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and a 10-county area of southwest

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History

''The Daily Nonpareil'' is southwest Iowa's largest newspaper. It was founded on May 2, 1857. The paper was acquired in 2011 by

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, when it bought the paper's then parent, the ''

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'' and its other subsidiary newspapers in Kearney, Grand Island,

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, and

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. The ''World-Herald'' acquired partial ownership in 2000 and full ownership in 2007. In 2020,

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purchased BH Media Group's newspapers. This purchase included ''The Daily Nonpareil'', the ''Clarinda Herald-Journal'', the ''Shenandoah Valley News Today'', the ''Logan-Woodbine Twiner'', and the ''Denison Bulletin-Review''. On March 16, 2020, Lee officially took over as ''The Daily Nonpareils parent company. Unusually, the paper made a dual-party endorsement in 2016, endorsing both

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and

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, as the best-qualified nominees of the two major parties. From 1965 to 2000, it was owned by several newspaper chains, including

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and

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. Starting June 20, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daily Nonpareil, The 1857 establishments in Iowa Council Bluffs, Iowa Daily newspapers published in the United States Lee Enterprises publications Newspapers published in Iowa Newspapers established in 1857