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This Saturday will mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The easy-to-say semiquincentennial should have been an opportunity for us to come together as a nation …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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7/9/26
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For people like me Father’s Day is a reminder of great loss. Our fathers have passed.
Same for Mother’s Day because our moms, too, have left this earth.
In our older years the world …
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By Bill Barth
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6/29/26
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Another Withee Days has come and gone. Attendance seems to go down every year. This is sad for those of us who have good memories of Withee Days, over 60 years’ worth. It is also sad because of the …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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6/28/26
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Journalism done right has always been a little bit subversive.
And it can create considerable tension between journalists and the companies that employ them.
Let’s talk about longtime 60 …
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By Bill Barth
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6/17/26
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Journalism done right has always been a little bit subversive. And it can create considerable tension between journalists and the companies that employ them. Let’s talk about longtime 60 Minutes …
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By Bill Barth
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6/17/26
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I’m not a superstitious person, but I sometimes wonder if someone has placed a curse on my power equipment. Others may say it's merely a hex – a short-term spell designed to teach me a lesson. …
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By Chris Hardie
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6/5/26
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Former First Lady Jill Biden recently said that she thought that her husband, former President Joe Biden, was having a stroke on stage during his disastrous debate debacle in the summer of 2024. She …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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6/5/26
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Withee Days is right around the corner on June 19-21. On Friday night at 6 p.m. the Lions would like to try something new this year, something that was done at Withee Days long ago. They need your …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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6/5/26
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You don’t realize how much you rely on the internet until you start having issues with it. I use it not only for work, but for TV as I don’t have an antenna on the roof. On Sunday, May 17, my …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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6/1/26
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There’s an old saying, “Actions speak louder than words.” For as long as I can remember, Wisconsin Democrats have claimed to be the pro-public education party. But, given the opportunity to act …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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5/25/26
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Is anyone else as sick of AI as I am? I had avoided updating my phone because I knew the next time I did it would put AI on it. I already have to deal with it in Google Chrome and not too happy about …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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5/17/26
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Dear Editor: In law enforcement, we, unfortunately, too often meet individuals on some of the worst days of their lives. The Sheriff’s Office is typically the first point of contact when someone …
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5/17/26
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Since the disastrous Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court in 2010, unlimited amounts of money have poured into our elections, undermining faith in our government and essentially putting our …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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5/12/26
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On April 25, we had what appears to be another attack on the Trump administration at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A person with guns and knives charged a security checkpoint outside the …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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5/6/26
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My last column contained an Easter message about peace. I wanted to continue on that vein in today’s column as the conflict between the American president and the first American-born pope increases …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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4/26/26
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I recently read an article that said it costs over $300,000 on average to raise a child to age 18 in the United States. Lending Tree estimates the cost at $303,418 for 2026. That averages out to …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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4/21/26
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What an exciting weekend at the O-W Area Chamber Business Expo. The Centennial Committee had a very successful day with their jail and bail fundraiser. I would like to thank all those who took time …
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By Scott Jalling, Mayor of Owen
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4/14/26
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The financial consequences of Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs have been significant ($6 trillion of wealth lost in the stock market last Thursday and Friday), and a lot of media have been …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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4/14/26
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Next Tuesday April 7 is Election Day. Spring elections sometimes seem insignificant and not worth our bother. There are few contested races and some with no candidate at all. This has been true in …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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4/4/26
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I have been covering the discussions of the Owen-Withee-Curtiss Fire & EMS District about what to do about a fire station for awhile now. The village of Curtiss keeps raising the rent on the …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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3/21/26
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