By ERVIN MULKEY The Veterans Administration has once again come out with new findings for veterans who served during the Gulf War era, during 1990-1991, called the "Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Task Force Report." Several other reports have come out since the task...
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Money & Politics: Fundraising appeals sound similar themes
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism By now, the people of Wisconsin are well aware what happens when elections loom: saturation television ads and robocalls at a frequency that constitutes actual harassment. The groundwork for these...
Letter to Editor: ATC will change landscape
By CINTHIA DAVEY | Kendall Fellow citizens: There are those who would very much like to alter the land around us. Most of us in these parts appreciate the great beauty of the driftless area of Wisconsin, and that is why we are here. ATC will change the landscape and...
Letter to the Editor: Elroy-Sparta State Trail is ‘horrible mess’
By DONNA BAUERNFEIND Wild Woman Wannabees Shop, Wilton A big thanks to Alice Brandau for her concerned words in the last issue about the damage to the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. What a horrible mess! After he saw the uprooted trees and hacked off, shredded and dangling...
Money & Politics: Hunters on both sides of controversial bills
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism In sizing up the just-concluded 2011-12 legislative session, the Associated Press included hunters among its list of “winners,” noting the passage of bills to end the state’s earn-a-buck deer program and...
Letter to the Editor: Lilacs destroyed on Elroy-Sparta State Trail
By ALICE BRANDAU | Kendall At the Roundhouse Park in Kendall, the ornamental Bradford tree is in full bloom, and the large yellow maple next to it is getting ready for the show. The purple cornflowers are waiting for the bed of leaves to be removed, and the huge white...
Money & Politics: Presidential ad deluge hits Wisconsin
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism When we spoke on March 21, Mike McCabe issued an apparent weather bulletin, as for a brief but violent thunderstorm: “It will be sudden, and it won’t last very long,” predicted McCabe, executive director of...
Veterans’ Corner: Service members qualify for many benefits
By ERVIN MULKEY Hello, again. It has been a while since I have written, and I greatly apologize to anyone who has missed reading my column. I am hoping to get a column to you at least once a month. As we all know, many of our service members are on their way home from...
Letter to the Editor: Vote for Stacy Smith for municipal court judge
By TIMOTHY J. GASKELL Vernon County District Attorney I write today in support of Stacy Smith for municipal court judge for the Regional Center Court. I have known Stacy in his capacity as a private attorney since 1998 and as my assistant district attorney since...
