Warm up this fall with Pete’s pumpkin soup
Oct. 26, 2020
What to do with an abundance of small, green pumpkins from the garden? Make this pumpkin soup to warm up on a chilly fall day.
What to do with an abundance of small, green pumpkins from the garden? Make this pumpkin soup to warm up on a chilly fall day.
J. David Ingles, a former journalist and longtime Waukesha resident, died near his home Sunday, Oct. 4, after a brief illness. He was 79.
After graduating from college, Ingles started his journalism career as a newspaper reporter in central Illinois. After moving to Wisconsin, he joined the staff of Trains magazine. He went on to serve on the staff of four Kalmbach Media magazines during a 47-year career.
Through a partnership of library and newspaper groups, all past issues of the Daily Jefferson County Union are now available online, the Fort Atkinson newspaper announced last week.
With the completion of the project, readers can now access issues dating from 1870 to 90 days ago through the WNA’s Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers, which is hosted by Badgerlink.
Randy Brandt, who spent nearly a decade as editor of The (Racine) Journal Times, died Saturday, Oct. 17, in Plano, Texas. He was 67.
Brandt served as editor of The Journal Times from 1998 to 2007. During his tenure, he encouraged diversity in the newsroom and hired Sherri Jackson, the newspaper’s first Black desk editor. He also guided the newspaper through an era of change in the industry, helping shift its focus from national news to more local coverage.
Unlike the spring primary, most clerks say they will have enough workers to staff all of their polling sites for Election Day, including Milwaukee, where April 7 saw long lines
Wisconsin — once one of the easiest states in which to vote — has steadily made it harder in the past decade under Republican control.
While the global pandemic has created budgetary challenges for the city of Milwaukee in its 2021 budget, underlying structural fiscal woes are the primary cause of the difficult decisions it presents, including the possible elimination of 120 sworn police officer positions.
Racine County Eye, an online news organization, is among 10 recipients of investigative reporting grants from the Fund for Local Journalism, the Local Media Foundation announced Wednesday.
Racine County Eye will receive a $5,000 stipend toward its “No Voice” project, which aims to educate the public about the social injustices faced by felons. The project intends to give convicted felons a voice as it defines the problem and compares and contrasts solutions from other states and how they may work in Wisconsin.
WNA executive director Beth Bennett has been elected to the National Newspaper Association Board of Directors.
Bennett will serve as one of five directors on the NNA board. Her term runs through October 2022.
In the interest of public health and the safety of our students and communities, the WNA Foundation has decided not to hold Wisconsin Civics Games competitions in 2021.
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