By CATHY LUND | Viroqua I appreciated the well-articulated article Gail Frie wrote in the paper regarding the landfill. It is a complicated issue involving many people, their habits and efforts, costs and budgets, fears and unknowns, and even some realities that are...

Recently I became aware of information being circulated in the county through social media and emails that questions the safety … Read the rest

By BOB BREIDENSTEIN | rural Ontario Nuts! That the latest U.S. Supreme Court justice, at her confirmation hearing, with a bewildered look on her face, declared that she just couldn’t say what a woman was. Nuts! That a 14-year-old girl was raped in a Virginia public...

You’re thinking, “She’s complaining about the Republicans again.” And you’d be right.

Otto von Bismarck once said: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes … Read the rest

Winter meant skating, ice and roller skating. The new pavilion in Ontario has taken the place of the old Ontario … Read the rest

By DANI SULIK | Kendall Who doesn’t love grammar? Okay, so you may not love it, but you know when it’s gone bad. While I admit to ungrammatical texts and throwing in an ain’t now and again, when TV presenters refer to the Democratic Party (correct adjective form) as...

By KAY ZIEGAHN | Richland Center Donald Trump quotes dictators he admires: Russia’s Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan, and Hungary’s Orban — all dictators of ill repute. He says he “will be a dictator just for one day,” but which of these favorites of his have remained in power...