Your News

Is Our Mission

Dear Reader,

Last Friday our company, Multi Media Channels

(MMC) bought the Tomahawk Leader weekly newspaper

and its affiliated shopper from

Larry and Kathy Tobin. This was

the latest chapter in a decades-long

relationship between the Tobin

Family and the Wood Family.

Larry and Kathy reported the

news of the Tomahawk community

as part of their stewardship of the

community’s voice. When it came

time to sell, they reached out to us in part because of

our similar core values, feeling that we would continue

their legacy when they passed the baton to us. We assured

them that we will, as we reassure you now in this

column. Within the limits of our resources, we will continue

to provide impartial and comprehensive local coverage

of what matters in your lives — reporting births,

weddings, funerals, high school sports, school board

and city council meetings, and on and on.

MMC now publishes 23 publications and 14 websites

covering local news and events in small and mid sized

communities in Wisconsin, as well as over 300 specialty

publications serving specific niches in our communities.

As we do so, we strive to avoid taking sides and be

fair to all involved.

If we didn’t do this, I wonder who would? Even now,

one Wisconsin county has become a “news desert,”

with absolutely no local news sources. That’s right, Kewaunee

County lost all three of its local papers, the Kewaunee

Enterprise, the Algoma Record- Herald and the Luxemburg News.

We aren’t trying to be the biggest media company. We

do however want to be one of the best, and that is what

we’re striving for. So as we grow our abilities to supply

you with the news, and as we grow older with the march

of time, hopefully we will also grow wiser and smarter

in the way we bring the news to your life.

Thank you for your engagement and support as a

subscriber, an advertiser, or even with a kind word of

encouragement. It goes a long way to bolster the hard

work of our community editorial, production, circulation

and sales teams.

Patrick Wood

Publisher