Molly Gullickson has been named Unified Newspaper Group’s customer relationship coordinator, the group announced Tuesday.
Gullickson will work as a liaison between UNG newspapers and their advertising customers. She takes over the role formerly held by Bryann Bozeman, who is moving to an advertising account executive position.
Hilary Jewell, who previously contributed freelance work for the Ashland Daily Press, has joined the staff as a sports reporter, the newspaper announced Tuesday.
Jewell grew up in White Bear Lake, Minn., before attending UW-Stevens Point, where she played collegiate hockey and was a member of the Pointers’ 2004 national runner-up team. After completing her playing career, Jewell transferred to Northland College in Ashland, where she finished up her bachelor’s degree in outdoor education and also served as an assistant hockey coach.
Nora Lydia Krueger, who with her husband, Leland H. “Korny” Krueger, owned the Marion Advertiser for nearly two decades, died Monday, Nov. 30. She was 87.
In August 1967, the couple purchased the Advertiser, which they operated along with a print shop until Dec. 1, 1985. That same year their son, Kurt Krueger, became editor of the Vilas County News-Review in Eagle River, where he now serves as publisher.
The annual Wisconsin gun-deer-hunting season is in the books. Although I never took a shot this season, I will forever remember it for the kind and heartwarming reaction I received from many readers.
David Couper, Madison’s police chief from 1972 to 1993, says law enforcement should ditch the riot gear and tear gas to keep the peace.
Some Wisconsinites downplay the severity of COVID-19, spurning masks and vaccinations and inhibiting efforts to contain the pandemic.
Journalists and members of the public face a new open meetings hurdle this year as some local government bodies decline to follow the statewide mask mandate during their meetings, the Wisconsin State Journal reported this week. Residents are risking their health just to see what their government officials are up to — a burden one expert said likely violates the state’s open meetings law.
The Portage County Gazette and Stevens Point City Times have moved their offices to a new location in Stevens Point, the newspapers announced last week.
The Multi Media Channels’ move was spurred by a temporary office closure this spring, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report for America has announced that seven Wisconsin newsrooms have been selected as host newsrooms for the national service program.
The initiative of The GroundTruth Project is a two-year program that delivers a wide-range of benefits to its corps members. Beyond paying up to half of the journalists’ salaries, it provides ongoing training and mentorship by leading journalists, peer networking, and memberships to select professional organizations.
Next year, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and newly elected lawmakers likely will confront the state’s toughest budget challenge since 2011, Wisconsin Policy Forum reports in the latest installment of Fiscal Facts.
This difficult budget scenario, amid elevated unemployment, slowing state tax collections, and increased demand for social services created by the ongoing pandemic, projects general fund spending to exceed revenues by $373.1 million in the two-year budget running from July 2021 to June 2023 — a difference equal to about 1% of spending over the two years. However, that shortfall could grow considerably if the governor and lawmakers provide additional funds for other programs.
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