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Funny, you’re a stranger come here/come from another town. Funny I’m a stranger myself here/Small world, isn’t it?
That’s for sure, Johnny Mathis. I just received a …
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By Dave Wood
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7/9/25
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To the editor,
It seems there’s no limit to our current president’s cruelty and lack of human decency. Now he gloats over the establishment of an “Alligator …
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7/9/25
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The 2025-27 state budget was approved by the Wisconsin State Legislature and signed by the Governor early Thursday morning, securing several bipartisan wins for Wisconsinites. Though the budget is …
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By Rep. Rob Kreibich
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7/9/25
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As I write this, the clock is about to strike midnight, turning the calendar to July 8, my 45 th birthday. It’s hard for me to realize that I am 45 years old. Some days I feel like I’m …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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7/9/25
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It’s a question that’s been sitting heavily with me lately. One I find myself asking more often as I watch trends unfold in our community and beyond: Is our society broken?
I …
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By Becky Beissel
Ellsworth Village President
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7/9/25
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Despite my perpetual fulminations, I must admit that TV isn’t all bad. I realized this after my nephew Vaughn visited River Falls in the same week as I fell in my library—which resulted …
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By Dave Wood
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7/3/25
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The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of a sky-high rate …
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By Martha Diaz Aszkenazy
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7/3/25
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A huge thank you to everyone who took time to participate in the Pierce County Dairy Breakfast on June 14 at the Peterson Farm! It was a great morning where nearly 100 volunteers fed nearly 2,400 …
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7/3/25
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To the editor,
Rep. Van Orden (R) has been running political ads to justify his vote on Trump's tax cut bill currently being passed by congressional Republicans. Van Orden's ads refer to it …
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7/3/25
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To the editor,
On behalf of the Ellsworth American Legion Auxiliary, I want to thank the Ellsworth community for supporting the Ellsworth American Legion Auxiliary. On May 22 and 23 and various …
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7/3/25
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Life has sure thrown our family a few curveballs the past few years. And another one just got lobbed our way.
I’ve written about my husband’s grandmother before. She is a feisty …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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7/3/25
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Summer has arrived. The garden is growing, the birds are singing and the woodchuck is chucking.
Longtime (some would say I should add the word “suffering”) readers may recall that I …
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By Chris Hardie
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7/3/25
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A fork in the road approaches us all, whether it be a career choice, an important family decision or simply deciding what to do over the weekend. Sometimes life’s decisions seem impossible to …
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By Andrew Harrington
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7/3/25
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I see by perusing the agricultural press last month that county dairy breakfasts were bursting out all over America’s Dairyland, including the Peterson family’s Pierce County get-together …
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By Dave Wood
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6/26/25
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Please join the newspapers of Wisconsin in thanking the Wisconsin State Senate for supporting transparency in government. On May 15, the Senate approved Senate Bill 194 without opposition, paving the …
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6/26/25
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To the editor,
Live not by lies: And therein we find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our liberation: a personal nonparticipation in lies.
I think Thomas Sowell …
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6/26/25
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I am a resident of El Paso Township, live downhill, down the road and down steam from potential storm run-off from Ridge Breeze Dairy. Our region’s greatest assets are our rivers and streams, …
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By Kay S. Kashian
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6/26/25
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Scorching heat. Humidity slapping you in the face like a wet towel. Baseball. Cookouts. Sunburns. Lightning bugs. The symbols of summer.
The other day I overheard a woman say that lightning bugs …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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6/26/25
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Note: this column is not meant to cast any aspersion on River Falls Days or our wonderful Pierce County Fair; both are monumental and worthy events.
But as I grow old I realize the wisdom in the …
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By Dave Wood
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6/18/25
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It may be impossible to figure out how mega-dairy owner Robert Zahn got the tiny Town of Gillett, Wis. to finance a factory farm gas deal with an Australian finance giant for $41,585,000. But …
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6/18/25
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