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Letters to the Editor

LTE – JoAnn Utphall – 12-1-2021

Dear Letter to the Editor: Senators have submitted hundreds of amendments to the (must be passed each year) 2022 National Defense Authorization Bill to improve the nation’s security. Most proposals relate to the Defense Department but some don’t.  Here is a partial list: withdrawal from Afghanistan; the supply chain’s reliance on China; ending reliance on…

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Thanksgiving meal price increases for 2021

MADISON – The price of a Thanksgiving meal in 2021 is experiencing a 17.25% increase this year according to Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s annual Marketbasket survey that rang in at $71.49. The Marketbasket survey is an informal look at the price of popular food items used to prepare a Thanksgiving meal in quantities sufficient to serve…

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LTE – Ann Norton – 11-24-2021

We have all seen the beautiful photos of Arlington Cemetery covered in snow with Christmas wreaths decorating each cross.  But many are not aware that there is a Northern Wisconsin State Veterans Cemetery on Highway 53 near Spooner that also places these Christmas wreaths. I come from a family of veterans with myself and four…

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LTE – JoAnn Utphall – 11-17-2021

According to the former (retired) Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scot, the Biden administration has put a gage-order on all Border Patrol officials so that they cannot speak to the public about the illegal immigrant situation at the border. He explained that he retired because he could not in good conscience follow the Biden Administration illegal…

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LTE – Rodney Berg – 11-17-2021

Dear Americans, In the United States there has always been two parties, Real Republicans and Real Democrats, two parties that have negotiated policies for the betterment of the country. Now we have the socialist party using the democratic party for a springboard to make us a socialist nation. It is a party of deception, they…

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LTE – JoAnn Utphall – 11-10-2021

Friday evening 13 Republican Representatives, along with most of the Democrats, passed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill (I-Bill). The New York Times reported that the I-Bill passed on a 228 to 206 vote which ushers in a new wave of spending on infrastructure and the Green New Deal items. The Republicans Representatives who voted for…

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LTE – Denise Solberg – 11-10-2021

The Colfax Messenger highlighted the negative facts and fears brought out by Bill Yingst at the October 25 school board meeting, regarding affects of the pandemic in our school this year; but the Messenger failed to highlight the positive facts as well. Last year at this time, the Colfax school district faced the exact same…

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LTE – JoAnn Utphall -11-3-2021

Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling unveiled on October 28th the results of an investigation into possible election law violations throughout Racine County and Wisconsin. The catalyst that started this 10-month investigation was a daughter, Judy, found out that her dementia mother Shirley (living at the Ridgewood Care Facility) had voted, but her mother died on…

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LTE – JoAnn Utphall – 10-27-2021

A group of concerned citizens, led by Daniel Eastman spent over $40,000 to purchase the Wisconsin voting data from the WI Election Commission (WEC). These men, along with other volunteers, are investigating the data. Because the database is huge, they needed to use a computer system that uses fractal programing which is similar to the…

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LTE – Rodney Berg – 10-20-2021

Dear Americans, At the sake of being repetitive it is so frustrating to me to see all the terrible decisions and constitutional laws being broken in Washington, DC by our leader. I feel so helpless that no one in power is doing anything about it. Just how long will it take before this unelected Chinese…

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