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Watertown Daily Times (Wisconsin)
''The Watertown Daily Times'' is a daily newspaper publishing Monday through Friday in Watertown, Wisconsin. Along with the '' Daily Jefferson County Union'', it is one of two major daily papers published in Jefferson County. The ''Watertown Daily Times'' also covers the southern portion of Dodge County, with the City of Watertown split between Dodge and Jefferson Counties. The editorial operation of the ''Watertown Daily Times'' is located in downtown Watertown, though the paper's printing operations have been conducted at sister publication, ''The Gazette'' in Janesville, since the paper's relocation in 2019. History The ''Daily Times'' was founded November 23, 1895, when John W. Cruger and E. J. Schoolcraft formed a partnership to publish a daily newspaperDaily Times History< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabloid (newspaper Format)
A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe Tablet (pharmacy), compressed pills, later adopted by newspapers to denote condensed content. There are two main types of tabloid newspaper: red tops and Compact (newspaper), compact, distinguished by editorial style. Red top tabloids are distinct from broadsheet newspapers, which traditionally cater to more affluent, educated audiences with in-depth reporting and analysis. However, the line between tabloids and broadsheets has blurred in recent decades, as many broadsheet newspapers have adopted tabloid or compact formats to reduce costs and attract readers. Globally, the tabloid format has been adapted to suit regional preferences and media landscapes. In countries like Germany and Australia, tabloids such as ''Bild'' and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams Publishing Group
Adams Publishing Group LLC (APG) is a company that provides publishing services, including newspapers, periodicals, and website publishing in the United States. Its corporate headquarters is located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Mark Adams, son of late billionaire philanthropist Stephen Adams and his first wife, Virginia Ridgway (granddaughter of Ameriprise Financial (formerly American Express Financial Advisors) co-founder John Ridgway), founded Adams Publishing Group in late 2013 after a career in private equity. In March 2014, APG began to acquire newspapers and media related businesses. As of 2022, it owned more than 127 newspapers in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Acquisitions In 2014, Adams Publishing Group acquired 34 publications from American Consolidated Media. Later in 2014, Adams Publishing acquired newspapers in southern Minnesota from Huckle Publishing including ''Chronotype Publishing'' in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and ''Athens News'' (Athens, Ohio). In 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watertown, Wisconsin
Watertown is a city in Jefferson and Dodge counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 22,926 at the 2020 census, of which 14,674 were in Jefferson County and 8,252 were in Dodge County. Division Street, several blocks north of downtown, marks the county line. Watertown is a principal city of the Watertown–Fort Atkinson micropolitan statistical area which is in turn a sub-market of the larger Milwaukee–Waukesha–Racine combined statistical area. History Origin Watertown was first settled by Timothy Johnson, who built a cabin on the west side of the Rock River in 1836. He was born in Middleton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, on June 28, 1792. A park on the west side of the city is named in his honor. The area was settled to utilize the power of the Rock River, which falls in two miles (two dams). In contrast, the Rock River falls only in upstream from Watertown. The water power was first used for sawmills, and later prompted the construction of two h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Jefferson County Union
Daily or The Daily may refer to: Journalism * Daily newspaper, newspaper issued on five to seven day of most weeks * ''The Daily'' (podcast), a podcast by ''The New York Times'' * ''The Daily'' (News Corporation), a defunct US-based iPad newspaper from News Corporation * ''The Daily of the University of Washington'', a student newspaper using ''The Daily'' as its standardhead Places * Daily Township, Dixon County, Nebraska, United States People * Bill Daily (1927–2018), American actor * Bryson Daily (born c. 2003), American football player * Elizabeth Daily (born 1961), American voice actress * Gretchen Daily (born 1964), American environmental scientist * Joseph E. Daily (1888–1965), American jurist * Thomas Vose Daily (1927–2017), American Roman Catholic bishop Other usages * Iveco Daily, a large van produced by Iveco * Dailies, unedited footage in film See also * Dailey, surname * Daley (other) * Daly (other) * Epiousion, a Greek word used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Jefferson County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 84,900. Its county seat is Jefferson, Wisconsin, Jefferson. Jefferson County comprises the Watertown, Wisconsin, Watertown-Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Fort Atkinson, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Milwaukee-Racine, Wisconsin, Racine-Waukesha, Wisconsin, Waukesha, WI Milwaukee metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. History Jefferson County was created in 1836 as part of Wisconsin Territory and was organized in 1839. Jefferson County was founded by "Yankee" settlers from New England. It was named after Jefferson County, New York, where some of the original settlers came from. The town of Watertown, Wisconsin, was named after Watertown, New York, in Jefferson County, New York. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (4.5%) is water. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodge County, Wisconsin
Dodge County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 89,396. Its county seat is Juneau, Wisconsin, Juneau. The county was created from the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1844. Dodge County comprises the Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Beaver Dam, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.5%) is water. The 6,718 acre Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin), Beaver Dam Lake and the 2,713 acre Fox Lake (Wisconsin), Fox Lake are found within the county. Adjacent counties * Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County – northeast * Washington County, Wisconsin, Washington County – east * Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Waukesha County – southeast * Jefferson County, Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin)
''The Gazette ''is a daily newspaper in Janesville, Wisconsin. The newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group. History The ''Gazette'' was established on August 14, 1845, by Levi Alden and E. A. Stoddard. It was initially a Whig partisan newspaper and published only a weekly edition. Alden owned it for the first decade in partnership with a number of different prominent Rock County Whigs until selling his remaining ownership to his last partner, Charles Holt, in 1855. The paper passed through a number of other owners before being purchased by Howard Bliss in he 1880s. It was sold to Adams Publishing Group in 2019; prior to then, it had been owned by the Bliss family for 136 years. While it had previously published every day of the week, the newspaper suspended its Saturday and Sunday editions in June 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,615, making it the List of cities in Wisconsin, tenth-most populous city in Wisconsin. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville–Beloit metropolitan statistical area, which consists of all of Rock County and is included in the greater Madison metropolitan area, Madison–Janesville–Beloit combined statistical area. History The area that became Janesville was the site of a Ho-Chunk village named (Round Rock) up to the time of Euro-American settlement. In the First Treaty of Prairie du Chien, 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien, the United States recognized the portion of the present city that lies west of the Rock River as Ho-Chunk territory, while the area east of the river was recognized as Potawatomi land. Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk War of 1832, both nations were forced to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock River (Mississippi River Tributary)
The Rock River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois. The river was known as the Sinnissippi to the Sauk people, Sauk and Meskwaki peoples; the name means "rocky waters". The river, which has a notable higher western bank, begins with three separate branches that flow into the Horicon Marsh. The northernmost branch, the West Branch, begins just to the west of the village of Brandon, Wisconsin, Brandon in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin and flows east and then south to Horicon Marsh. The South Branch rises north of Fox Lake in Dodge County and flows east through Waupun, Wisconsin, Waupun to the marsh. The East Branch rises southeast of Allenton, Wisconsin, Allenton in Washington County, Wisconsin, Washington County just west of the Niagara Escarpment, and flows north and west through Theresa, Wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Fitzgerald (politician)
Scott Lawrence Fitzgerald (born November 16, 1963) is an American politician and former newspaper publisher. A Republican, he represents in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district includes many of Milwaukee's northern and western suburbs, such as Waukesha, West Bend, Brookfield, and Mequon. He represented the 13th district in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1995 to 2021. Fitzgerald represents the wealthiest congressional district in the state of Wisconsin. Early life, education and career Fitzgerald was born in Chicago on November 16, 1963 and moved with his family to Hustisford, Wisconsin, at age 11. He graduated from Hustisford High School in 1981, and earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1985. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1981 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Armor Branch in 1985. He completed the United States Army Command and General Staff College and served in a number of assignments during his 27 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juneau, Wisconsin
Juneau is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,658 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Dodge County. History Juneau was founded in 1845 by settlers Martin Rich and William Dennis. It became the county seat of Dodge County in 1846. The founders originally named the settlement "Victory" and then "Dodge Center", from the German "Deutsch Center", but finding these names in conflict with other places, the town changed its name to Juneau in 1852. Most sources say that Juneau was named after French-Canadian trader Solomon Juneau, the founder of Milwaukee and of Theresa, Wisconsin. The city itself claims to be named for Paul Juneau, Solomon Juneau's part-Menominee son, a businessman and state legislator who made his home in the city and served as county register of deeds until his unintentional discharge, accidental shooting death outside the courthouse in Juneau in 1858. Juneau was incorporate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
