Opinion
Off The Editor’s Desk – 4-22-2020
Not another six weeks! “Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”—Abraham Lincoln Over the last week, as I have watched television news, people that we know, including Mike Rowe, saying that having us stay at home is over played and should be…
Read MoreLTE – Susan Norman – 4-22-2020
Just a regular American Are you wondering what the hell is going on? All the old lessons of life just thrown out the window. We are all survivors of every epidemic that has ever been before in history, but we as human beings must have been sturdier and more resilient to adversity. Not so easily…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 4-15-2020
The Best is Yet to Come! “America is the place where anything can happen. America is the place where anyone can rise. And here, on this land, on this soil, on this continent, the most incredible dreams come true. “This nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece. We look at tomorrow and…
Read MoreLTE – Deanne Sczepanski – 4-8-2020
Don’t Panic! When we read about the plagues God sent in the Old Testament in the Bible, it becomes clear as to why he would send us Coronavirus. Not God-sent? How else would this disease spread to six continents within three weeks? God sent plagues of locusts, frogs, bloody rivers, leprosy, and gnats, to try…
Read MoreLTE – Terry Nichols – 4-8-2020
Referendum insanity If you don’t know by now, the April 2020 election will have 1.6 billion dollars of school district referenda across this state. Locally, add the Chippewa Valley Technical College for 48.8 million dollars. This is complete insanity. Every single elected official we send to Madison will have to come up with a cure…
Read MoreLTE – Cheryl Helgeson – 4-8-2020
Dear Editor, During this pandemic we are flooded with news on the number of new cases of COVID-19 and deaths each day. We are amazed at the numbers and rightly so. For over 40 years there has been more cases of a silent pandemic that has hardly been reported. More babies have been murdered from…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 4-8-2020
Are we doing our part in this pandemic? Are we as citizens doing our part to help stop the spread of this deadly virus COVID-19? What we can do is stay at home and not gather in groups. The newspaper business in one of the essential business according to the emergency order issued by Governor…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 4-1-2020
Who do we blame? Can we blame anyone or mother nature for the outbreak of the Coronavirus? But, it seems to me that at least some of the blame must fall on the Chinese government. A Chinese doctor that first raised the alarm about the Coronavirus died shortly after the world found out about it.…
Read MoreLTE – Kevin Bygd – 3-24-2020
March 24, 2020 Residents of Dunn County: Yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced his intention of issuing a “Safer at Home Order” to the people of Wisconsin in an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier today, he released the actual details of his order. Law enforcement leaders here in my office have been working…
Read MoreLTE – Terry Nichols – 4-1-2020
Funding of the Technical College System needs to go to the state level like the UW System For too long we have been taxed due to the antiquated funding statutes of the Technical College System. (WTCS). All public higher education belongs at the state level. The UW System answers to the Governor and the Legislature.…
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