Grant County Herald Independent

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.

Current staff

David Timmerman - Editor	A.J. Gates - Sports Editor	Kevin Kelly - Ad Director	Jane Lewis and Jessica Brownell - Design Team	Gloria Landon - Billing	Sandy Taylor - Circulation

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 penname of "G." Goodhue would write for the paper for five years, before packing his bags, and moving his family to Minnesota, where he would start his own newspaper, The Minnesota Pioneer, which would become the Pioneer Press, the oldest newspaper in the state of Minnesota.

The newspaper was edited from 1958 to 1960 by Mark W. Hopkins, who later joined the Milwaukee Journal and the US government-run Voice of America. (Source: Milwaukee Journal, July 8, 1989)

Location

The current offices for the Herald Independent, which is where a number of area newspapers are printed, is 208 W. Cherry Street in downtown Lancaster, along the Grant County Courthouse Square. Tours are regularly given, by request, to groups and schoolchildren, featuring modern printing techniques. The telephone number for the office is 608-723-2151.

External links

• Official website