Opinion
Off The Editor’s Desk – 1-29-2020
New County Highway building! Last Thursday I was given a tour of the new St. Croix County Highway facility just south of the Interstate in Baldwin. Don Hogenson, a former employee of the highway department, arranged the tour with County Highway Commissioner, Robbie Krejci. The adjoining photo is of Hogenson standing on the left and…
Read MoreLTE – Jim Emmert – 1-22-2020
As this administration’s trade wars continue, grain producers across the Midwest are among those who have been hit the hardest. President Trump can alleviate some of this pain by maintaining his promises and enacting sound ethanol policy. In Wisconsin alone, over 20,000 farm families depend on biofuel production to provide stability in grain markets. Special…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 1-22-2020
It ain’t fittin, it ain’t fittin, it just ain’t fittin! It ain’t fittin, it just ain’t fittin were the words that actress Hattie McDaniel uttered as Mammy in the movie “Gone With the Wind.” She had these words with Scarlett O’Hara when Scarlett did some things that were not socially acceptable back in the 1860s.…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 1-15-2020
No political speeches at Golden Globes night! It seems that whenever a crowd gathers and a liberal gets a chance to mouth off, they step forward, put their foot in their mouths and call conservatives some sort of bad name. I have for a long time made a point not to watch any program where…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 1-8-2020
Those who passed in 2019 I was reading the St. Paul Pioneer Press of December 29, 2019, which carried a story of those famous and in some cases not so famous people that passed away in 2019. Included in their list were a few that I could relate to, including John Paul Stevens, 99, on…
Read MoreLTE – Roger Stansbury – 1-1-2020
I have lately spent two weeks at Glenhaven, recovering from a lite stroke they say. I just want you to know how well I was taken care of. I was in level B, I think, for Rehab. The people that took care of my every need were very nice to me, also the cooks and…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 1-1-2020
Federal Gov. is taking in more, spending much more I thought that when Donald Trump became president that he would attempt to reduce the federal debt. He has made many spending cuts, but Congress keeps spending more money than the Federal Government takes in. The debt has passed the $23 trillion mark. With all eyes…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 12-25-2019
I wish I had something better to talk about! During this Holiday season we should be talking about Christmas giving and the good things that we have been blessed with. But instead, what we are faced with is the Impeachment of the President. I switched the television back and forth Wednesday night to watch the…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk – 12-18-2019
George and Martha Washington’s White House Christmas As I sat at my desk daydreaming the other day, I began to wonder what it was like at the White House for President George Washington and First Lady Martha. Washington served as President from 1789 to 1797. I found a website called “44 Diaries” where I got…
Read MoreLTE – Terry Nichols – 12-18-2019
Referendum fever has finally reach its peak Over 16 years I have been saying that the funding of the Tech College System needs to go to the state level; then and only then will there be financial accountability. The funding model like the UW System will be accountable to our elected officials and the Governor.…
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