Opinion

Without playing Democrats and Republicans, would anyone care to take time and effort to sift past the hot air of propaganda, searching and logically comprehending the long-term benefits vs the short-term pain of Tariffs?  President Trump said up front, there will be pain.

We can never remember how long we have been doing this. Has it been 56 years or 57? We started our weekend trips in 1968, I think, but maybe it was 1969. We tried to figure it out based on pregnancies.  Cookie's mother told her pregnant women should not go camping and sleep on the ground; but we went anyway.

It's time to face the facts and admit we have been conned by one of the biggest con men ever. He is a charismatic narcissist defined as someone who can get people to do things against their best interests. His name is Donald J Trump.

Alternate meanings of words that have become useless in 2025. Numerous words have become either meaningless or have evolved into other expressions most people would assume they meant, but don't.  Here are just a few of the top 100 changed meanings, expressions, or deceptions. First is the word "cut or cutting" a budget.

The U.S. Army has quietly submitted a 272-page report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) which includes recommendations for both adding and eliminating certain groundwater and residential wells from the Army’s current sampling plan in and around the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant.

I want to thank the River Valley School Board for recognizing Judy Ettenhofer and I in this month’s community spotlight at their meeting. We’ve been incredibly lucky to have Judy reporting on the school board and no one deserves recognition more. I join the school board in thanking her for her excellence in everything she does.

It makes me so sad to see all the trees that have been butchered along Highway 23, going south towards Loganville. Whole hillsides have been cleared of trees that would have leafed out in a few weeks, absorbing carbon and giving back oxygen for other living things to breathe.

I’m happy to report that I’m not too old to learn new things, in this case a funny but important lesson.

My family has students, plans to have students and did have students in the 4k class at Westside Elementary with Mrs. Brandt as their teacher. What an amazing teacher and asset to the Westside School Community.