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A wife can be sneaky. Get your mind out of the gutter. Not that kind of sneaky! I recently had a milestone birthday. The one that’s north of 70 and south of 80. Hard to believe about such a fine …
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By Bill Barth
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9/26/26
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We find ourselves in the heart of campaign season as we are now less than two months away from this year’s mid-term elections. With the primaries behind us, the national parties are moving quickly …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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9/26/26
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Ideologues always overplay their hand. Can’t resist. Two recent observations serve as reminders the die-hards operate inside echo chambers, deaf and blind to how regular folks live their lives. …
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By Bill Barth
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9/1/26
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The primaries are done and like the candidates or not, they are what we have to choose from. We have been watching campaign ads for awhile now. But it is going to get worse. From now until November, …
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8/23/26
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If you’ve been reading my recent columns, you know that this has been the summer of my discontent with the Democratic Party. This week’s column represents the latest in a series this summer in …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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8/19/26
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This week begins a two-part reflection on the Owen-Withee Area History Series as it reaches a milestone I never imagined when I began writing in 2020: 250 weekly stories. What started as an effort to …
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By Allan Hodnett
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8/17/26
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I hope everyone is having a great summer. It’s very quiet around the school when the students are not here with their laughing spirit and interest in learning. There are many times I get questioned …
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By School District Administrator Randy Bergman
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8/9/26
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As increased consumer reliance on digitized information sparks a critical new addition to energy infrastructure, energy consumers are no longer passive recipients of electricity and utility services …
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By Jim Wood
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8/9/26
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Some people are saying it is disrespectful and wrong that some of the major networks didn’t carry President Trump’s speech last week. My question is why? Why should they give up primetime …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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8/9/26
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The primary is only a few days away and I don’t know how to vote. I had my governor candidate picked out and then they dropped out of the race. I had a maybe second choice and then they dropped out …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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8/9/26
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Wisconsin ranks 8th among the states in a new national report that assesses the state of all 50 states. The rankings are based on 31 measures of each state’s economy, environment, and labor force, …
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7/18/26
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The Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, Graham Platner, has suspended his campaign, marking a sudden end to his once-promising bid for the U.S. Senate. Platner had been garnering a tremendous amount …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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7/18/26
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They say that history doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. Bound up as human behavior is with nature, patterns can remain long dormant, only to re-emerge with time. On that note the news two weeks …
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By Joseph Back
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7/18/26
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Balance is important in many aspects of life…the food we eat, the politics we preach, the work habits we follow and the exercise routines we do (or don’t do). Balance is also critical when it …
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By Tom Still
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7/12/26
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As a lifelong conservative and former Republican Party of Brown County Chair, I’ve dedicated countless hours to impacting outcomes of elections. Spurred by the attempted recall of former Governor …
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By Marian Krumberger
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7/12/26
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Home is defined as “a place of residence, shelter, or refuge. While a house refers to the physical building, a home is a deeply personal concept representing belonging, comfort, security, and a …
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By Cindy Cardinal
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7/12/26
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Fifty years ago, a new word entered my vocabulary as our nation celebrated our Bicentennial, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
I was 12 …
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By Chris Hardie
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7/12/26
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Like most states in the nation, Wisconsin is experiencing an unprecedented rise in consumer demand for energy. More specifically, demand is now projected by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission …
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By Jim Wood
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7/12/26
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As a lifelong conservative and former Republican Party of Brown County Chair, I’ve dedicated countless hours to impacting outcomes of elections. Spurred by the attempted recall of former Governor …
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By Marian Krumberger
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7/12/26
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We've all heard the phrase, "Keeping up with the Joneses." It refers to the tendency to compare our lives, possessions, and financial success to those around us. While it may seem harmless, this …
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By Jack Syryczuk
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7/12/26
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