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, […]
Marian Adams
Marian Adams and her husband Jack spent 41 years at the helm of The Belleville Recorder, her hometown newspaper. Born on March 3, 1925, in Belleville to Casper and Virgie Wallom, Marian graduated from Belleville High School in 1943. She married the love of her life, Jack Adams, in March 1944. They set up residence […]
Leroy Gore
Lester Heidmann
Lester L. Arnold
Lester Hawkes
“Community journalism is my whole life.” His quote probably best summarizes the devoted service Les Hawkes gave to his industry. He was an expert on the ins and outs of weekly newspapers (as they were called in the old days) and served as a professor of journalism at the UW-Madison for 30 years. Many aspiring […]
Lloyd Bruske
Lois E. Aubinger
Lois E. Aubinger, founder and longtime publisher of the Ashwaubenon Howard-Suamico Press, led a busy life dedicated to the community her newspaper served. She was born in 1926 in Detroit to Alice (Cox) and Joseph De Vries, and grew up in Marinette following the death of her father. She graduated from Marinette High School and […]
Lois A. Goldsmith
Lois A. Goldsmith, who together with her husband, Ralph, published the Boscobel Dial for 36 years, died Feb. 27, 2011, at age 94. Lois was born June 29, 1916, in Stone Lake in rural Washburn County, a twin daughter of Reuben F. Walter and Frances Elda (Vine) Walter. Growing up, she also lived with her […]
