Letters to the Editor

It’s time for Wisconsin to step up to the plate. Even after the Blue Ribbon Commission on Education gave their final report with recommendations back in January of 2019, the funding of K-12 educations still remains a problem. One of the recommendations in the report was to go to two-thirds funding of education by the…

To the editor, Well people who voted in this sad sick party into our nation, Be Ready! They stand for everything that is Not Godly in anyway. We will see some serious changes come into being. If you have not made your life right with the Lord Jesus by asking Him into your life you…

Dear Mr. DeWitt, In your Wednesday, January 6, 2021, editorial in the COLFAX MESSENGER you write that when you went to bed about midnight on election night Trump was ahead by a good margin. In the morning Trump was behind and lost by 20,682 votes. You ask, where did all the votes come from? You…

Editor’s Note: Three students from Mrs. Bommarito’s 2nd grade class at Colfax Elementary submitted letters to the Colfax Messenger. Below are their letters, as submitted. Dec 11 2020 Dear Colfax Messenger. The community of Colfax is lucky to have you and the services you provide. Thank you for supporting your school. Merry Christmas and Happy!…

December 14, 2020 Dear Fellow Citizens of Dunn County, WI: For the past nine months, the Dunn County Health Department has been issuing guidance to keep residents and our communities safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many followed those guidelines and for that we thank you. Some did not, and we are now seeing the frightening…

Falling Numbers in School Sports I would like to address some issues I have observed in school sports, the number of kids staying involved in sports is declining, for what reason? If I had to guess I would say maybe a lack of playing time? The kids who are working their butts off in practice,…

December 14, 2020 Dear Fellow Citizens of Dunn County, WI: For the past nine months, the Dunn County Health Department has been issuing guidance to keep residents and our communities safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many followed those guidelines and for that we thank you. Some did not, and we are now seeing the frightening…

To Glenwood City Community and Businesses: After much discussion at our November 11, 2020 meeting, the 2020 Glenwood City Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Board has decided to go on a 12-month hold of operations. Unless someone steps forward to help pick up operations, the Chamber of Commerce will dissolve on November 11, 2021. The…

Letter to the editor- Referenda pandemic The current pandemic of the Coronavirus seems to be the topic of intense discussion and it seems we are stumbling through this pandemic as we learn more on how to fight this virus and all the ripple effects it is causing in our society. At the state level, it…

To My Fellow Americans: Please return to 1942-45 with me. Most of you readers weren’t yet born; I was four years old. At that time, my parents had moved my two older brothers and me from our farm near Downing, Wisconsin, to the “huge” city of Rock Island, Illinois. My father, a farmer and a…