Opinion
Off The Editor’s Desk – 8-26-2020
White people, give up your homes and checkbooks! Over the last week as the Democratic national convention was getting underway and a couple of unrelated news items were broadcast that was very distrubing to me. First was the report that came over on a television video showing protesters out west that were demanding, ”Give up…
Read MoreLTE – Kathy Standaert – 8-19-2020
To the Editor, A BIG shout out to the young adults working for the City of Glenwood City. You are doing an amazing job watering the flower baskets on Main Street. I have never seen them look this beautiful. Keep up the good work… A Happy Citizen of GC, Kathy Standaert
Read MoreLTE – Butch Jackson – 8-19-2020
This is America – should I be afraid to express my political and religious opinions in this land of the free? Unfortunately the answer may be yes. I watch the news like everyone else and I have seen so much rioting, looting, death, vandalism, disrespect and disregard for the law that I cannot stay silent.…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 8-19-2020
All out assault on the NRA I am an all out believer in our Constitution and it has served us well since it was first passed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. But in the last twenty or more years it seems that the political movement within this country is to attempt…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 8-12-2020
What type of ballot do you prefer? With the Coronavirus pandemic still hitting the population hard, come November how would you like to vote in the presidential election. Like, we always have done, go to the polling place and cast your ballot in a voting booth or ask for an absentee ballot to be sent…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 8-5-2020
What a circus! The three ring circus in Washington D.C. is just getting hotter and if you think we have seen the last of that show, just wait, because in the next ninety days or so before the November election, the main event will unfold. First we had to endure almost three years of an…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 7-29-2020
How to live to 100 or more! I receive reports from the web site called “The Health Edge” and one that I received recently caught my attention because it was on how to live to be over 100 years old. They addressed the six rules of eating for longevity. Their report read this way: “According…
Read MoreLTE – Chuck Boyer – 7-22-2020
For those of you keeping score at home regarding the Dunn Energy Cooperative board of directors’ elections last month, Rachel Kummer won her contest and Jim Zons came oh so close, losing by a whisker. Most encouraging were the vote totals, more than 12 percent higher than in previous elections, indicating greater member/owner involvement. Rachel’s…
Read MoreLTE – Terry Nichols – 7-22-2020
The Tech College System routinely borrows millions every year The Wisconsin Technical College system routinely borrows million every year and that is a fact. What is also a fact is that this yearly borrowing of the Technical Colleges System is not a report at the state level. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) which is the…
Read MoreLTE – Audrey Anderson – 7-22-2020
Glenwood City – I thank you! Every time I come to town I see your lovely, hanging flower baskets. Last year they were just as nice. They are a treat to my eyes! Boyceville, yours are very nice too and the Friendship Garden is such a wonderful idea! Some people work very hard to keep…
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