Lyman (Jack) J. Howe
Lyman John Howe, Jr. — known as Jack — died Oct. 24, 2010, at age 85. Howe was among the third generation of owners at the helm of Howe Printing Company. The company, which owned the Courier Press newspaper in Prairie du Chien as well as The Guttenberg (Iowa) Press and the North Iowa Times […]
Lynn A. Mason
M.A. Crownhart
M.A. Crownhart, former owner of the Grantsburg Journal and Times, worked in the Wisconsin newspaper industry for more than half a century. Crownhart, a New Auburn native, spent time at newspapers in Bloomer, Balsam Lake, Centuria, Frederic and Dooley, Mont., before owning his own publication. In 1949, he bought the Grantsburg Journal and Times. Crownhart […]
M.J. Chapman
Mabel Graves
Mabel Temby
Mabel Temby, a native of rural Kewaunee County, was owner, editor, publisher and office manager for the Kewaunee Enterprise newspaper for more than 64 years. Considered by many to be a female pioneer in the male-dominated newspaper industry, Temby died Nov. 16, 2010, just three days shy of her 98th birthday. Mabel and her husband, […]
Marcie Harbeck
If a community newspaper is the conscience of a small town, then Marcie Harbeck was the heart and soul of Kewaskum, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Born in Milwaukee, Marcie moved to Kewaskum as a child when her parents purchased a tavern there. In 1938, she married Bill Harbeck, whose father owned The Kewaskum Statesman. […]
Margaret W. Johanson
Margaret Wilma Johanson, 87, former owner of Wisconsin Newspress, Inc., publisher of two eastern Wisconsin newspapers, died Sept. 11, 2007. Johanson served as publisher of The (Plymouth) Review and The Sheboygan Falls News from 1963 to 1985 and as associate publisher until her death. In 1985, the Johansons sold the majority interest in the newspaper […]
Margaret E. Rogers
Margaret E. Rogers, longtime publisher of the Winneconne News, died Jan. 8, 2011. Rogers was born Sept. 3, 1920, to Martin and Merle (Taggart) Gilbertson in Eau Claire and graduated from Augusta High School. She married Clarence Rogers June 22, 1940, in Waukon, Iowa. They lived in Augusta one year and then moved to Middleton […]
Marian B. Hagar
The youngest of three children, Marian Beth McGuigan Hagar was raised in the weekly newspaper business in Blanchardville, where her parents published the Blanchardville Blade for almost 60 years. In 1947, she and her new husband, Glenn, began their careers in the weekly publishing business by setting up shop in Green Lake. After a year, […]
