By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor As annoying as this job can often be, and I do mean REALLY annoying, some moments make me wonder how I got so lucky. Wednesday was one of those days. I deposited the newest issues of the County Line at the post office, and then...
Teachers unions adjust to new role
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Somewhere between the football victory and the golf tournament, I wonder if alumni rallying for Brookwood's 50th anniversary gave thought to the changes afoot in their alma mater and, for that matter, all of Wisconsin public...
‘Decline the line’ too polite of an assertion
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor I confess it has been weeks and weeks since a colorfully packaged DVD from American Transmission Company arrived in the mail. It migrated around the front counter for a time, and then moved to my desk and finally settled next to...
Back issues of Ocooch Mountain News offer glimpse into back-to-land movement
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor If you are old enough to remember The Ocooch Mountain News, then you are so old that you recall receiving only a few local television channels and the days when the noun “apple” referred to a fruit, not a computer. The Ocooch...
Does Michelle Bachmann really know what God thinks?
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Who would have thought it? Last month’s East Coast earthquake and last week’s Hurricane Irene can be directly attributed to God expressing his disapproval of the federal deficit. At least that’s the case according to Michelle...
45-minute WPR interview is actually quite brief
BY KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor My brief encounter with fame came and went, and here I am back at my desk, riding the same old pony. In case you missed it, and most did, I had an interview Monday on Wisconsin Public Radio with Larry Meiller. You can still find it...
CRG statistics on school salaries are misleading
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Over the years, the County Line occasionally has printed public workers’ salaries and benefits. That practice is not earthshaking; it is all public record and available at any citizen’s request. It always generates a certain amount...
Creators of Wild and Scenic Rivers program were statesmen, not politicians
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Did you know that if hopped in a canoe and paddled the St. Croix River, the scene would be nearly identical to what you might have seen in 1968, when Congress designated the St. Croix River and the Namekagon as Wild and Scenic...
Do you want to go back to 1951?
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Here’s something you probably never considered: If the print newspaper really is at the end of its useful life, what will people use for insulation in walls? OK, we have other materials these days, but they lack charm. Who will...
Backtalk: Kendall cannabis crowd was modest at best
By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor Though I did not attend A Cannabis Fair in Kendall on Saturday, I have it from a reliable source that the crowd was, well, modest. This must have been a relief to the Kendall Village Board members, some of whom feared a reprisal of...
