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If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know our family has had a tough couple of years. And that is why I decided that there’s no time like the present to check off one of my mother’s …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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3/3/26
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RIVER FALLS – Reflecting on my first year as interim chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, I would like to express my gratitude for the extraordinary community support that I …
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By John Chenoweth
Interim Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
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3/3/26
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When someone asks me how my day has been, regardless of whether it has been great or horrible, I often say, “living the dream.” Sometimes it’s true, and sometimes it is just small talk to get …
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3/3/26
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I just read in my little book of literary tidbits that on this day in 1983 playwright Tennessee Williams died at age 71 in New York City, leaving $10 million to the University of the South in the …
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By Dave Wood
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2/25/26
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To the editor,
I recently watched the haunting docudrama “ The Voice of Hind Rajab .” The film takes place in January 2024 inside a Palestinian Red Crescent emergency call center and …
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2/25/26
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To the editor,
Wisconsin voters have an important decision to make in the upcoming Supreme Court election, and I urge my fellow citizens to support Judge Chris Taylor. Her qualifications, …
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2/25/26
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To the editor,
This is the moment when we need to work together right here and with others to protect and improve healthcare for us all. Are we worthy of affordable healthcare!
How can …
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2/25/26
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To the editor,
Just 10 short years ago President Obama deported nearly 2.5 million illegal immigrants and was planning raids to deport Central American families who had crossed the border …
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2/25/26
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The Assembly voted almost-unanimously to expand Medicaid coverage for postpartum women. The Medicaid expansion will allow low-income mothers to receive essential healthcare for 12 months after giving …
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By Rep. Rob Kreibich
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2/25/26
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Starting July 1, 2026, every Wisconsin public school district must limit student use of personal cellphones and other wireless devices during instructional time.
If you are a parent, this does …
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By Jay Jerde
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2/25/26
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“They’re not ghosts, I can promise you that.”
You could have heard a pin drop in the Pierce County Court Room last week during the sentencing of Wyatt Blomberg, who was convicted of …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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2/25/26
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I think most of us agree that we can and should learn from history. I was struck once again at how good it is to learn from our ancestors as I read an article about John and Abigail Adams in The …
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By Mary Brand
Pierce County dairy farmer
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2/25/26
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Thanks to the generosity of my grandma (or was she just trying to get me out of her hair?), I had enough money to see every movie as it appeared at the sparkling new Pix Théâtre in Whitehall. I …
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2/18/26
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The legal battle to stop the proposed Ridge Breeze expansion to 6,500 cows will come to a head on Tuesday, March 3, when a contested case hearing opens in Eau Claire. The first day of the …
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2/18/26
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What a winter! The rewards of spring will no doubt feel well-deserved considering both the extreme lows and the amount of time spent subzero this winter. Now, as we tilt back toward the sun, many …
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By Robin Boles
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2/18/26
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To the editor,
The Trump administration has repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas "endangerment finding.” In 2009, the EPA formally concluded …
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2/18/26
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To the editor,
As someone who believes that words matter and have consequences, I’m sickened by the Trump administration’s attempts to label and criminalize peaceful protest as …
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2/18/26
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To the editor,
Who is in support of voter fraud? Certainly not the Wisconsin Elections Commission who maintains the state's list of registered voters.
The Trump administration falsely …
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2/18/26
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We are about to enter my least favorite time of year. I call it Sprinter. It’s when weather seesaws between Winter and Spring, leading to bouts of freezing cold rain that turns to sleet on a dime, …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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2/18/26
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All writers have an internal voice or muse that inspires their words and stories.
Sometimes that voice seems to be shouting. Sometimes it’s just a whisper. Sometimes I stare at a blinking …
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By Chris Hardie
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2/18/26
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