Publisher named for Daily Advertiser, Daily World

 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Richard Roesgen has been named president and publisher
 of two newspapers in Louisiana, The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette and The Daily
 World in Opelousas.
   Roesgen, who had worked as general manager/executive editor of The Reporter
and Action Publications in Fond du Lac, Wis., takes over March 19. He succeeds
Alii Zoibi, who is retiring.
   Roesgen is past president and board member of the Wisconsin Newspaper
Association and served on the boards of a number of community organizations
 such as theFond du Lac Area United Way, the Literacy Council and the Sheboygan
County Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of the University of Montana
with a bachelor’s degree in political science.
   The Louisiana newspapers are owned by Gannett Co. The company announced the
appointment in a news release.
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