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Midwest Messenger celebrates 50th Anniversary

A paper for producers is born

By Terry Anderson, Midwest Messenger News Editor
Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019 Updated Apr 9, 2019

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Midwest Messenger celebrates 50th Anniversary

It's the end of an era at the Burt County Plaindealer

Al Zink, seated, partnered with Terry Beaver to purchase Plaindealer Publishing in 1965, and later created the Midwest Messenger in 1968. The Zink family became sole owners when Beaver retired in 1989, and Al’s son Joe Zink, standing, recently retired after more than 54 years at Plaindealer Publishing.

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By Terry Anderson, Midwest Messenger News Editor

Some things never change. Newspapers today are consolidating operations by bringing smaller papers and other publications to be printed on one press.

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