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As hurried and busy as life seems these days, we still spend plenty of time waiting. Estimates are that we can spend an average of six months of our life waiting.
I thought about waiting …
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By Chris Hardie
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2/28/24
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I am retiring.
Not officially, but I think it’s time to “shut down” certain parts of my life.
Like if there’s a crowd, I’m retired from being in it.
I …
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By John McLoone
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2/22/24
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Recently the Assembly and Senate passed legislation asking Wisconsin voters if they want to continue the practice of allowing one person in our state government to control and spend billions of …
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By Rep. Warren Petryk
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2/22/24
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In the Wisconsin State Senate there is a program for high school juniors and seniors to learn more about how your Wisconsin State Senate operates. It’s called the Wisconsin Senate Scholars …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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2/21/24
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Is it sad that I’m looking forward to having surgery because it means I’ll be forced to rest for a couple of days? Never mind the pain, but being able to rest thanks to doctor’s …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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2/21/24
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A long, long time ago when I worked in newsrooms far, far away, I liked to tell aspiring journalists my definition of news: It’s what people are talking about.
It was justification and …
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By Chris Hardie
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2/21/24
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We have a couple of these security cameras mounted on the front of our house. It sends me an alert every time there’s an intruder.
I get sent a video clip every time one of them is …
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By John McLoone
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2/14/24
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When I was first elected to the State Assembly, one of my first responsibilities was to meet with law enforcement officials in the area. One of their top issues, which they raised then and …
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By Rep. Warren Petryk
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2/14/24
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The best way for anyone in power to hold onto power is to change laws and limit public participation. We have seen that strategy played out many times for over a decade in Wisconsin.
Maybe the …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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2/14/24
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We’re a bunch of spoiled brats if we complain about life in the 21st century. We’ve been blessed with a super active media and abundance: Have you seen the recent data on corn production …
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By Dave Wood
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2/14/24
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Some people in the River Falls School District have questioned the wisdom of spending money on leasing a new building for the Renaissance Charter Academy. They say it was done in secret, though it …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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2/14/24
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My older son Kyle, who has always been rather direct, calls it “Crackbook.”
Don’t get him started, or you’ll likely hear a rant about people walking around in a daze …
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By Bill Barth
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2/14/24
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One constant I’ve noticed in myself as I’ve grown older is that I’ve become more reflective. Perhaps that comes with age, but there are times when I see or hear something and it …
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By Chris Hardie
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2/14/24
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Nicknames are getting a bad rep these days possibly because social media has allowed them to be used anonymously. But “back in the day” when we lived without wire service, having a …
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By Dave Wood
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2/8/24
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As April begins to approach, residents of Wisconsin start to prepare for tax season. But this tax season I would like to advise Wisconsin taxpayers to exercise caution as tax theft is on the rise. …
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By Rep. Warren Petryk
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2/8/24
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Editor’s note: The WNA Foundation recently held the Wisconsin Civics Games Editorial Writing & Cartoon Contest. Returning for a third year, the contest asks students to convey their opinion …
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By Emmitt Anderson, Bloomer Middle School
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2/8/24
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I made a comment a few weeks back that may have been taken the wrong way.
I wrote that we do the “lion’s share of the work” in getting your newspaper delivered by the United …
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By John McLoone
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2/8/24
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Chatting with piano tuner Jeff Erickson brought back many memories for me (see the story on the front page). I took piano lessons for about a decade, from age 6-16, from Barb Ritts in River Falls. I …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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2/8/24
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Constituents visit the Capitol every week to lobby their Senators and Representatives on topics they care deeply about. Last week, hundreds of people came to Madison for Ag Day at the Capitol, the …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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2/8/24
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We all have that friend who is completely unaware of their surroundings. That’s called obliviousness. In politics, obliviousness may affect one politician, but it’s called ignorance when …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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2/1/24
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