EDITOR: The other day while going through books to donate to the library I came across a picture-and-word book designed to teach the youngest …
This has been a tough year for the integrity of our democracy.
I must respectfully disagree with the assessments in the letter written recently by Alderman Michael Bablick regarding the hiring of a city ad…
I have served on the city council for 1.5 years now. During that time, I have made two fundamental observations: most of our employees are sin…
Last week’s op-ed letters mirrored the recently held political conventions: First, we had a divisive, scare-mongering diatribe meant to portra…
Our Constitution never mentions democracy, it says we have a right to republican government.
Kolacky-Kolachy-Kolace-Kolache: No matter how you spell it they are always good right out of the oven. During the third full weekend in June (…
I am writing this letter because of my concerns with all the killings and violence that have been in the news recently. Early this year in Med…
In "A Golden Age for Pentagon Waste," by William Hartung, Arms and Security Project director at the Center for International Policy (US News a…
I was a resident of Butternut and Park Falls for almost 80 years before I moved to Franklin, Wisconsin to be closer to family, but that area w…
No one likes the word “no,” but there are times when someone hears it and ignores it because they just know better. This is what happened to me.
For over 30 years I taught high school United States History, for several of them it was Advanced Placement United States History. One thing t…
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Joanne Kloppenburg is running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She faces a primary challenge on Tue…
Has everybody lost their minds? As a retired Milwaukee Public School teacher I cannot think of anything crazier having come up for a vote than…
Clean water and air, the natural environment, and local control are values many of us enjoy in Wisconsin, but legislative bills on the fast tr…
I could not believe when I saw that there was no objection to Hilgy Gas adding another propane tank on Lake Street. It's bad enough that the p…
We want good jobs in our part of the state but we also appreciate clean ground water and clean air. Before we take risks, especially with air …
I have wanted to write about the many ways my “adopted” state of 39 years is being dismantled and losing its long-standing reputation for good…
Since September, Assembly Bill 305—the Baby Body Parts bill—has been languishing in the Assembly Rules Committee chaired by Representative Jim…
What is it to be handicapped? Must one be elderly, in a wheelchair, or use a cane? Those are the first images that come to mind, but I am none…
More glossy political flyers in the mailbox. More half-true ads on television. More robo-calls and opinion surveys. More money for politics an…
With all the media-driven negative comments you hear these days about our younger generation, I would like to share a positive thing that I wi…
I’ve compared the rate of my last health insurance premium prior to implementation of the Affordable Care Act to my new rate for 2016. During …
On Sunday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m., Matt Rothschild of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign will be speaking at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center near…
The Assembly and a Senate Committee decided last week that the people of Wisconsin will not rule. They decided that here wealth shall be in ch…
Has the Price County board and highway department forgotten about the south eastern part of our county? I only ask this because one of the mos…
With great appreciation to the National Honor Society of Chequamegon High School: you have restored my faith in humanity! Your generous acts o…
Why does the Phillips School District still allow a person to transport children after he has continually disobeyed rules, stopped his bus wit…
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