Opinion
Off The Editor’s Desk – 11-21-2018
Free everything! Some people need to see socialism to believe it is bad! “People around the country were baffled when exit polls showed Robert or Beto O’Rourke won more votes from native Texans than incumbent Senator Ted Cruz in the midterm. But this should not be a surprise, it should be a lesson, some people…
Read MorePray for the Girl Scouts
by Pastor Steve Boyd, Faith Free Church, Boyceville As I heard the tragic story of loss when a car went off the road and killed three girl scouts and one of their leaders one thought that came to mind was, well that’s the end of that. There won’t be volunteer groups picking up trash along…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 11-7-2018
Dunn County should take over fire protection responsibilities! Over the last several weeks we have learned about the uproar from some citizens living in the Dunn County Township of Sherman about their town board having communications with the Menomonie Rural Fire Department officials. Those concerns are that the town board apparently is toying with the idea of asking the Menomonie Rural Fire…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 10-31-2018
Can’t accept outcome of election! Many people in the United States have yet to come to accept that Donald Trump won the election and is President of the United States. Get over it. Here is another example of what our kids are faced with in colleges that attempt to push one political agenda upon them.…
Read MoreLTE – Gary Stene – 10-31-2018
Election day is approaching for all of us, and it is the great and only opportunity for the public to have an impact on how and where our government is going.
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 10-24-2018
The last Republican President? Last week I read an article penned by Brett Aitken, Managing Director and senior analyst of Stanberry Research, titled “The last Republican President.” His opinion really hit home with the upcoming mid-term elections. I would like to quote a few items from his story to inform you why he thinks Trump…
Read MoreLTE – Kim Dupre – 10-24-2018
Do rural families have a right to clean drinking water from their wells? What we are learning across rural America is that many rural families cannot drink their well water due to contamination from ecoli, salmonella, nitrates, etc.
Read MoreLTE – Dave Woodruff – 10-24-2018
Kevin Bygd / Qualified, Experienced, and Prepared I first observed Dunn Co. Sheriff’s Office’s, Captain Kevin Bygd in 1989, when at age 19 he was hired as a jailer/ radio dispatcher. At that time I was an Inspector on the Wisconsin State Patrol, having been transferred to Menomonie in 1968.
Read MoreLTE – Jennifer Zisser – 10-24-2018
Charities are Facing a Crisis, But There’s Help For centuries, people have been donating to charity, supporting the causes and organizations most important to them. Sadly, charities are facing a crisis now—the number of people giving to charity is shrinking. Most charities rely on individual giving to survive. A new bill recently introduced in Congress,…
Read MoreLTE – Hjordis Olson – 10-17-2018
I went to a meeting about the Albertville Valley Mine in the Town of Howard. I said, “I wish they’d come down my driveway and offer me money because I wouldn’t say no, I’d say hell, no”! I would not take thirty pieces of silver to betray my neighbors and community by being part of…
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