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It will be a seemingly endless campaign season
March 14th, 2024by County Line
By KAREN PARKER County Line Publisher Emerita I would imagine if Eric Hovde has secured any demographic in his campaign...
A vibrant press is essential to democracy
March 11th, 2024by County Line
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Emerita Sadly, there was no obituary in the paper for the Vernon Focus....
In 2024, remember that politics were ugly 100 years ago, too
February 5th, 2024by County Line
Good grief! We are barely into the new year, and I am ready to go back to 2023 or leap ahead to 2025. Are we really in for an entire year of presidential election babble?
Private insurers insert profit-over-patient mentality into Medicare
November 9th, 2023by County Line
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Emerita I met Dave Zweifel many years ago, at a Wisconsin Newspaper Association...
Does the Parents’ Rights Act ensure any new rights?
October 12th, 2023by County Line
By KAREN PARKER County Line Publisher Emerita It has been a curious sight last week watching the House of Representatives...
Medicare Advantage reflects power insurance companies have over Congress
September 28th, 2023by County Line
By KAREN PARKER County Line Publisher Emerita If you ever had any doubt about the power insurance companies have over...
Celebrating Wildcat’s 75th: The Lord brothers are two intriguing figures from Ontario’s history
September 15th, 2023by County Line
Of all the colorful and eccentric characters in local history few are as intriguing as two brothers, Ed and Charles Lord.
Recalling the flood of 2018
August 31st, 2023by County Line
If there is anything good about a flood, it does force a major house cleaning. This week marks five years since the flood of 2018 that swept through Ontario, built up steam, and continued on its way to the Wisconsin and the Mississippi, leaving behind a forever-changed landscape in the towns along the Kickapoo River.
When will Wilton’s hotbed cool down?
August 24th, 2023by County Line
By KAREN PARKER County Line Publisher Emerita Once in a while, just for kicks, I pull out one of the...
Republicans shouldn’t have defunded state Office of School Safety
August 3rd, 2023by County Line
By KAREN PARKER County Line Publisher Emerita Last week, just for fun, I sat through a webinar from the Wisconsin...
We’ve entered a new era of fake news
July 13th, 2023by County Line
Okay, dear readers. You may find this piece tedious, and you can skim it, but please, please, read to the end of this week’s column. Here it goes: