The world of shrinkflation

Let’s set the record straight – I am not an economist – which the Bureau of Labor Statistics defines as “an expert who studies the relationship between a society’s resources and its production or output, using a number of different indicators, in order to predict future trends.”

Pat Schroeder dies at 95

Pat Schroeder, daughter of the former owners of the Lake Mills Leader, died on Oct. 5, at the age of 95. Born in Elmhurst, Illinois, the family moved to Lake Mills to run the newspaper when she was 8 years old. She was a 1946 graduate of Lake Mills High School and went on to earn her bachelor's degree in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and her master's degree in social work from the University of Kentucky at Louisville.

During college, she worked at her parents' newspaper. She then went on to become editor of the Madison-based Jackson Clinic's Better Health Magazine and spent many years as a therapist with families and children at the Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Delaware County. 

Sam Bailey

Bailey joins Sheboygan Press as a reporter

Sam Bailey, who graduated this year from Emporia State University in Kansas with a degree in communications, has joined the Sheboygan Press as a reporter. She will cover local government and general news.

Bailey served as managing editor for The Bulletin student newspaper at ESU and as editor of The Hutchinson Collegian at Hutchinson Community College. She was named Kansas Collegiate Media Journalist of the Year twice — for four-year schools in 2023 and for two-year schools in 2021. She also recently completed an internship with the Kansas Reflector, an affiliate of States Newsroom.

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