The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is now accepting nominations for its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees. Awards are given in six categories.
Nominations are due Friday, Feb. 5, and can be sent to blueders@gmail.com. Winners will be selected by a Council committee, as in past years, and will be announced just prior to national Sunshine Week, March 14-20.
Many Wisconsin dairy farmers are overwhelmed, dogged by financial worries, a crushing workload, labor shortages and bad weather.
Burns Night, a Scottish tradition celebrating the life and poetry of Robert Burns, is an evening of music with bagpipes, singing, dancing, poetry, Scottish food, and, of course, whisky.
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Veteran sales trainer John Foust shares 12 tips for helping develop the next campaign, get advertisers on board and set yourself up for future success.
Journalists covering possible protests this weekend should be prepared for the risk of hostility and violence.
Don’t let your neighbors be divorced from reality. It is the burden and the duty of leadership to tell voters the truth. And that leadership includes local journalists who are trusted members of their communities.
For the ninth straight year in 2020, Wisconsin’s tax burden — state and local taxes paid by Wisconsin residents and businesses as a share of income — declined, reaching its lowest point in at least a half-century.
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Never give up when a major advertiser quits. Winning back an advertiser makes for a great victory. Here’s to more happy days.
Thomas R. Torinus, a longtime journalist and former newspaper owner, died Friday, Jan. 8, in Egg Harbor. He was 82.
Following his graduation in 1960 from Dartmouth College, Torinus worked as assistant to the general manager of the New York Daily News. He later returned to his home state to work for the (Appleton) Post-Crescent, where his father, John Torinus, was editor. He and his two brothers later bought the Herald-Leader in Menominee, Mich., where Torinus served as editor for six years until it was sold in 1982.
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