Steve Cahalan, who served as a news reporter in several Midwest locations for almost 50 years, but he was best known for his business column in the La Crosse Tribune that he wrote almost every week, died Sunday at the age of 73.
Caden Perry of The Tribune writes, “He applied his family’s farming background to pilot his venture into business reporting at the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, Illinois. He reported for the Herald & Review for 15 years, spent three years at the Montana Standard in Butte, Montana, and started at the La Crosse Tribune in 1997.
“Cahalan wrote for the Tribune as a reporter and editor until 2011 when he unofficially retired. In 2012, Cahalan returned as a freelance writer producing a weekly business column for the paper, which he continued until his death.
“Former and current Tribune colleagues remember Cahalan for his professionalism and friendly demeanor both in and out of the field.
“‘He cared about getting the news, breaking the story, making sure it was right and accurate and fair. He built relationships among the business community that were second to none, and he did that at every paper he worked at,’ said former La Crosse Tribune publisher Rusty Cunningham.”
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