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.
Andrew Ringgold, owner of Aringo Photos, has been named sports editor of the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press, the newspaper announced.
A native of Philadelphia, Ringgold received a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In addition to his service in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, Ringgold has held senior manager positions at various organizations.
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, remote and hybrid work arrangements remain widespread in Wisconsin and nationally.
Six strong young Barth men carried him to his grave. He rests beside my mother, who has been waiting eight years. They lie together on the wind-swept Illinois prairie, overlooking now barren fields that in a few weeks will bloom green with the crops that feed America and the world.
Gov. Tony Evers’ biennial budget includes about $11 million more in newly announced proposals to address PFAS and other hazardous contaminants in the state, but it’s unclear whether the measures will garner enough support in the Republican-led Legislature.
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