The ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' is a daily

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based in

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh () is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the western shore of Lake Winnebago and had a population of 66,816 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List o ...

. The ''Northwestern'' is primarily distributed in Winnebago, Waushara, and Green Lake counties.

History

For the forty years preceding establishment of the newspaper's name as ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' in 1979, the newspaper was known as the ''Oshkosh Daily Northwestern''. The ''Northwestern'' was owned by the Schwalm and Heaney families until 1998, when it was sold to Ogden Newspapers; Ogden traded the paper to Thomson Newspapers two months later for four papers in Ohio and Pennsylvania. It has been part of the

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chain of newspapers since 2000, when it was purchased from Thomson Corporation.

Building

The building for the newspaper was listed on the

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on May 13, 1982. It is a significant example of 1930 Renaissance architecture. In 2017 the building was purchased by Oshkosh Business Center III LLC.Miles Maguire.
Historic Northwestern building sold to Michigan developer
. ''Oshkosh Independent'', May 17, 2017.

References

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