News Publishing Inc. sold to Tom Finger
Jan. 5, 2024
News Publishing Inc. has sold it’s group of 14 weekly newspapers to the company’s longtime chief financial officer, Tom Finger.
News Publishing Inc. has sold it’s group of 14 weekly newspapers to the company’s longtime chief financial officer, Tom Finger.
It’s another year, and all things seem filled with renewal and possibility. Except, sadly, the ongoing record of futility racked up by the super-secret cabal known only as Forecasters Anonymous.
Forum researchers churned out 54 reports and interactive data tools in 2023 that covered a wide variety of timely issues.
Last month, Wisconsin Watch extended an offer to all members of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association: If they suspect or uncover wrongdoing, corruption, incompetence, but don’t have the resources to investigate, the nonprofit newsroom will work to help them tell the story.
These days major statewide elections in Wisconsin can be decided by just thousands of votes.
Law enforcement officers in Winnebago County shot three people in 2023, one fatally. And while we know the names of the people shot, the identities of those who pulled the trigger remain secret.
Opponents cheer a court decision finding fault with the controversial project’s plan to fill Wisconsin wetlands.
Carroll Kraus, a distinguished copy editor with a notable career at The Milwaukee Journal, died on Dec. 5 in Milwaukee — one day after his 84th birthday.
Before joining the U.S. Army, where he was a public information officer, Carroll served as editor of the Daily Nebraskan and as a reporter for the Lincoln Journal. After his military service, he joined the copy desk at the Des Moines Register. In 1970, he moved to Milwaukee, joining The Milwaukee Journal, where he worked for more than 40 years.
Michael Kujawski, who previously served as a wire editor and sports editor at several newspapers in Wisconsin, has joined the Antigo Journal as a reporter.
Kujawski earned a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from UW-Madison and recently returned to Wisconsin after teaching English for several years in China. In his new role, Kujawski will write news features, cover Antigo School Board and Langlade County Board and report on local high school sports.
David James Grey, a former journalist and editor with the Oshkosh Northwestern, died on Dec. 15, in Oshkosh, after a long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He was 78.
Grey began his journalism career that year as a sportswriter for the Northwestern. His tenure with the newspaper spanned 36 years, during which he served as city editor, business editor and special editions manager. In 2002, he shifted his professional focus to real estate, joining Schwab Realty in Oshkosh, where he worked until his retirement in 2020.
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