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History of the Herald The Ontonagon Herald, the area's oldest continuously published newspaper, has been a pillar in the county business community for over 126 years. First published in April of 1881 as a "fighting newspaper" with a mission, this weekly paper has kept to its mission of keeping the county community informed about what is happening and where. The current circulation of the Ontonagon Herald is roughly 3, 700 and growing. The Herald is not only a newspaper but also a complete office supply and stationery store and job printing shop. The Herald's official day of publication is Wednesday of each calendar week, year-round. The paper is composed and prepared for printing at the local offices on computers and is then digitally transferred to the Ironwood Daily Globe, along with the digital pictures, where it is printed on their large presses in Ironwood, folded, and delivered to Ontonagon for distribution, all in less than a day's time. This is a far cry from the old Linotype machines, the rumbling of the presses, and the smell of printer's ink. The Herald offices are strangely quiet, unless a printing job is being turned out on the smaller presses that are still in use. A recent feature offered by the Herald is the Great Northern Connection, in which classified ads run in the Herald are also seen in 520, 000 homes throughout the U.P. and northern Wisconsin.