Opinion

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Letter: For freedom or oil?

The United States and Israel have launched airstrikes on Iran, reportedly to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.  President Trump asserted in his statement on the attacks:

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05
Mar

STANEK COLUMN: Reflecting on Star Cinema

The City of Reedsburg announced that the latest paperwork has been completed for the new theater set to go up in town.

The construction site is next to J’s Pub & Grill and Viking Village Foods. You may have seen the big pile of dirt.

Thu
05
Mar

Letter: Should this be our role model for health?

Now that the Department of Consumer Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency have been gutted by the Reich Fuhrer's Regime, Americans are unprotected. Our present Secretary of Health in 2024 said that Glyphosate was a dangerous cancer causing chemical.

Thu
05
Mar

Letter: So many distractions

Only four years ago, the film Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the awards season. Consistent with its title, the story centers on the plight of a heroine confronted with what one critic described as, “an expertly calibrated assault on the senses.” Welcome to the United States on the cusp of our 250 th anniversary.

Thu
05
Mar

Letter: Caring is essential

Millions of Americans are reaching out to their friends, neighbors and needy strangers. Delivering meals to those fearing leaving home, accompanying children to school, warning neighbors of impending violence, mourning the dead and comforting those missing family members. Americans trying to lessen the suffering of others.

Thu
05
Mar

Nature and Society, March 5, 2026

I have written over the years about my six old friends from our days as young social workers in child welfare in Chicago. The seven of us have been friends since 1969, 58 years ago, when we were in our 20's. We have been close ever since.

Thu
05
Mar

Letter: Wielding power and racking up debt

Thomas Jefferson said, “When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

Presently, President Trump's government is beating, killing, and warehousing its own people. Men, women, and children are fearing their government as Trumpian tyranny abounds.

Thu
05
Mar

Letter: The real threat to our environment

Why is it that letters like Judy Brey's (February 26), "There are other ways to deal with immigration," never express concern about the rule of law, national sovereignty, the displacement of so many vulnerable American workers and the impact of immigration-fueled population growth on our environment?

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05
Mar

Administrator's Corner

The River Valley School District is happy to be a part of the National School Breakfast Program, a federal meal program which has been operating in public schools since 1966.  It was started as a pilot project and was made permanent in 1975.  Participation has steadily grown over the years.
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Feb

Letter: There are other ways to deal with immigration

Are you aware that Trump’s ICE plans to use $38 billion to build mega-warehouse prisons? Trump's ICE already detains over 70,000 people, more than ever before, in detention centers nationwide like Alligator Alcatraz, which lawmakers have called an internment camp.

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