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Almost 100 years ago famous Nobel Prize winner for fiction Sinclair Lewis wrote home from Europe an essay for his high school yearbook he entitled “The Long Arm of the Small Town,” in …
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By Dave Wood
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9/28/23
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The most common question I get as a state legislator is “Can’t you all just work together?” In this terribly divided country we’re living in, that’s a big ask. But …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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9/28/23
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Every night I swear I’m going to go to bed early, but when that early bedtime rolls around, my eyes are wide open, my brain is clipping along a mile a minute and even though I feel mentally and …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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9/28/23
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My simple, practical mother loved idioms. They say much in few words. Her favorite observation of professional and political idiocy was that the actors were taking us “to hell in a …
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By Donna Okeefe, town of River Falls
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9/28/23
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The turn of summer into fall isn’t an overnight makeover but more like the gradual creation of an autumnal artist.
It starts subtly with splotches of yellows, oranges and reds dotting the …
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By Chris Hardie
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9/28/23
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With the state budget passed into law, which funds many priorities essential to the 93rd Assembly District, like fixing our roads, job training, and increasing resources for our community …
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By Rep. Warren Petryk
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9/21/23
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It was the best of inns; it was the worst of inns, two hostelries where we had to bed down as we recently traveled the upper Midwest. Let’s start with the best place to go in our entire …
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By Dave Wood, with apologies to Chas. Dickens
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9/21/23
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Farming has made such great contributions to the culture and history of our state, we sometimes forget that Wisconsin is still an agricultural powerhouse. In fact, agriculture and related industries …
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OP ED: Improving transportation keeps WI agriculture competitive
By Craig Thompson, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
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9/21/23
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Impeachment proceedings have become commonplace in our country's political landscape nowadays. I think we all can assume the founders of our country knew human nature – they know people and …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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9/21/23
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By the title of this column, you might think I’m going to regale you with a magical tale about a mystical castle in a faraway land. But I’m not. Strap on your boots, because instead …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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9/21/23
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Gambling is ubiquitous in our world today but farmers have been high rollers long before casinos, lotteries and sports betting.
From market price fluctuation, geo-politics and the ever-changing …
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By Chris Hardie
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9/21/23
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I’m fortunate to have my weekly column adjacent on the op-ed page to the column by my boss, Sarah Nigbor, a very talented young woman who is not only an excellent editor, but a fine …
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By Dave Wood
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9/14/23
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In Wisconsin last year there were 905 suicides, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. With September designated as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we all …
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By Rep. Warren Petryk
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9/14/23
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My, how times have changed. School Picture Day, at least in my household, is not something to be dreaded, but something that requires careful preparation and brings joy. When I was young, I would …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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9/14/23
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Signs abound: campaign 2024 in Wisconsin has already begun. Note these recent WisPolitics.com news items: -- Joe Biden's reelection campaign is launching a new TV ad in Wisconsin that …
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By WisPolitics.com
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9/14/23
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One of the staple events during farm shows is the milking contest, usually pitting some local celebrity against another stripping milk from a cow’s udder.
The rules vary, but the winner is …
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By Chris Hardie
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9/14/23
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Ever hear the term gaslighting? It’s an odd term, but the practice has become too common in politics these days. It comes from a play written by Patrick Hamilton called “Gaslight.” …
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By Sen. Jeff Smith
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9/7/23
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Every morning when I whirl my drug carousel to grab my daily batch of pellets that keep me alive (just barely), I thank the good Lord for populating the world with medical scientists who came up with …
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By Dave Wood
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9/7/23
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As your state representative it is my belief that you, the people of western Wisconsin, not Madison bureaucrats, know best how to spend your money. That is why one of my top legislative goals has …
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By Rep. Warren Petryk
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9/7/23
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Now that all my kids are in middle and high school, I feel like I need to learn a new version of the English language. Good thing I’m a grammar geek. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in French …
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By Sarah Nigbor
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9/7/23
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