper of the Year Awards were The Gazette, Janesville, (Daily Division) and the Vilas County News-Review, Eagle River (Weekly Division).
Best of Division winners also included the (Eau Claire) Leader-Telegram, The (Rhinelander) Northwoods River News, The (Ironwood, Mich.) Daily Globe, The Monroe Times and The Valders Journal.
The 2020 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest included 2,051 entries from 103 newspapers. The contest was judged by members of the Texas Press Association.
See a list of all the winners, along with the judges’ comments, in our digital Better Newspaper Contest Awards Tab publication.
Did you miss the premiere of the 2020 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest award ceremony? Don’t worry. You can still view a recording of the program.
This year's ceremony was held virtually due to gathering restrictions and other COVID-19 safety recommendations.
Did you win a 2020 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest award and need a duplicate plaque or certificate? Place your order by March 14.
Certificates are $6 and plaques are $60. Shipping & handling is included. The typical turnaround is 3-4 weeks.
There is bipartisan consensus that Wisconsin should replace its outdated unemployment system, but questions loom about how and when the state will pay for it.
A new poll question about whether marijuana use should be legalized in Wisconsin is available to be used by WNA members. We are asking the question in light of Gov. Tony Evers’ inclusion of marijuana legalization in his budget proposal.
Results from our previous poll question about face mask requirements are also available.
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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