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  • Could we become a news desert?

    May 18th, 2023
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    Okay, it wasn’t a huge surprise. There has been chatter for some years. But this week, the publisher of the La Crosse Tribune announced the newspaper will print only on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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    Supreme Court race is indeed the nastiest and most expensive

    March 23rd, 2023
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    By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Emerita karen@thecountyline.net Okay, we were warned. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race will be the...

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    With Hulu series, furor over ‘The 1619 Project’ continues

    February 9th, 2023
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    Now I better understand one of the subjects the cable news talking heads have been discussing ardently the past several years. Considering the furor, you would have thought it was a pornography or sex education or, heaven forbid, evolution. But, no, it is “The 1619 Project,” now banned in Florida schools. 

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    We need to reconsider our expectations for police

    February 3rd, 2023
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    Imagine, if you will, two men stealing a car in Denver, fleeing across the country to Wisconsin, and kidnapping two women along the way. 

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    Antisemitism is alive and well

    January 30th, 2023
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    to be flipping through the channels Sunday, looking for something to amuse me on another of our endless dreary January days, when I stumbled across Ken Burns’ documentary “The US and the Holocaust.” I had viewed the full six hours when it was first released on PBS, but in my dotage, I had forgotten enough of it that once started, I could not look away. 

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  • Consider running for your village or town board

    January 5th, 2023
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    Okay, it’s time to take down the tree and shove the champagne glasses back on the high shelf that we short folks cannot reach.

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    ‘Silent Night’ has taken on important historical roles

    December 22nd, 2022
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    Until we added streaming service to our television watching, I never realized how many Christmas movies there are.

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    ‘Milked’ explores Latinos’ role in dairy industry

    December 2nd, 2022
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    I had just polished off a plate loaded with things I should not have eaten at the recent Norwalk Community Thanksgiving dinner when it occurred to me that I had not seen a single Latino face. 

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    Remembering Hardware Hank’s Julie Schreier

    November 17th, 2022
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    I recently was browsing through my very tattered and worn copy of “The Wiltonians.” Local history books will never be on the New York Times bestseller list, but they do become a constant reminder of where we have been, and in some cases, where we are headed.

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    Elections really do have consequences

    November 3rd, 2022
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    Take a deep breath. One more week.

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    Lincoln and Douglas were made of sterner stuff

    October 28th, 2022
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    Take a deep breath. It’s just two more weeks until we march to the polls and bring a merciful end to those political attack ads and the even more tedious yard signs (please bring back the pink flamingos).

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