''The Herald Republican'' is an American

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published in

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. It is owned by

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. It covers the city of Angola and all of Steuben County in the northeastern corner of

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History

Two competing

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s, the ''Steuben Republican'' (founded in 1857 by J. M. Bromagen as a

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paper) and the ''Angola Herald'' (founded in 1876 by Isaac L. Wiseman, Democratic in politics),Indiana Historical Society, Historical Business Register,
Herald-Republican (Steuben Printing Company)
, accessed August 2009. formed the Steuben Printing Company as a joint venture in 1925 and eventually became sister newspapers upon the death of the ''Herald'' publisher, Harvey Morley, in the 1960s. The Willis family, which had published the ''Republican'' since 1906, maintained both papers' independence until 1980, when they were merged into ''The Steuben County Herald-Republican''. The merged paper was acquired in 1982 by Home News Enterprises, based in

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, which increased its frequency to two issues per week in 1989. Citing a desire to concentrate on its

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properties, Home News sold the ''Herald-Republican'' to Kendallville Publishing Company, which already owned '' The News Sun'' and ''

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'' dailies in neighboring counties. The new owners converted it into a daily newspaper September 12, 2001.

Sister papers

''The Herald Republican'' is one of three daily newspapers published by

; the other two, both of which cover adjoining Indiana counties, are '' The News Sun'' in Kendallville and ''

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'' in

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. The company also owns several monthly publications in

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, and three weekly newspapers in nearby DeKalb and Noble counties.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herald Republican KPC Media Group Steuben County, Indiana Newspapers published in Indiana Newspapers established in 1857 1857 establishments in Indiana