Becomes Green County Deputy Clerk of Courts

By Julia Hunter, Wisconsin Newspaper Association

Sports editor Tom Gunnell is leaving the (Darlington) Republican Journal after 27 years to become the Deputy Clerk of Courts in Green County, he announced in a column last month.

Gunnell began as a sports reporter at the Journal in August 1995, after earning his bachelor’s degree in advertising with a focus on public relations from UW-Madison. During college, he honed his photography skills by working for five years in the UW-Zoology Department photo lab. 

Before joining the Journal, Gunnell worked as a freelance sportswriter for The Iola Herald, a reporter and news editor for the Tomorrow River Times in Amherst, and as a sportswriter for The Manawa Advocate.

Below is an article Tom write upon his departure from the Darlington Republican Journal and Tri-County Press.

“We are so proud of Tom’s journalism career, which had humble beginnings at the Iola Herald,” stated former co-publishers Trey and Mary Foerster of Iola. “He went on to have an incredible sports journalism career and we are glad we provided him the steppingstone to launch it. We offer him congratulations on his new career where we know he’ll make a significant impact.”