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What is Tomahawk Leader?
Tomahawk Leader is a local news website serving Tomahawk, Wisconsin, and the surrounding Lincoln County area. It publishes community journalism — government and school coverage, sports, obituaries, classifieds and legal notices — alongside a "Web Extras" section with syndicated lifestyle and interest content.
H3 What you'll find
- Local reporting: Housing and development news, sheriff's reports, court and public-safety items, and community announcements.
- Community voices: Letters to the editor, news tips, and obituary or announcement submissions.
- Public notices: Local and statewide legal notices, plus classified ads.
- Web Extras: Topic feeds such as agriculture, business, education and careers, food, gardening, health, outdoors, pets, seniors, Spanish-language content, tech and travel.
H3 Who it's for Residents of Tomahawk and nearby towns who want local government, school and sports coverage; people outside the area tracking family, property or hometown news; and readers who follow Packers coverage with a regional angle. The Web Extras feeds suit readers who want lighter, non-local material in one place.
H3 Access and trade-offs Some content sits behind a subscription, and the site offers a subscribe option plus a premium "Web Extras" area. The trade-off is typical of small-town papers: strong local depth and public-notice coverage you won't find elsewhere, but less national or investigative reporting than a large metro outlet. If you mainly need statewide or national news, this is a supplement rather than a primary source.
H3 Next step If you're checking on a specific local matter — a school board vote, a development project or a legal notice — start with the News and Legals sections, then try the site search for names and addresses. To follow a topic rather than the town, go straight to the matching Web Extras feed. For comparison, other Wisconsin community papers include Wausau Pilot & Review and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for broader state coverage.
How do I subscribe to Tomahawk Leader and what does a subscription include?
Subscribing to the Tomahawk Leader gives you access to a local Wisconsin news outlet covering Tomahawk and surrounding Lincoln County, plus a large "Web Extras" section of syndicated lifestyle and interest content.
How to subscribe
- Use the "Subscribe" link in the site's top navigation or main menu.
- The subscribe flow is handled off-site through SimpleCirc, a common platform for community newspapers, so you will complete the transaction there rather than on the news site itself.
- If you only want a few articles, check whether individual stories are readable before subscribing; the site also offers a free "Log in" option, which usually serves existing print or digital subscribers.
What a subscription typically includes
- Local news: government, education, sports, nature, opinion, obituaries, classifieds and legal notices.
- The "Web Extras" area, which is organized into topic channels: Agriculture, Automotive, Books, Business, Education & Careers, Entertainment, Food, Gardening, Green Living, Health, Home Improvement, Kids & Family, Lifestyle, Money Matters, Outdoors, Pets, Real Estate, Seniors, Spanish, Tech, Travel, and Trivia, History & Games.
- Community participation tools: letters to the editor, news tips, and obituary or announcement submissions.
What to weigh The local reporting — housing development, sheriff's reports, school and sports coverage — is the part you cannot easily get elsewhere. The Web Extras channels are broader-interest filler, so if you are subscribing purely for those, a general-interest site may serve you just as well. Decide based on how much you value the Tomahawk-specific reporting.
A practical next step: before paying, open two or three recent local stories and the Web Extras section you care about most, and confirm the subscription term and delivery format (print, digital, or both) on the SimpleCirc page.
What local news and sports does Tomahawk Leader cover for the Tomahawk area?
Tomahawk Leader is a community news site for Tomahawk, Wisconsin and surrounding Lincoln County, with a mix of hard local news, school and government coverage, obituaries, classifieds, and sports.
H3 What it covers
- Local news: government and civic affairs, housing and development, public safety (including sheriff's reports), and community events.
- Education and schools: coverage tied to local districts and youth activities.
- Sports: local high school and community sports, plus Green Bay Packers coverage, which reflects the region's broader pro-football interest.
- Community life: obituaries, letters to the editor, news tips, announcements, and classifieds.
- Nature and outdoors: a dedicated section, which fits the Northwoods setting.
- Web Extras: syndicated or feature content organized by topic (agriculture, business, food, gardening, health, travel, and more) beyond the core local reporting.
H3 Who it's for Residents of Tomahawk and nearby towns who want local government, school, crime and sports updates in one place; people who have moved away but want to follow hometown news; and anyone tracking a specific local issue such as a development project or a school decision.
H3 Trade-offs The site is built around a small geographic area, so coverage is deep on local institutions but thin on national and international news. Some content sits behind a subscription or "Web Extras" label, so not everything is free to read. If you need statehouse or statewide coverage, a larger Wisconsin outlet will serve you better; if you need the Tomahawk school board vote or the local football score, this is the more direct source.
A practical next step: if you're following one topic, start with the section menu (Government, Education, Sports, Nature, Obituaries) rather than the homepage, and use the site's search to pull up past coverage of a specific project or person. For comparison, statewide coverage is available from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Wisconsin Watch.
How can I submit a news tip, letter to the editor, or obituary to Tomahawk Leader?
You can submit all three through the Tomahawk Leader website's "Send us your news!" section, which lists separate pathways for Letters to the Editor, News Tip, and Obituary Announcement. In practice, each type goes through its own form or contact route, so choose the one matching your purpose rather than sending everything through a general email.
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H3 What each option is for
- News Tip: Something you've seen or heard that you think deserves coverage — an event, a meeting, a local development, a concern. Tips are leads for reporters, not guaranteed stories.
- Letters to the Editor: Your own opinion, usually on a public issue, published under your name. Expect editing for length, clarity and taste, and a requirement that you're the author.
- Obituary Announcement: Death notices and obituaries, typically submitted by a funeral home or family member. These often carry specific format, deadline and possibly fee requirements, so confirm details before submitting.
H3 Practical submission tips
- Be timely. News tips and obituaries lose value quickly; send them the same day when possible.
- Include the basics: who, what, where, when, and a phone number or email where you can be reached.
- For letters, state your name and town; unsigned letters are rarely published.
- For obituaries, ask the funeral home whether it handles submission directly — many do, and it avoids errors.
- Keep a copy of anything you send, and note the date.
H3 A useful next step If you're unsure which route fits, start with the News Tip form for anything factual, and use the Letters to the Editor form only for opinion. For obituaries, call the funeral home first — that's usually the fastest path and the one that gets the details right.
What is included in Tomahawk Leader's Web Extras premium content?
Tomahawk Leader's premium "Web Extras" section is a set of topic-based news categories rather than a single article collection. The site organizes it into standing sections, so you can read only the subjects you care about instead of scanning the whole paper.
The listed Web Extras categories are:
- Agriculture, Automotive, Books, Business
- Education & Careers, Entertainment, Food, Gardening
- Green Living, Health, Home Improvement
- Kids & Family, Lifestyle, Money Matters, Outdoors
- Pets, Real estate, Seniors, Spanish, Tech, Travel
- Trivia, History & Games
For a reader, that means the premium area functions like a magazine rack: consumer and practical topics (money, health, home, tech, travel) sit alongside niche interests (outdoors, pets, gardening, trivia). A Spanish-language section is included, which is useful if you want local and general news in Spanish. The free side of the site covers local news, government, education, sports, nature, opinion, obituaries, classifieds and legal notices, plus submission forms for letters, news tips and obituaries.
Next step: open the Web Extras landing page and check whether the categories you actually read are active and updated; if only one or two interest you, compare that against a subscription rather than assuming the whole bundle is worth it.
How do I advertise or place a classified ad in Tomahawk Leader?
Contact the paper's advertising team directly through the "Advertise" link in the site's top menu. That is the entry point for both display advertising and classifieds; the site also carries a separate "Classifieds" section and a "Send us your news!" area for editorial submissions, which is a different channel from paid advertising.
What the site shows
- Advertise appears in the top utility bar alongside Log in, Search, Contact and Subscribe.
- Classifieds is its own main-menu item, listed near Obituaries and Legals.
- Legals (both "Our legals" and "Statewide legals") are separate again — public notices, not classified ads.
- Editorial submissions have their own routes: Letters to the Editor, News Tip, Obituary Announcement.
Which route fits your goal
| Goal | Where to start |
|---|---|
| Promote a business, event or service | Advertise |
| Sell, rent, hire, or announce a small item | Classifieds |
| Publish a legal/public notice | Legals |
| Get news coverage, a letter or an obituary | Send us your news! |
Practical next step
Use the Advertise link first and describe what you want in plain terms: run dates, print, online or both, and whether you need a display space or a line ad. If the form doesn't cover classifieds, ask them to route you to the classifieds desk. For anything time-sensitive — an estate sale, a hiring deadline, a legal notice with a statutory publication date — ask for the copy deadline and the next print date before you write the text, since weekly papers often close ad space several days ahead.
Reader scenario
Say you run a bait shop near a lake and want a fall promotion. A display ad in the print edition reaches local subscribers; a classified line ad is cheaper but easy to miss. Ask which combination the paper recommends for your budget rather than assuming online-only is enough — for a small local paper, the print edition is often where the regular readership actually is.
For context on the wider market, Wisconsin Newspaper Association can point you to advertising resources for community papers in the state.
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