By JEROME HUNDT | Cashton Are there wolves at Jersey Valley Park? When several people have seen them in broad daylight, I think most already know the answer. This is not surprising, because the DNR says the largest pack in Wisconsin is at Fort McCoy, only a few...
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Letter to the Editor: Ron Hoff has done a wonderful job
Ron Hoff has done a wonderful job as Vernon County Clerk for the last nine-plus years. Besides the regular clerk duties, in the past six years there have been constant changes in elections - the process of getting voting machines for all 33 polling places, the...
Letter to the Editor: Was it a good decision to close the Kendall school?
By CRAIG BUSWELL | Kendall Last year the Royall School Board closed the Kendall Elementary School in a 4-1 vote. Prior to the vote, the superintendent held meetings in Kendall at the various clubs and organizations to take the temperature of the Kendall electorate to...
Money & Politics: Contracting report shines light, casts shadows
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism A belatedly issued report on the state’s hiring of outside contractors is raising fresh questions about the integrity of the process. “It’s no wonder that the Department of Administration tried to delay...
Letter to the Editor: Obama’s directive on immigration benefits us all
By SANDRA McANANY | Murfreesboro, Tenn. During the first three years of President Obama's presidency, more than 1.1 million immigrants were deported, a figure that exceeds any president's record since the 1950s. Fast-forward to June 2012. In one sweep of the pen,...
Letter to the Editor: Shame on Norwalk
By R.L. STANTON | Norwalk Here I am again. Village officers ignore the cat problem, and it just keeps getting worse. Yes, now there are kittens. This morning one just about jumped on my head as I opened the door to tie my dog out. It seems to me that this is a real...
Letter to the Editor: ATC plans to keep people in the dark
By BRAD STEINMETZ Town of Stark Chair (Vernon County) and by BEV VAILLANCOURT Town of La Valle Chair (Sauk County) After nearly two years of trying to obtain useful information about the proposed Badger-Coulee transmission line, the people of western Wisconsin are...
VEDA helps with efforts to revitalize Ontario
By KATHY NEIDERT | VEDA board member Vernon Economic Development Association Executive Director Susan Noble has been meeting with community and business representatives in Ontario to help revitalize the village. A new welcome center will open soon in Ontario's Palen...
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