Opinion

Fri
26
Feb

Stanek column: Even non-sports fans should be happy this week

It’s been a running joke among family, friends and co-workers that Heather Stanek does not know sports.

Fri
26
Feb

Nature and Society: Normal is never returning

I hate to tell you, but "normal" is never coming back. It never does. Even without a major disruption of society like this miserable pandemic, "normal" is always a transitory thing. If what was normal in my mother's day were to come back, women would be wives and mothers and homemakers, not pilots and engineers and doctors.

Fri
26
Feb

Letter: Truth in Labeling protects producers, consumers

As an owner and Master Cheesemaker at Klondike Cheese Company in Monroe, I am thankful to see State Senator Howard Marklein re-introducing his Truth in Food Labeling legislation to promote dairy product protections in our state.

Fri
26
Feb

Letter: A poem about Ron Johnson

My name is Ron Johnson

I come from Wisconsin

But the people don’t like me much there.

To the Senate I was elected

But the work I rejected,

Sucking up to Trump’s ego

Was easier than expected.

We hate federal regulation,

But Texas experimentation,

With going off the grid,

Fri
26
Feb

Letter: Morgan Freeman has it right

I love guys like Morgan Freeman. Freeman is a hug-gable guy, much like Martin Luther King.  Both are non-violent people seeking unification.

Actor Morgan Freeman said on “60 Minutes” that he finds the concept of Black History Month to be “ridiculous.”

Fri
26
Feb

Guest column: Transportation budget--Fixing what we have

Gov. Evers ran on a promise to repair our deteriorating roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure. The Governor made good on that promise by investing the greatest amount of new transportation spending in a generation.

Thu
25
Feb

Geiger Counter

The case for legalizing marijuana   Our state might abolish a law that most people have already broken. A decade ago it would have seemed radical. Today it seems almost quaint. And yet, petty politics, old grudges and fervent tribalism will surely make it difficult to come to an agreement about something on which most people actually agree.
Wed
24
Feb

District Administrator's Corner

by Loren Glasbrenner River Valley School District Administrator
Wed
24
Feb

Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, As an owner and Master Cheesemaker at Klondike Cheese Company in Monroe, I am thankful to see State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) re-introducing his Truth in Food Labeling legislation to promote dairy product protections in our state.
Wed
24
Feb

A View of the Valley

by Linda Schwanke It’s cold and it’s getting colder It’s gray and white and winter all around And oh I must be getting older And all this snow is trying to get me down There’s a fire in the corner slowly dyin’(away) Sometimes I just don’t feel like goin’ on (anymore) And yet I know it’s more than worth the waiting

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