By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor In a state where we have endured slippery roads on Easter and shoveled snow on Mother’s Day, something is downright troubling about this winter. Yes, snowmobile fans are mortified as they wander through the hills, removing their...
Grothman’s attacks on single parents unfair
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Many would agree that the intelligence bar is set quite low for service in the Wisconsin Legislature. Despite that, Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) manages to consistently trip over it. He was the author of the bill that repeals...
In news business, less may be more
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Here I am, fresh from Madison and the annual Wisconsin Newspaper Association Convention. I can think of few activities more tedious than hearing about someone else's professional association. OK, maybe the Republican debates would...
Backtalk: FlackCheck offers way to remedy blatantly false political ads
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor How many times have you watched a political ad on television and groaned? Is your waistline expanding from all of the trips you have made to the refrigerator during those commercials? If you are politically engaged, perhaps you...
Kohl has a rare financial independence
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Does anyone pay much attention to Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl? Certainly not me. Though he has served as senator since 1988, Kohl never seems to draw attention to himself. We rarely receive press releases from his office, and if I...
It’s possible to succeed in the restaurant business
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor The buzz this week is the proposed sale of Ontario’s one and only restaurant. The previous owner folded up her tent about a year ago, and after all of the legal acrobatics, it now belongs to the Bank of Ontario. Evidently no one...
Wisconsin soldier's death gives reason to reflect on 10-year war
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor It may come as a surprise to the average news consumer that, contrary to conventional wisdom, most of us in the "elite liberal media" do not wring our hands in glee over misfortunes or missteps. Conveying the news about car wrecks,...
New legislation would rate schools like resorts, cheddar cheese
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Since the formation of the County Line, I have endured just five governors. Tommy Thompson is notable, probably because he was from Elroy and tended to be underfoot quite often. I recall absolutely nothing about Anthony Earl or...
Red fox along County Highway T shows lack of timidity
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor I am humiliated to report that although I used this column last week to question the worth of memory-enhancing dietary supplement Prevagen, I demonstrated in my front-page story on local board candidates that indeed my memory is on...
Biotech company promises to ease ravages of time
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Based on the number of her emails showing up in my inbox lately, Lisa Marie Lohse must be my new best friend. From all appearances, she is a public relations flak for Quincy Bioscience, a biotech company in Madison. Public...
