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Our adventurous road trip continues…
We didn’t get to ride up in the Jetson-like little pods to the top of the St. Louis Arch (buy tickets ahead of time, especially on a weekend), …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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8/20/25
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I'm a fifth-generation crop and livestock farmer who lives half-a-mile away from Ridge Breeze. I bought my farm when I was 19 and I've farmed the land ever since. Working hard, caring for the land, …
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By Ty Fisher
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8/20/25
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Growing and raising food for a living is no easy feat – farms of all types and sizes face similar challenges. Being at the mercy of so many factors out of our control such as weather, world …
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By Angiel Bocksell
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8/20/25
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I’m going to let you guys in on a secret.
I want to try eating avocado.
I feel like all the cool people eat avocado, and it’s cutting me out of some things, at least in my …
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By John McLoone
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8/13/25
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I just received my new issue of The New Yorker magazine and was glad I renewed because it brought back my courtship days when I was pursuing the love of my life, Ruth Pirsig, a comely young graduate …
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By Dave Wood
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8/13/25
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To the editor,
River Falls Public Library’s “Renew and Inspire Capital Campaign” is underway to significantly renovate the building, upgrade technologies and enhance its …
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8/13/25
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To the editor,
Ridge Breeze's expansion poses clear and real risks to our clean water, air, roads, and more in Pierce County and beyond. The current rules in place in the DNR are not enough.
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8/13/25
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To the editor,
Before any large-scale farming or solar farms are established, we need a moratorium on such facilities and asking people what they want to see for the future of their community …
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8/13/25
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I am back! We officially survived a 3,300-mile road trip with four teenagers to the southern-most tip of Louisiana and back. We returned just in time to jump into the chaos of Pierce County Fair …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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8/13/25
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It depends on whose ox is being gored.
I’m reminded of that old saying after U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil was shouted down repeatedly during what was called a “listening session” in …
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By Bill Barth
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8/13/25
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Growing food on our farm has been a part of its life for more than 100 years.
From my great-grandparents, to my great-aunt and uncle, to my parents and now to my wife Sherry and I, there has …
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By Chris Hardie
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8/13/25
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July was a milestone month for the Village of Ellsworth, with building permits totaling $9,057,630, according to All-Croix Inspections. Outside of large-scale school or public projects, the village …
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8/13/25
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Forgive me if this is difficult to read this week. I seem to be writing it within a haze. Our entire summer seems to be playing out this year in a stinky fog, courtesy of our neighbors to the north. …
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By John McLoone
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8/10/25
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The Prescott Football team began practice this week and hopes to make similar noise in the Middle Border Conference as they did in 2024. The Cardinals will have to replace a strong senior class that …
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By Cripe Olson
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8/8/25
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I like writing. It scratches a few itches for me. Each story starts with a blank canvas and it's like solving a puzzle. I'm also a pleaser. It makes me happy when people are happy. One of my bosses …
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By Greg Peters
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7/30/25
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The antlers on the white-tailed deer have now grown to the point where I can tell a buck from a doe. It makes it way more interesting checking on those cell cam photos every morning to see how much …
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By Dave Beck
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7/30/25
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My wife and I toured the state on a recent Saturday, as we often do. I learned something on this journey that greatly upset me. In fact, I was downright mad. We left our humble home at 4:45 a.m. and …
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By John McLoone
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7/30/25
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The Great River Road Visitor & Learning Center in Prescott has a lot going on and we could not be more excited! Lots of wonderful things are happening behind the scenes here at our learning …
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By Executive Director Linda Schenk
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7/23/25
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That would be the popular satirist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., who burst onto the literary scene in the 1960s when I was a grad school studying American fiction. Vonnegut broke all sorts of literary molds …
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By Dave Wood
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7/23/25
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In a world that often equates saying “yes” with success, likability, and ambition, it may seem counterintuitive – even rebellious – to embrace the word “no.” But …
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By Robin Boles
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7/23/25
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