Royall’s referendum is of vital importance

Editor’s note: Royall High School alum Alice Palamaruk submitted the following letter to the Royall Board of Education. By Alice Palamaruk | Royall High School class of 2024 I am a former student of Royall High School, and I am writing to express my strong support for...

Letter to the editor: Farm Bureau endorses Baldwin

By Joey Esterline | Norwalk/Sparta U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin was recently endorsed by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors, which brings an important awareness to why she must be re-elected on Nov. 5.  “Sen. Baldwin has been a steadfast advocate for...

Letter to the editor: Wisconsin needs to expand Medicaid

By Ed Martinez | Viroqua In 2005, my wife and I retired to Viroqua, Wis. I worked 30 years in public healthcare in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and overseas. I served as CEO of one of the largest public hospitals in the U.S. and was appointed to the Advisory...

Your Right to Know: Shine more light on open investigations

By Kelly Lecker A horrific scene played out in February in an apartment complex in Middleton, a Madison suburb. A woman and her two young children had died. The tight-knit community mourned for this family as its members asked: How could this happen?  Kelly Lecker...

Letter to the editor: Are you better off?

By Dani Sulik | Kendall Republican candidates are asking, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Well, I haven’t had to go on a scavenger hunt for toilet paper. We have effective protocols for Covid. We didn’t experience the projected recession. We’ve...

Letter to the editor: Trump: Man or Beast?

By Kay Ziegahn | Richland Center What would our world be like if it was ready for a heavenly existence? I believe all humanity would be living in peace and equality, without the fear, hate, hunger and wars that plague so many now. Then that would actually be...

Letter to the editor: Political parties and other things

By MIKE ERICKSON | Elroy To start this rant or whatever you want to call it, I will tell you outright that political parties are dangerous to our liberty and money.  During my 81 years of life so far, I have seen what these parties do; mostly they are all self...

Letter to the editor: Reproductive rights

By MICHAEL T. GJEFLE | Ontario That sounds good, doesn’t it? In our current world, that pertains to a woman’s right to kill the baby in her womb.  My wife and I have been blessed with eight wonderful children; we have been even more blessed with lots of...

Letter to the editor: Is Big Brother already listening?

By DANI SULIK | Kendall When George Orwell’s novel 1984 was published in 1949, it was seen as a fictional cautionary tale about a dystopian future. Among other things, 1984 is about authoritarianism and the manipulation of facts and truth to completely control...

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