Grant County Herald Independent

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Grant County Herald Independent
Type Weekly Newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Morris Multimedia
PublisherJohn Ingebritsen
EditorDavid Timmerman
Founded1843
Headquarters United States
Circulation 2,238(as of 2022) [1]
Website swnews4u.com

The Grant County Herald Independent is a newspaper printed in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Owned by Morris Multimedia, it is the state's oldest weekly newspaper. The newspaper was first published in 1843 under the name of the Grant County Herald. [2]

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History

The newspaper began as the Grant County Herald on Saturday, March 18, 1843, printed by the Schrader, Mallett & Company. The first publisher of the newspaper was J. D. Spalding. A little over a year later, Spalding was joined by James Goodhue, an attorney in Lancaster, who began writing for the newspaper in July 1844, often under the pen name of "G." Goodhue wrote for the paper for five years before moving to Minnesota, where he started his own newspaper, The Minnesota Pioneer, which eventually became the St. Paul Pioneer Press , the oldest newspaper in Minnesota.[ citation needed ]

The newspaper was edited from 1958 to 1960 by Mark W. Hopkins, who later joined the Milwaukee Journal and the U.S. the Voice of America. [3]

Location

The offices for the Herald Independent are in downtown Lancaster, along the Grant County Courthouse Square.

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References

  1. ↑ 2023 Wisconsin Newspaper Directory. Wisconsin Newspaper Association. 2023.
  2. ↑ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "Grant County herald independent. [volume]" . Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ↑ The Milwaukee Journal, July 8, 1989.
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