Opinion
Off the Editor’s Desk 2-23-2022
A history lesson on inflation! I would like to feature a column written by Catherine Mortensen, a Vice President of Americans for Limited Government, it’s a history lesson on inflation and what to expect, and how to help yourself with money matters, during this period. “Half of Americans alive today have never experienced the kind…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor 2-16-2022
I watched a video whereby Father Nolan said that “Those ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it”. This led into the subject of unethical medical experimentation on American citizens by our US government agencies. To be labeled unethical these medical experiments were performed without the knowledge, consent or informed consent of the test subjects. …
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-16-2022
Are we soft on crime? You probably can not go a couple of days without hearing about some community where the a bad guy gets off with not being prosecuted, released without bond, gets a very light sentence or is released after serving a very short time for a major offense. And, then on top…
Read MoreLetter’s to the Editor 2-9-22
A variety of November 2020 election irregularities were exposed during the last Wisconsin Assembly Informational Hearing. During the 2020 election, there were 211,000 ballots cast from indefinitely confined voters which meant that none of these individuals showed identification to vote. We assume that only government officials have access to the voter rolls but it was…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-9-2022
Who’s protecting the cops? I can quickly answer that question with; it appears to me that no one is. Cops apparently have no protection from the politicians that run this country and are pushed against the wall with targets on their backs. According to a news report last week, there have been thirty officers shot…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 2-2-2022
Is there another war facing us today? President Biden gave me a scare last week when he addressed the crisis on the Russia and Ukraine border. Biden would have us believe that some 175,000 Russian troops are amassing along the border. Biden cast a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine in stark historical terms a week…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor 1-26-2022
In Timothy Ramthun’s “Let There Be Light #5” report, it is noted that Judge Bohren ruled that absentee drop boxes and ballot harvesting are not permitted by state law and that the Wisconsin Election Commission’s (WEC) guidance documents (about drop boxes) should have been handled by the legislative rules process, not WEC. During the 2020…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk 1-26-2022
Famous people’s quotes! Back in my school days when a classmate would try to make something rime, but it did not work out we would say: “You’re a poet and don’t know it, but your feet show it;” ~Longfellow. I though for a change of pace I could find some quotes from famous people to…
Read MoreLTE – Gary Stene – 1-19-2022
I would like to thank the Colfax School Board and Administration for their handling of the issues surrounding the past school years. And an unprecedented pandemic (Once in 100 years) created situations that no one had answers for and no template to navigate it. I know everyone involved and am positive that their only goal…
Read More2021: A Year in Review: A Year in Review — 2021 top headlines from July, August, and September
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Another year has gone by, and we will soon be approaching the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Colfax Messenger has been reporting on local news since April of 1897. Here is a look back at the top headlines from July, August and September of 2021. July 7,…
Read More