By KELLY BURHOP Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District Administrator All public school districts in Wisconsin generate their tax levies by a complex formula that the state government instituted during the 1993-94 school year. This formula is a revenue control (revenue...
Letter to the Editor: Register opposition to Sportman’s Heritage Bill
By DEB WIEMAN Wisconsin has many beautiful and popular state parks in Wisconsin for many to enjoy. Wildcat Mountain is one of these unique places where people do a variety of activities, such as camping, hiking, biking and horseback riding, or just enjoying the...
Letter to the Editor: We must not allow high-voltage line
By PAT CONWAY | Ontario I have read with deep concern about the proposed Badger-Coulee transmission line route that would run through Amish country and beautiful family farms in the Kickapoo Valley. I understand the outrage of all the families that will be affected...
Letter to the Editor: Government takeover of health care would be an improvement
By DAVE WESTER | Elroy Tommy Thompson's statements about Tammy Baldwin, his opponent for the U.S. Senate, have convinced me to vote for her. Thompson has stated that Baldwin supports the government takeover of healthcare. Hooray for Baldwin! Health care is now taken...
Letter to the Editor: Feehan shouldn’t ‘dash hopes’ of those fighting ATC line
By DENA EAKLES | Ontario On Tuesday, Oct 16, I attended the debate among local legislative hopefuls in Viroqua. I wanted to know the positions of the candidates on the proposal to build eight 150-foot-high transmission lines through our state, including parks,...
Letter to the Editor: County jail project was needlessly derailed
By FERNNELL BECHER | Norwalk The article written by Judge J. David Rice in the Sparta Herald's Sept. 24 issue brings to our attention that the Monroe County jail project is still at a standstill. The county board has failed to uphold its promise to the state to remedy...
Money & Politics: Congressional candidate cash on rise, too
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Jay Heck is clear on who’s to blame — the U.S. Supreme Court. The executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a nonpartisan group that backs campaign finance reform, says the huge and perhaps...
Money & Politics: Outside cash flows to hot state races
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Forget opinion polling. Ignore endorsements. Never mind how much money the candidates raise. To see which electoral races are truly competitive, look at where the special interests are putting their money....
Letter to the Editor: We need more regulation, not less
By DAVE WESTER | Elroy Republicans are fond of denigrating the government while casting a saintly aura around private business, as candidate Romney did during the Oct. 3 presidential debate. The problem is that such characterization is not supported by real-world...
Guest View: State’s silence on public requests for energy information unacceptable
By ROB DANIELSON If Wisconsin law required American Transmission Company to answer all of the questions it received from local governments and citizens during the public information phase of the Badger-Coulee review process, an important discussion about the pros and...
