The 39th President of the United States was smiling on July 27, 1979.
Less than four months later – on Nov. 4, 1979 – the defining moment of Jimmy Carter’s presidency occurred, when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage.
Citizen oversight board was not involved in reviewing police investigation; mayor says he was unaware independent review ordered by city had been halted
Awards honor outstanding reporting produced in 2022. Categories take into account the massive stories that unfolded across the past twelve months.
In March, George Stanley will join Multi Media Channels (MMC), the publishing company of The (Green Bay) Press Times, as the company’s Local News Initiatives Adviser.
In his role, Stanley will work with the Pass it Forward internship program, as well as other company initiatives to nurture a healthy community journalism environment in the state. Stanley stepped down as editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in January.
Kiran Saini, who previously worked as the audience development manager for the Detroit Free Press, has joined Wisconsin Watch as the newsroom's first audience director.
In her new role, funded by the American Journalism Project, Saini will work across Wisconsin Watch's website, social media, newsletters and other news products to connect with an expanded and more diverse audience.
Longtime media executive Mark Lewis has been named regional president for Adams Publishing Group-Southern Wisconsin. The news group includes The (Janesville) Gazette, Beloit Daily News, (Fort Atkinson) Daily Jefferson County Union, Watertown Daily Times, Antigo Daily Journal, (Marinette) EagleHerald and Hometown News Group.
Lewis, who previously served as publisher of The (Racine) Journal Times and has 30 years of experience in the industry, succeeds Orestes Baez, who in January was named CEO of TravelHost.
While politicians and others way above my station and pay grade continue to debate, expound upon and expunge homosapien influence on the stratosphere, one thing I know for sure. The winter weather has changed and we’re seeing way more rain and ice.
It’s a common question from both landlords and tenants alike: Can a landlord refuse to rent to a tenant? The answer is simple, yet complex. Landlords
Ardis Bloom Swenson, former publisher of The Stanley Republican, died on Jan. 27. She was 95.
Ardis and her late husband, Ralph, moved frequently as he grew his newspaper business. In 1960, they purchased The Stanley Republican, where they worked together until 1964, when Ralph died at the age of 39. Following his death, Ardis became publisher and editor of the newspaper, and wrote a column "The Melting Pot." She sold the newspaper in August 1968 to Joseph Frazedin of Fulda, Minnesota.
Former reporter Jean A. Vanden Branden died on Feb. 14 at the age of 94.
A native of Green Bay, she was born on Sept. 21, 1928, to Helena (Denissen) and Charles Katers. She graduated in 1946 from St. Joseph’s Academy in Green Bay. Later, she obtained her broker’s license in real estate and worked as a reporter for the Catholic monthly newspaper, The Compass.
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