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The Chronotype adds three to staff in Rice Lake

Aug. 4, 2020

The (Rice Lake) Chronotype last month announced three new additions to its newspaper staff — two in sales and one in the sports department.

Deb Fosberg-Wheeler, who previously worked in the Spooner Advocate advertising department, will serve as an advertising sales specialist. Jill Johnston, a Minnesota native who graduated from UW-Stout in 2014, will work as a regional sales and promotions specialist for parent company Adams Publishing Group. And Travis Nyhus will serve as a general reporter and sports editor, coming to The Chronotype after stints at The Chippewa Herald and the (Menomonie) Dunn County News.

Let the public see data on COVID-19 and businesses

Aug. 4, 2020

Wisconsin citizens are getting the can handle the truth, Christa Westerberg writes, and they deserve to know the names of businesses and other establishments with COVID-19 outbreaks.

Trio of weekly newspapers merge to form Buffalo County News

Aug. 4, 2020

Beginning with Thursday’s issue, subscribers to Buffalo County’s three weeklies will receive a newly merged newspaper, the Buffalo County News.

The newspapers last week announced the (Alma) Buffalo County Journal, Mondovi Herald-News and Cochrane-Fountain City Recorder would be merged to form one newspaper serving the entire county. All three newspapers shared the same parent company, Media One.

Editor Lisa Haefs retires after 37 years with Antigo Daily Journal

Aug. 4, 2020

Nearly four decades after she started at the newspaper, Antigo Daily Journal editor Lisa Haefs announced her retirement Friday.

Haefs started at the Daily Journal in October 1983 as a general assignment reporter and society editor. She also covered the Antigo school board and city council.

Gov. Evers’ mask mandate likely to face similar legal challenges as stay-at-home order

Aug. 3, 2020

Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to issue a statewide mask mandate could set up another legal bill over the extent of his powers to combat COVID-19. But it would be with different plaintiffs and a different composition on the state Supreme Court.

The joy and power of singing

Aug. 3, 2020

One time while performing with my wife, our song truly touched an elderly man’s heart. And my dear friend, that’s the power and the magic of singing.

In search of the perfect headline

Aug. 1, 2020

A headline can make or break an ad. It’s important to look for connections between what the audience needs and how the advertiser can meet those needs.

Veteran sales trainer John Foust gives suggestions for doing just that in his latest installment of “Ad Libs.”

Following denials, laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities now eligible for federal pandemic aid

Jul. 30, 2020

Potentially hundreds of laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities are now eligible for federal aid that other unemployed workers have received during the pandemic.

Local journalism needs a new ‘Sustainability Act’

Jul. 30, 2020

An editorial by the Vilas County News Review (which is available for republication by WNA members) asks the entire Wisconsin delegation to co-sponsor the Local Journalism Sustainability Act.

“Never has America’s free press been more threatened by economic insolvency, a development that could eliminate the work of local journalists who provide in-depth perspectives that inform their readership regarding important current events,” the editorial board writes.

Choosing more local foods

Jul. 29, 2020

One silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic storm cloud that caused massive disruptions to the nation’s meat supply is the awareness it created about where our food comes from.