KAUKAUNA — The Times-Villager weekly newspaper has announced it no longer has a walk-in office in Kaukauna.
The paper, that covers the heart of the Fox River Valley, made the announcement last week in print and on social media.
Readers can still contact news, sports, ad sales and circulation by email or phone only HERE.
The Times-Villager has no connection to Kaukauna Community News, which was launched in 2015 by Kaukauna natives and siblings Dan Plutchak and Carrie Forster.
Lyle Hansen, a former co-owner of the Kaukauna Times and publisher of the Kaukauna Time Machine newsletter, provided a chronology of his family’s involvement with the Kaukauna Times.
1880 – The Kaukauna Times newspaper began Sept. 15, 1880 at 141 Wisconsin Ave. on Kaukauna’s north side. the owners of the paper were Hopkins and Gates. The growth of the city was apparent to the startup people.
1925 – Lyle Hansen’s uncle Carl Hansen purchased the Kaukauna Times Printing Co.
1934 – Lyle Hansen’s father, Mervin Hansen, began working at the company.
1963 – Hansen’s brother Glenn Hansen was hired in the advertising department.
1965 – Lyle Hansen began working full-time as a compositor in the printing department.
1971 – Lyle Hansen assumed the duties as the production manager.
1982 – He took over the additional duties of the business and operations manager.
1999 – The newspaper portion of the company was sold to Add Inc. of the Milwaukee Journal Corporation. The Times-Villager became one of nine newspapers that were created by them in the Fox Valley. With an agreement that the printing of all the newspapers would be done in Kaukauna.
2000 – The newspaper office was moved to Appleton and the printing was moved out of the area. Lyle Hansen’s son Mark Hansen took over The Kaukauna Times printing company and renamed it Metro Printing.
2001 – Lyle Hansen was one of five to purchase The Times Villager from Add. Inc. return it to Kaukauna and the printing was returned to Metro Printing.
2007 – The new owners of the Times Villager voted to sell the newspaper to Dan and Mark Witte, owners of Black Earth based News Publishing Company. The office was kept in Kaukauna but the printing moved out of Kaukauna.
2009 – The printing company, Metro Printing closed its doors. This was the end of a company that was owned and operated in Kaukauna for more than 129 years.
2023 — The owners of News Publishing Company, which owned the Times-Villager and 14 other weekly community newspapers throughout the state, retired and sold to Finger Publishing, created by longtime Chief Financial Officer Tom Finger.
If you would like to subscribe to the the Kaukauna Time Machine, email Hansen at hansenlyle5@gmail.com.
