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Your Right to Know: Expand access to records online


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The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that many of our jobs can be done digitally and remotely.

We’ve found that we can process reports, post documents online and share files with ease from our home workplaces. In some cases, providing access to information is actually easier than it was before.

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Guest column: Reedsburg woman is major reason we have local girls athletics

The east wall of the Reedsburg Area High School Commons holds the Reedsburg Athletic Hall of Fame. The wall is adorned with plaques that honor the athletes that have made their mark over the more than one hundred years of Reedsburg’s interscholastic competition.

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Letter: Trump’s comments on veterans should influence voters

Retired Army General Paul Eaton posted a video on, September 3rd, detailing Trump’s disparaging remarks denigrating U.S. service members buried in a French cemetery during World War I as “losers.” Trump referred to U.S. Marines killed at Belleau Wood during World War I as “suckers.”

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Letter: COVID-19 isn’t the most dangerous virus

The most evil virus known to human kind is quickly spreading throughout the world, claiming victims everywhere it spreads. It is a disease whose vaccines are being developed and promoted, but as yet, only one with a proven track record.

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Letter: BLM protest was peaceful despite heckling

I am writing concerning the Black Lives Matter rally in Reedsburg on Aug. 23rd. If you missed it, you might imagine a dangerous scene. That’s inaccurate.

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Stanek column: COVID? No, just allergies

Fall sports aren’t the only thing you’ll notice an abundance of lately.

So many people are dealing with the scourge that is ragweed season. It’s as synonymous with late summer as going back to school.

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Take Time Peace

I am printing this article because of the occurrence of the tragedy our nation experienced this past year:  The unrest surrounds us.

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Democrats: Task force not effective response to racial, policing issues

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ call for a task force to address racial disparity and public safety falls far short of what’s needed in the wake of civil unrest after Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake, say Capitol Democrats who question the effectiveness of such panels.

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10
Sep

Your Right to Know: Expand access to records online

By Steven Potter September 1, 2020   The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that many of our jobs can be done digitally and remotely.  We’ve found that we can process reports, post documents online and share files with ease from our home workplaces. In some cases, providing access to information is actually easier than it was before.
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Letters to the editor

I was not born or even raised in Black Earth. And didn’t arrive in Wisconsin until 1990. Despite that, it didn’t take long for me to discover the Black Earth Library and the unlimited support I was about to receive! You could call it the information hub in “living color.”

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