Jeff Thelen is the most veteran member of the NewsChannel 7 team. The Campbellsport native started here as a part-time reporter in 1994 while working as news director at WDUX Radio in Waupaca.
Dale joined NewsChannel 7 in April 2007 as weekend sports anchor and reporter. He was named the station's sports director in May 2009 and was promoted to WZAW's NewsChannel 7 at 9 anchor in November 2017.
Heather Poltrock came to WSAW as a sports intern in August of 2007. She is now the digital content manager for NewsChannel 7 and the main online content producer for WSAW.com.
Mark comes to WSAW after working at WEAU in Eau Claire for almost 6 years. Mark was born in Pottstown, PA, but after graduating from Owen J. Roberts High School moved to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point before transferring to Mississippi State.
Chad Franzen returns to central Wisconsin for another stint at forecasting the quickly changing weather of Wisconsin. Chad worked in Wausau at another station from 1998 until 2004 and then spent another 2 years working at WREX in Rockford, Illinois.
Emily Davies began her career at NewsChannel 7 in 2013 and has worked in several positions since then. She helped launch the 7 Investigates team in 2016, which has done award-winning work for the people of north-central Wisconsin.
Lee leads Gray Television’s National Investigative Team. He also is a Senior Vice President within Gray and is an anchor on both InvestigateTV+ and InvestigateTV+ Weekend.
Jamie is InvestigateTV's Director of Investigations. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education.
Greg is the Managing Editor for InvestigateTV+. Before joining InvestigateTV, he was News Director at WMC, Gray Television’s NBC affiliate in Memphis, TN.
Joce is a national senior investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the
failures of government agencies, product flaws and other transparency issues.
Anna is an award-winning Senior Investigative Reporter with Gray's National Investigative Team, InvestigateTV. Anna has been consistently recognized for producing impactful journalism that has driven reform, prompted civil and criminal investigations, and profoundly influenced public and corporate policy.
Brendan Keefe is a Peabody, duPont, National Murrow & National Emmy winning national investigative reporter and the Chief Investigator of Atlanta News First Investigates.
Brandon specializes in crime, consumer and data-driven investigations. Before joining InvestigateTV, he was assistant news director at WECT, Gray Television’s NBC affiliate in Wilmington, NC.
Wade heads up digital content creation and strategy development for Gray’s National Investigative Team, InvestigateTV+ Weekday & Weekend editions, and Gray's new Aging Untold talk show. He started his digital career in Atlanta, GA in 2008 after graduating from the University of Alabama.
