Opinion
LTE – Terry Nichols – 3-4-2020
Chippewa Valley Tech’s referendum is legal and unfair to local property taxpayers. After finding out Chippewa Valley Tech was headed for a referendum in the April 2020 election, I contacted the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) for the details. The property taxpayers in CVTC’s district may be unaware of what I found out. I found that…
Read MoreLTE – Chuck Boyer – 2-26-2020
In early March, all of us Dunn Energy Cooperative member/owners will be receiving our ballots for this year’s board of directors elections. Please, do not toss your ballots. Two outstanding candidates are on this year’s ballot: JAMES ZONS and RACHEL KUMMER. Both have years of public service experience, most recently, Jim on the Dunn County…
Read MoreLTE – Terry Nichols – 2-26-2020
Talk about mission creep of our tech college system. If I told you that Nicolet College in Rhinelander WI. has special agreements with Southwest Technical College in Fennimore Wi, and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Rice Lake relating to two-year General Education, Associate Degrees in Science would you find that alarming? I find it completely…
Read MoreLTE – Jane Pedersen – 2-26-2020
Eighteen-year-olds face the exciting prospect of heading to the polls for the first time in their lives. Yet, younger citizens vote in lower numbers than their parents and grandparents. The voices and views of young Americans are critical to our future. Fortunately, civic literacy skills (part of the Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies) are taught…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 2-26-2020
The only winner was Donald Trump! I watched the entire two hours of the six Democratic Presidential candidates debate in Las Vegas last Wednesday night. The only conclusion that can be said is that President Donald Trump was the winner and he wasn’t even on the stage. As we choose who is going to be…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 2-19-2020
Can you vision yourself without any cash in your pocket? Can you see yourself and the rest your fellow citizens going about your daily routine without any cash available for spending money? Right now you have cash in your pocket and may at least have one credit or debt card that allows you to do…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 2-12-2020
If our leaders can’t get along, how do they expect us to? There is so much hate between the two political parties in Washington D. C. that it is a miracle that we, as just plain American citizens can get along without becoming the “Hatfields and McCoy feud.” I watched the entire “State of the…
Read MoreLTE – Tom Aebly – 2-5-2020
January 28, 2020 Dear Editor, As we come to the end of the opening statements, in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, I would like to point out the televised coverage by CNN and MSNBC: During the opening statements by the Democrats, I had no problem finding coverage of their comments. It is quite…
Read MoreLTE – LeAnn Ralph – 2-5-2020
I, for one, am glad the Colfax Village Board has approved an agreement for the Colfax Rescue Squad to supply naloxone (brand name Narcan®) to the Elk Mound Police Department. As Don Knutson, director of the rescue squad pointed out at the Colfax Village Board’s January 27 meeting, it is not only people with opioid…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 2-5-2019
Can’t tolerate a different opinion! I had hoped by this time the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be over and the Congress could get along with what they need to get accomplished. But it will go on forever. The Democratic members of that do nothing body have made it very clear, that they will…
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