Opinion
LTE – Heather Jerrie – 10-7-2020
Dear Editor, For years we in the rural areas have been frustrated by the lack of decent internet service. And in these past months, with all of us thrown into working, learning and socializing more online, it’s made it clear that access to good broadband service is essential for us all. The lack of strong…
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It’s spreading! Now the President and the first Lady have contracted the Corona-19 virus with the President ending up in the hospital over the past weekend. The virus has also infected Wisconsin Untied States Senator Ron Johnson, and it seems like it is out of control. Is the President right by trying to keep our…
Read MoreLTE – Dale Wester – 9-30-2020
Letter to the editor There’s a simple thing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can do to ease the burden facing Wisconsin farmers and biofuel producers: uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard, as required by law. While there has been recent progress, the agency’s actions have repeatedly hurt biofuels, which drains income from rural communities across our…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 9-30-2020
To get rich, get elected! “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” ~Leonardo da Vinci I have often wondered how people that get elected to our nation’s highest…
Read MoreLTE – Richard and Doris Buhr – 9-23-2020
Letter to Editor Do you know where you will end up when you meet your maker? (That means God, judement) This coming election can weigh a lot on that if you vote the wrong way. First off I have to say neather party person will be a god who will save us from all our…
Read MoreLTE – Jim Laskin – 9-23-2020
Letter to the editor When I was a kid, every Sunday our family would drive to my grandparents’ farm. We drove for about an hour through the Wisconsin countryside, past seemingly endless herds of cows all living on their own picture-perfect farms. After lunch we would wander around and visit the barn, the cows in…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 9-23-2020
The fight now begins! With the passing of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the fight in the United States Senate is about to get underway. If you think the battle two years ago when President Trump nominated Brent Kavanaugh was a circus, just wait until next week after the President makes his choice to…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 9-16-2020
Domestic terrorism or foreign insurgents! Three and a half months ago George Floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis police, there has been consent violent protest throughout our country since. Some people that are running for public office call the protest, “Peaceful”. But when you decide to block the right of way of a…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 9-9-2020
Coffee Time How many of you take time in the morning to visit some area establishment for an eye opener and sip on a cup of coffee. Or maybe it’s a local bar for that Bloody Mary to get the day started. What ever you do, most of the time it’s with some friends, an…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 9-2-2020
Speaker of the House! I have often spoke about our current “Speaker of the House” Nancy Pelosi and have called her the Wicked Witch of the West. I promised that I would not call any other politicians names and I have held to that. I subscribe to a firm that handles cartoons for publication called…
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