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Going to an interview for a story, I always wonder what type of interview it will be. Obviously, the hope is the person I’m meeting with will have a lot to say. There’s nothing more …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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6/11/25
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Storytelling is like weaving, with words serving as the fabric. Sometimes you take one thread and weave it into a full story.
Sometimes your thread comes in small pieces and you end up with a …
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By Chris Hardie
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6/11/25
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After the box office hit/New York Time’s Best Seller that was my Valentine’s Day column, I have taken the wheel to drive you, yes you, to a successful future. I will be writing a monthly …
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By Andrew Harrington
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6/11/25
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Every so often, questions come up about how the village shares information with residents, especially when it comes to legal notices versus general communication. It’s a great reminder that …
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By Becky Beissel
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6/11/25
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I’d like to toss my cookies whenever I see that a venerable institution has changed its name so it could be more “with it,” more hip.
An early example occurred years ago when …
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By Dave Wood
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6/4/25
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When you picture agriculture in northwest Wisconsin, you might think of rolling hills, red barns and quiet mornings broken only by the crow of a rooster, cows mooing or the rumbling engine of a …
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By Travis Senn, President of Polk-Burnett County Farm Bureau
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6/4/25
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To the editor,
I'd like to know what version of Christianity Republicans in Congress are following. Jesus said in Matthew 25:40, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these …
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6/4/25
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To the editor,
Hats off to the very best Memorial Day program.
I had the privilege to attend an outstanding Memorial Day Program in my hometown of Ellsworth, because of the committee of …
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6/4/25
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To the editor,
Libraries of today are not the same as when we were children. We should not expect them to be. No more than we expect the local police station to function like Andy Taylor and …
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6/4/25
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To the editor,
Recently, Myron Medcalf wrote in the Minnesota Star Tribune (May 14 issue), quoting Karen Fisher, professor at the Information School, Washington University, that “Public …
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6/4/25
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Beautiful things often sprout from the darkest of places. I’ve experienced this in my own life and it rings true in the River Falls community this week as well.
When I read the criminal …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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6/4/25
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Water, water, everywhere ,
Nor any a drop drink
--Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
It’s the same old story, drought. Everywhere we go, in our …
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By Dave Wood
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5/28/25
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I’m envious of people who have artistic talents.
A few software versions ago, I felt I could hold my own in graphic design. A few years back, however, I alerted anyone who needed to know …
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By John McLoone
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5/28/25
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Friday was a bit surreal. My oldest son graduated from high school, a day many parents both anticipate with excitement because their child made it through 13+ years of school and dread because …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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5/28/25
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To the editor,
You do not need to ask the founders whether they thought the rights of due process and restrictions on government overreach were worth dying on. They spilled their blood for those …
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5/28/25
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To the editor,
AES and it’s Isabelle Creek Solar Project offers the fantasy of a big payout, but is delivering a solar junkyard to burden the community. Do not believe AES and its 800+ …
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5/28/25
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To the editor,
In response to Kim Bremmer about supporting local farms means supporting local economies, I would like to ask her this: Why wasn’t your coop supporting and improving the …
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5/28/25
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To the editor,
It doesn’t matter where you come from, how much money you make, or what you look like; most of us believe children deserve food, care, and protection. However, …
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5/28/25
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Time has an uncanny and relentless way of simultaneously sneaking up on you and passing you by. What seems like yesterday becomes years in a flash.
May 9, 1975 was a warm and sunny spring day …
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By Chris Hardie
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5/28/25
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As she does every spring, the Beautiful Wife sternly laid down new rules regarding garden expanse long before the frost appeared on our lone pumpkin:
“This year we’ve got to stop …
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By Dave Wood
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5/22/25
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