I caught a glimpse of the Galesburg Register-Mail the other day. Like a lot of other newspapers, it’s in trouble. Their corporate leadership has cut them to the bone, they have young writers (especially sportswriters) that don’t have a clue and it’s a dying newspaper.
Their subscriber base has shrunk, advertising is down and it’s a care-taker newspaper. But on the day I saw it, the headline screamed at me that Northgate Lanes was closing after 61 years. Northgate is our main bowling alley in Galesburg, Illinois. I bowled there a few times and downed some cold ones in the process over the years.