Opinion
National survey on Presidential Selection underway
submitted by Larry P. Arnn, President, Hillsdale College Hillsdale College is conducting a National Survey on Presidential Selection. By completing this survey and returning it as soon as possible, you will help Hillsdale College more clearly understand the views of mainstream Americans concerning this issue—views we will make available to policymakers and opinion leaders. You…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 11-4-2020
When will we know who won? As I write this piece early Monday morning, just the day before America votes for president, I found myself wondering if we will know the winner of the election by midnight Tuesday. Many years ago we printed our newspapers on Wednesday, and then we could have the election results…
Read MoreLTE – The leadership of Hospitals and Clinics serving Western WI – 10-28-2020
October 13, 2020 An open letter to our elected officials and the community: As we continue our work to protect and care for the citizens of our communities during COVID-19, we pledge our support to the elected and appointed officials of our region in their use of proven public health strategies to fight this pandemic.…
Read MoreLTE – Debra Bell – 10-28-2020
Rural Education Suffers It is early morning in April, and there is a lone car sitting in a school parking lot. The two children sitting in the back seat are trying to follow along as their mother connects to the public school’s free internet on her smartphone while trying to explain the teacher-provided lesson for…
Read MoreLTE – Joan Malcein – 10-28-2020
To all those who have destroyed the private property of personal individuals like yourself in the way of tearing down/destroying signs (Democratic or Republican) I’d like to share this story with you. My amazing dad who is in his late 70s and suffers through a lot of pain daily because of arthritis in pretty much…
Read MoreLTE – Darryl Custer – 10-28-2020
With tough times facing the biofuels industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must stop playing games with those of us in the heartland. Thankfully, President Trump recently instructed the agency to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard, which is a step in the right direction. Over the last several years, special refinery exemptions have been distributed…
Read MoreLTE – Jimmie Harvey – 10-28-2020
Building a Better Boyceville To continue to make Boyceville a great place to live and go to school we BHS graduates must continually strive to financially support and improve the educational & career opportunities for future BHS graduates. Whatever your career job position, when you are asked what your primary job is, your BEST (pun…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 10-28-2020
Have you voted yet? Just before the last presidential debate was set to start last Thursday, evening, October 22, I could not believe what I heard over the television. I was informed that over 40 million people have already voted and that mail-in ballots can still be counted for up to ten days after the…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 10-21-2020
Are you concerned? Are you concerned about the counting of our ballots in the November 3rd Presidential election? Over the years that I have voted, I have never worried about someone changing the results of an election by doctoring ballots. But I have questions about this coming election. Last Friday morning while I was having…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 10-14-2020
Packing the court! A new election campaign question has come to the front of the Presidential race, with the question about the Democratic party’s quest to add more members to the United States Supreme Court. At question is the fact that President Trump’s selection of Amy Coney Barrett is faced with much opposition from the…
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