Joe Fazendin, former owner for Stanley Republican, dies at 84

Apr. 6, 2023

Joe Fazendin, who owned the Stanley Republican for more than three decades, died on Thursday, March 16, at his home in Stanley. He was 83.

Before moving to Wisconsin, the Minnesota native worked for the St. Charles (Minn.) Press, as well as IBM in Rochester, Minn. He owned the Fulda (Minn.) Free Press for three years before he and his wife purchased the Stanley Republican. He served as publisher of the newspaper for more than 35 years before selling it in 2004.

Your Right to Know: End Wisconsin’s secretive ‘pocket veto’

Apr. 3, 2023

Members of the state legislature's powerful budget committee often impede projects or programs they don't like by sidestepping state law in order to exercise a secretive "pocket veto," Wisconsin Watch recently revealed.

In his 2023-25 budget, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing to do away with this process when it comes to conservation and recreational projects paid for by stewardship funds. But GOP lawmakers have already vowed to rip up the document and start over, leaving little chance the Legislature will adopt Evers’ idea, Dee J. Hall writes in the most recent "Your Right to Know" column from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

Late season snow memories

Apr. 3, 2023

Late season snow storms always take me back to March 24, 1979 in the tiny town of Franklin in Jackson County.

The Season of hope

Mar. 27, 2023

In the course of my writing over the years, the topic of spring is among my most frequent musings.

WNA names 2022 Newspapers of the Year

Mar. 24, 2023

The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation honored the work of newspapers across the state during its 2022 Better Newspaper Contest Awards Banquet on Friday, March 24, at The Madison Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison, Wis. 

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