Sometimes it feels like December was built for the blues. Everything seems to take so much more effort when it’s frigid and icy. Sacrificing sleep to get up when it’s pitch black to …
As the calendar turns from 2021 to 2022, I want to take a moment and reflect on some of the important work we’re doing to help unite our communities and ignite our economy. The budget we …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I am looking toward 2022 with optimism and enthusiasm for the future. But before I get too far into plans for the next year, I recently took some time to reflect …
Thirty-five and counting and no, this is not an attempt on a self-pat-on-the-back. But as December winds down, I’ve been able to read 35 books in 2021. Actually, when I think about it, …
In recent years, Wisconsin’s two public research universities, UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, have aggressively and strategically built a faculty roster with a wealth of expertise in some of the …
Pursuit of happiness important Dear Editor: The pursuit of happiness may be the trickiest of the American ideals laid out in the Declaration of Independence, because …
You know that old saying about the word assume. Don’t worry; I’m not about to make a donkey out of anyone – or myself. The wonderful thing about community newspapers is …
Broadband expansion continues to be one of my top priorities. I have continually championed funding and policies that have encouraged broadband expansion into unserved and underserved communities in …
Dear Editor: To the people of Monroe County: The people who live in and around beautiful, quiet Lyons Valley would like your support in opposition to a proposed gun range that is set to be installed in the near future in Lyons Valley.