Letters to the Editor
LTE – Charles Lofgren – 7-8-2020
June 27, 2020 Dear Carlton, Here’s my renewal for another year. Thanks for continuing to put out an interesting newspaper. I especially appreciated your reprinting recently of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural. Over my years of teaching American History I always assigned it. It’s one of the most moving and insightful statements ever to come from an…
Read MoreLTE – Dick Hilson – 6-24-2020
Happy Birthday Happy belated birthday President Trump…June 14th. Our country has been blessed with you, President Trump. at the helm guiding us through the rough waters. Your gifts of knowledge, strength and wisdom continues to keep our nation great. “Four More Years” Dick Hilson Colfax, WI
Read MoreLTE – Jerry Emmert – 4-29-2020
Grain producers across Wisconsin are worrying: where will the demand for grain come from? Over the last few years, demand for grain by ethanol plants has plummeted. Forecasts are worse for this growing season, and the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the problem. One major contributor to decreased demand is the Environmental Protection Agency. By liberally…
Read MoreLTE – Michael Pesko – 4-29-2020
It is hard to write about more bad news as we suffer though COVID-19. However, climate change, another major concern, is not going away. Science had predicted the consequences of the virus but our society was not prepared to address it early enough. We are also unprepared to address climate change, even though science tells…
Read MoreLTE – Scott Schone – 4-22-2020
Property tax due and paying thousands of hard working dollars makes a person proud and disappointed on how your local taxes are spent. For instance how about the Amazing job opening the streets with the snow storms again this winter. Of course there is a few that will disagree but overall in a few hours…
Read MoreLTE – Susan Norman – 4-22-2020
Just a regular American Are you wondering what the hell is going on? All the old lessons of life just thrown out the window. We are all survivors of every epidemic that has ever been before in history, but we as human beings must have been sturdier and more resilient to adversity. Not so easily…
Read MoreLTE – Deanne Sczepanski – 4-8-2020
Don’t Panic! When we read about the plagues God sent in the Old Testament in the Bible, it becomes clear as to why he would send us Coronavirus. Not God-sent? How else would this disease spread to six continents within three weeks? God sent plagues of locusts, frogs, bloody rivers, leprosy, and gnats, to try…
Read MoreLTE – Terry Nichols – 4-8-2020
Referendum insanity If you don’t know by now, the April 2020 election will have 1.6 billion dollars of school district referenda across this state. Locally, add the Chippewa Valley Technical College for 48.8 million dollars. This is complete insanity. Every single elected official we send to Madison will have to come up with a cure…
Read MoreLTE – Cheryl Helgeson – 4-8-2020
Dear Editor, During this pandemic we are flooded with news on the number of new cases of COVID-19 and deaths each day. We are amazed at the numbers and rightly so. For over 40 years there has been more cases of a silent pandemic that has hardly been reported. More babies have been murdered from…
Read MoreLTE – Kevin Bygd – 3-24-2020
March 24, 2020 Residents of Dunn County: Yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced his intention of issuing a “Safer at Home Order” to the people of Wisconsin in an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier today, he released the actual details of his order. Law enforcement leaders here in my office have been working…
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