Marion E. Wright

Marion Wright, who owned The Marquette County Tribune in Montello with her husband, passed away Jan. 8, 2007. She was 82. Marion was born in Stoughton and was married to J.P. Miller in 1943. The couple lived in Hickory, North Carolina, until his death in 1953. She married Robert Wright in 1959, and they owned […]

Marius (Curt) Page Jr.

Marius “Curt” Page, Jr., 85, former chief editor and general manager of the Baraboo News Republic, died Dec. 16, 2016. Page was born in Baraboo on March 26, 1931. He was a 1949 graduate of Baraboo High School and attended UW-Madison. He graduated in 1953 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and in 1956 […]

Marshall Bernhagen

Marshall N. Bernhagen, former publisher of several Wisconsin newspapers, was born June 15, 1946, in Beaver Dam to Milton and Violet (Sandberg) Bernhagen. He married Joan Vsn Loo on Sept. 30, 1967, in Markesan. They had one son together, Jason Bernhagen. Bernhagen started his career at Citizen Publishing in 1973. He eventually went on to […]

Marshall W. Johnston

Marshall W. Johnston, 93, retired president and general manager of The (Janesville) Gazette, died Nov. 13, 2012. Johnston was born Oct. 25, 1919, in Gilbert, Minn. In September 1946, he was married to Doris Ann Harrang; Together they had four children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Johnston was a 1939 graduate of UW-River Falls, and […]

Marshall (Dan) Markham

For more than 50 years Marshall Dan Markham, known as “Danny,” was a major influence not only at The Independent Register but also in the community of Brodhead. Markham, who passed away Oct. 20, 2008, was a newspaperman in the classic sense — always on top of the latest story, with an exceptional sense of […]

Marvin W. Morgenstern

Marvin W. Morgenstern died April 1, 2003, at Adams County Memorial Hospital in Friendship following a long illness. He was 86. Born in 1916 in Youngstown, N.D., Morgenstern attended the University of Minnesota. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1945 and participated in the Peleliu Operation in the Pacific as a technical sergeant with […]

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