Eau Claire Leader-Telegram Sold After 130 Years of Family Ownership

The Eau Claire Leader, founded in 1881, and the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, launched in 1894, became two enduring local newspapers. They merged in 1912 to form the Eau Claire Press Company and were combined as the afternoon Leader-Telegram in 1970. After 130 years under Atkinson and Graaskamp family ownership, the paper was purchased by APG in 2018.