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The Pierce County Herald

The Pierce County Herald was produced out of Ellsworth Wisconsin. Its first issue was published on January 16th 1868, after that the paper came out weekly. Geographically the paper coverers: Ellsworth, Pierce county and Wisconsin. It’s published by G.W. and M.B. Kimball and is written in English.

The Pierce County was a small independent paper covering all of Pierce County. Some of Pierce County includes: Ellsworth, Waverly, Salmen and half is River Falls, Wisconsin. It published news that impacted the community directly from sports to education. It also shared local stories about the people in Ellsworth and surrounding townships. There was also a section that covered some government news, as well as a printed section for advertisements.

Today the Pierce County Herald is available online. It covers current local activities such as; sporting events, school events, obituaries and crime events happening around the area. There is also a section for history which covers local historic events. The online website is free and easy to access. The website also has a ‘Magazine Rack’ section that offers a magazine selection that is free for users. The selection includes magazines for wedding ideas, home and garden, fitness and community involvement.

The website also has a section that includes advertisements. This section is nice for those who don’t purchase a printed print but would still like to look at advertisements for local business, this also benefits local business who still use newspaper ads. In this section there are Crossword puzzles as well. Below each advertisement and Crossword puzzle it listed the day it was posted as well as an expiration date so one can keep in mind when ads will be taken down. Advertisements generally stay up for a month.

The paper even has its own Facebook page. That is popular, it is followed by 5,518 people. The Facebook page posts article links for the home web page for easy access but it also includes other photos and videos. These videos include sports games such as high school basketball games and baseball games for Ellsworth High School, Elmwood/Plum City - cross country and Wisconsin state Wrestling tournaments. Other videos include flood water warnings, Pierce county fair activities and Ellsworth cheese curd fest.