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Amid a pandemic and global recession, school districts are increasing property taxes for the coming year by 3.3% — lower than last year’s 4.5% but still the second-highest percentage since 2010.
A new poll question about readers’ willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine is available to be used by WNA members.
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. Poll questions are available through a WNA partnership with Polco aimed at helping newspapers better engage readers and access enhanced data and insights.
Readers visiting WNA member websites from Dec. 1 to 15 were asked how the pandemic would impact their holiday budget this year. Here are the results.
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Thomas G. “Tom” Besl Sr., who for many years owned weekly newspapers in Melrose and Cashton, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, at his home in Melrose. He was 85.
After graduating from La Crosse’s Aquinas High School in 1953, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served as an aerial photographer during the Korean War. In 1960, he and his wife, Sandy, moved to Melrose, where they owned and operated the Melrose Chronicle for 42 years. They also later purchased the Cashton Record.
Michael Francis Patenaude, who in the 1970s served as editor and columnist for the Mount Horeb Mail, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at his home in Madison. He was 77.
After studying journalism at UW-Madison, Patenaude went on to serve as editor of the Mail from 1971 to 1974. He later worked in a freelance role for both the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times. After leaving journalism, Patenaude transitioned to a career in local government and politics and served as press secretary for Lt. Gov. Jim Flynn from 1983 to 1987.
Phillip J. “Phil” Muench, who worked more than three decades printing newspapers in southwest Wisconsin, died Thursday, Dec. 10, after a battle with COVID-19. He was 52.
Two years after graduating high school, he began his newspaper printing career in 1988 with his hometown newspaper, the Grant County Herald Independent. He quickly took over as head pressman for the newspaper group.
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