The Lac du Flambeau town board, meeting in special session Thursday for the second time last week on an issue involving the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superio
Joel DeSpain signs off and hits the road
Joel DeSpain’s career took him from TV journalist to law enforcement public information officer.
May 6, 2021 8:49 AM Doug Moe
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Photo by Sharon Vanorny
When Joel DeSpain landed his first full-time job in journalism running WISC-TV News 3’s nascent Rock County bureau in the early 1980s his office was at the airport between Janesville and Beloit. The only people he saw regularly were a group of guys who lurked at the end of a long basement hallway. DeSpain thought they were airport maintenance, noting, “I couldn’t figure out why they wouldn’t talk to me.”