By Debbie Tainter | Ontario This morning my husband woke me up so I could see the beautiful display of orange and red before the sunrise. Breathtaking ... what an inspiring way to start the day, I thought. But then, as I often do, I turned my...
Letter to the editor: He counts on you
By Dena Eakles | rural Ontario Do you so want a savior that any savior will do? He said you would love him even if he killed a man on Fifth Avenue, and you said, “Yes.” He said he gets away with grabbing women, and you said, “Yes.” He said reporters who challenged him...
Vote for Susan Crawford
By Don Foy | La Farge There are many good reasons to vote for Judge Susan Crawford in the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court race. She has experience as a prosecutor, lawyer, and Circuit Court Judge, and supports public schools, women’s rights, workers’ rights and...
Letter to the editor: April 1 decision!
By Lee D. Van Landuyt | Hillsboro Elon Musk purchased Donald Trump’s presidency for “nearly $300 million” (AP/March 5, 2025), allowing Trump to avoid ongoing court cases and ended additional convictions and possible prison time. This is why Trump desperately needed to...
Letter to the editor: Dictator
By Lee D. Van Landuyt | Hillsboro Donald Trump said he would be a dictator “only on day one.” For most, day one means 24 hours. Not so with Trump. We are now over three weeks into his promised dictatorship with no letup in his indiscriminate, dictatorial decrees....
Letter to the editor: Protect life in the womb
By Michael T. Gjefle | Ontario Since the issue of abortion was brought up by a letter to the editor in last week’s County Line, let me share a few thoughts. Pro-abortion people continually emphasize the right to kill the baby for cases of rape and incest. Well, those...
Letter to the editor: Sheriffs are not final authority
By Don Foy | La Farge Sheriffs, deputies and police officers perform a very difficult job, often under very difficult circumstances. Sometimes they risk their lives to protect us, so they deserve our esteem and should probably be paid more. But the notion of...
Letter to the editor: An overused word: abortion
By Kay Ziegahn | Richland Center The word “abortion” comes from two Latin words: “ab,” a preposition meaning “out of” or “away from,” and “ortus,” a noun meaning “place” or “origin, birth.” English puts those two Latin words together, giving us a verb, “abort,” and a...
Letter to the editor: A retrospective story
The experience was seared into my memory forever and all time. It should not have happened to any child. Perhaps … Read the rest
Letter to the editor: Keep birthright citizen
Donald Trump and conservative Republicans want to end the “birthright citizenship” provision of the 14th Amendment, which basically says if … Read the rest
