''The Daily Journal'' is an American, English language daily newspaper headquartered in

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. It was founded in 1873. Publishing Tuesday through Saturday, it is one of 24 newspapers currently published at least five days a week in the state of

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History

''The Daily Journal'' was founded by A. J. Underwood. His family published the newspaper until the mid-1980s. It was then purchased by Thompson Newspapers in December 1992, later to Boone Newspapers, Inc., until 2019 when it was purchased by

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. The history of ''The Daily Journal'' predecessors includes the following newspapers: * ''Fergus Falls Daily Journal''. (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1883-1972 * ''Fergus Falls Daily Telegram''. (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1885 * ''Fergus Falls Weekly Telegram''. (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1885 * ''Fergus Falls Independent''. (Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co., Minn.) 1881-1883 * ''The Fergus Falls Journal''. (The Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1873-1881

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