Most years I like to acknowledge Dairy Month. Every June we celebrate the state’s multi-billion-dollar industry that puts Wisconsin on the map…
Dear residents, friends and neighbors of the city of Ashland:
Tuesday, May 5 is an international day of charitable giving. In these challenging times, many of us don’t have an extra dime to spare to give …
People who like to call themselves fiscal conservatives have spent recent years attacking two things: science that disagrees with their worldv…
Our first local coronavirus story ran in the Daily Press on March 11 — just a month ago, though it seems to many of us to be achingly longer.
Our first local coronavirus story ran in the Daily Press on March 11 — just a month ago, though it seems to many of us to be achingly longer.
On Sept. 21, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States and killed 2,977 people.
Few of us, me included, have taken this coronavirus outbreak as seriously as we should.
When Americans are faced with the prospect of being locked in their homes under quarantine for two weeks, their thoughts go to one place: Thei…
I was first encouraged to learn how to make pasties after deciding to move to the West Coast from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Knowing th…
In the Northern Hemisphere, climate change has resulted in dramatic warming in the Arctic Region. Mean temperatures at Barrow, Alaska, have in…
I am a Minnesota landowner who owns property that Enbridge Energy’s proposed crude oil pipeline No. 3 would cross. I gave them an honest shot…
It was my great good fortune to have flown on the first Never Forgotten Honor Flight 10 years ago when it carried a batch of mostly World War …
Sewer pipes aren’t sexy.
Most of us love the great outdoors and cherish the natural beautiful spaces we have here. Did you know that the city of Ashland has a total of…
Well, Northland, we made it.
I’m sure some readers regard the Ashland School Board’s reboot of its vote to close two charter schools as an enormous waste of time and effort.
The Rainbow Family National Gathering coming to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest will allow folks here to demonstrate what is best abou…
Anyone interested in holding government accountable should applaud a decision this week by the state appeals court about open records.
Wisconsin Republicans have outright refused to accept Medicaid expansion. Not because of any pragmatic reason, but because they’ve allowed the…
Wisconsin’s open-meetings law says that public boards must give residents the “time, date, place and subject matter of (a public) meeting, inc…
Washburn City Council meets June 10 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss several matters I hope people will become informed about, and think what they’d li…
If you’re like me, there are certain phrases that bring back strong memories from your childhood. I remember thinking my dad was so wrong when…
My wife took me on a trip along Minnesota’s North Shore last weekend for my birthday — the first time I’ve ever explored that part of the Northwoods.
Tommy Thompson isn’t much involved in politics anymore, but he’s still a master politician.
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