
Merle Hill, former La Crosse Tribune wire editor, dies at 102
Merle J. Hill, who worked nearly four decades in the La Crosse Tribune newsroom, died Saturday, Dec. 26, at Tomah Memorial Hospital. He was 102.
In 1946, after settling in La Crosse with his wife following service in World War II, Hill took a job as a reporter for the Tribune. After two years as a reporter, he became the newspaper’s wire editor, a role he held for the next 35 years.