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To the editor,
The St. Croix Valley Young Republicans Club launched on Monday, Oct. 6 as a chapter of the Wisconsin Young Republicans. Any conservative aged 18-40 in St. Croix and Pierce …
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10/15/25
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The Assembly voted for a package of bills Tuesday aimed to increase the housing supply and lower the cost of housing for first-time buyers.
Currently in Wisconsin, there is a housing crisis. The …
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By Rep. Rob Kreibich
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10/15/25
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The Pierce County Board of Supervisors is in the process of determining its 2026 budget. This is going to be especially tough this year because the extent of federal funding cuts isn’t known …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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10/15/25
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Fall harvest is busiest, most dangerous time for rural Wisconsin drivers and farmers. Here's why.
Autumn signals many changes in rural Wisconsin: cooler temperatures, shorter daylight hours and …
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By Mary Brand
Pierce County Farm Bureau President
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10/15/25
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Usually, when I write about politics, the topics revolve around local or state matters and I do my best to use measured language.
Be warned. Not today.
The trigger is yet another in the …
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10/15/25
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It’s been a strange fall season as we head into mid-October.
As of this writing, our valley has yet to be touched with frost. Making it past Oct. 1 without a frost used to be a rarity but …
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By Chris Hardie
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10/15/25
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I’ve got a soft spot in my heart for Prescott, Wis. First, I spent my too brief honeymoon with my Beautiful Wife, dining at the wonderful Steamboat Inn where we celebrated many anniversaries …
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By Dave Wood
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10/8/25
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To the editor,
Fall is in the air, along with the beauty comes swarms of Asian Beetles, Box Elder Bugs, and… semi tankers full of liquid manure. All three are annoying, the third is …
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10/8/25
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To the editor,
It is autumn, and with the change of seasons comes lots of trucks doing agricultural work on our township, county and state roads. I had questions about some of the rules and …
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10/8/25
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To the editor, I want to suggest an addition to the endangered species list: authentic conservatives, men and women who embrace—among other things—the Founders’ vision of …
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10/8/25
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To the editor,
Buried deep in the nonsensical insults and scary sounding words conservatives use ("globalist," "socialist," "radical leftist,” "George Soros funded") you can sometimes find …
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10/8/25
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To the editor,
Since health policy is now based on junk science, I’ll take my turn.
I survived childhood because I was vaccinated against infectious diseases that killed thousands of …
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10/8/25
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My favorite time of year is beginning: When the heat of summer gives way to the coolness of autumn and a trio of festive holidays takes center stage, one for each month. Halloween in October, …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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10/8/25
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The towering bluffs were shrouded with fog and ribbons of lightning flicked across the dark sky as I said goodbye to the waning hours of the summer.
It was the morning of Sept. 22 and I was …
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By Chris Hardie
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10/8/25
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I found my love for cooking again. Through my four years of college, I rarely cooked anything that did not come out of a freezer. When I did, it wound up a disaster more times than not.
Perhaps …
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By Andrew Harrington
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10/8/25
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We live in a world where attention spans are shrinking, and narratives are built on fragments. A one-hour speech, a long interview, or a heated debate can be clipped down to three sentences and …
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By Becky Beissel
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10/8/25
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Well… what should we talk about?
We could start with the weather — it’s been beautiful lately. The leaves are just starting to show their colors, and there’s that crisp …
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By RF Mayor Dan Toland
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10/1/25
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I’m sorry to report that the newspaper I once was proud to work for, now named the Minnesota Star Tribune, “The Heart and Voice of the North,” is making news that is heart-wrenching …
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By Dave Wood
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10/1/25
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The Pierce County Veteran Services Office is cruising into fall and enjoying some mild weather while watching the trees transform into their beautiful fall colors. We are also taking the time to …
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By Melissa Hildebrandt and Tami MacGregor
Pierce County Veteran Services Office
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10/1/25
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To the editor,
Rebecca Cooke’s support for Zohran Mamdani shows she is too extreme to represent Wisconsin in Congress. According to the Free Beacon, Cooke endorsed Mamdani during a recent …
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10/1/25
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