2020 marks 100th year since women got right to vote
Ah, the times they are a-changin’, as recently demonstrated by Florida Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), who evidently believed it was okay to call a coworker a “f*cking b*tch” on the steps of the capitol.
Our need for a better healthcare system
I had an opportunity to go undercover to the frontlines last week, when a stubborn lung infection sent me on a three-day rest at Mayo Clinic in Sparta.
At least we have better masks than they did during the plague
So, you say you don’t like wearing a mask?
Coronavirus
N-O-W reports second case of Covid-19 among staff
Friday, Sept. 18: Monroe County has 18 new cases; Vernon County, six; and Juneau County, 12
Thursday, Sept. 17: Monroe County reports 12 new cases; Vernon County, three; and Juneau County, two
Wednesday, Sept. 16: Monroe County has 12 new cases; Vernon County, four; and Juneau County, eight
Tuesday, Sept. 15: Monroe County has eight new cases; Vernon County, four; and Juneau County, one
Archives
Former Wilton man describes air quality outside his Seattle residence
September 17th, 2020by County Line
A picture of Seattle’s iconic space needle shrouded in smoke flashed across my television screen this weekend.
‘Peace Data’ is a lovely name for a website
September 11th, 2020by County Line
“Peace Data” — What a lovely name for a website. Who isn’t in favor of peace
It’s a mad, mad world
September 1st, 2020by County Line
So, there it was, graffiti scrawled across the front of the old Kendall Motors building. And not just your usual, impolite, crude stuff one finds in bathrooms.
What if we made decisions based on what’s good for the people?
August 27th, 2020by County Line
Many moons ago, before I made the silly decision to go into the newspaper business, I made other, equally bad decisions. Most notably was the absurd idea that I would make a good beekeeper.
Will the pandemic prompt a new back-to-the-land movement?
July 22nd, 2020by County Line
Despite using the Internet for decades, I still forget how interconnected it has made us all.
Let’s have a serious discussion on the role of police
June 18th, 2020by County Line
On Oct. 17, 1949, the La Crosse Tribune reported that two Native American women, Dorene Brown, 25, and Marie Wadel, 24, were kidnapped in Scotts Bluff, Neb., and driven in a stolen car to Ontario, where the abductors stopped to get gas.
What they didn’t teach you in history class
June 15th, 2020by County Line
Here is stuff they did not teach you in history class.
We should have made more progress since 1968
June 3rd, 2020by County Line
As further evidence that I can be a slow learner, it took me 10 years to conclude that my grand adventure at big-city life was, well, an unqualified flop.
Graduates face unusual challenges
May 27th, 2020by County Line
Despite the constant barrage of death notices, obituaries, and eulogies for the newspaper industry, it has not escaped our notice that the Covid-19 disaster seems to have stirred up some interest in the old technology.
Our oligarchy is based on wealth
May 13th, 2020by County Line
Queen Elizabeth may be one of the few women still alive who are old enough to be my mother.
Covid-19 gives new life to quackery
May 6th, 2020by County Line
Once upon a time, not so long ago, one of Ontario’s businessmen often dispensed medical advice to his customers.
Community
Wilton’s Storytime in the Park is Monday
Ontario book group to meet
South Side News for Sept. 17
Wilton school
‘True Stories’: Reflecting on the ‘new normal’
News
St. Paul’s chicken-dinner fundraiser
Drinking-water study will go forward as planned
Vernon County Sheriff’s Report for Sept. 7–13
FFA’s pancake breakfast
Waning summer
Obituaries
Victor (Pete) Weber
Duane “Speed” Evans
Nancy J. Rueckheim
Lelah Mae (Downing) Smith
David Charles Fauska
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Trump’s words consistent with his actions
Letter to the editor: General advises Americans to vote for ‘real patriot’
Your right to know: Expand access to records online
Letter to the editor: Hypocrisy and racism in Trump’s America
Letter to the editor: Republicans guilty of corruption
Backtalk
Former Wilton man describes air quality outside his Seattle residence
‘Peace Data’ is a lovely name for a website
It’s a mad, mad world
What if we made decisions based on what’s good for the people?
2020 marks 100th year since women got right to vote
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