Opinion

Wed
15
Sep

A View of the Valley

by Linda Schwanke
Wed
15
Sep

District Administrators Corner

by Loren Glasbrenner,  River Valley School District Administrator 
Thu
09
Sep

Your Right to Know: Fee recovery is key to transparency

Many states, including Wisconsin, have public records laws. But that doesn’t mean requesters always get the records they seek, or even that the laws are followed.

What provisions in a state’s laws are most associated with compliance?

Thu
09
Sep

Stanek column: Dog days of summer lead to high energy bills

Based on what I’ve read on Facebook, a lot of you are not happy about your utility bills right now.

A recent community post had several comments from Reedsburg residents expressing anger and shock at their bills. Some wondered if rates have gone up.

Thu
09
Sep

Letter: Take care to avoid injuries from falls

September is Falls Prevention Awareness Month in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, Wisconsin has the highest death rate due to falls for older adults of any state in the country. Every 11 seconds an older adult in the U.S. is admitted to an emergency department for a fall.

Thu
09
Sep

Letter: Coronavirus is common enemy

COVID-19 and its virulent mutations is a real threat to humanity. Pandemics of the past have been successfully confronted by a united human concern and worldwide cooperation.

Thu
09
Sep

Geiger Counter

Marjan the lion   One morning, I helped dig a wolf’s grave. We stood around,  taking turns with the shovel. At first, there was something exciting about it. But soon, the novelty wore off. 
Wed
08
Sep

Nature and Society: Catching COVID-19

My nose hurts. It feels as though someone has been sticking COVID-19 swabs up my nose. But wait, they have been! And to my dismay, I tested positive for COVID-19! Talk about a world turner! Now I have to isolate for 10 days and my poor husband, who is in the assisted living place, will have to quarantine for 14 days!

Wed
08
Sep

Letter: Trump said it, but is it true?

It is now September and deposed and disgraced former President Donald Trump has been reinstated as U.S. president. We know that must be true because Trump promised with absolute certainty that it would happen.

Wed
08
Sep

A View of the Valley

by Linda Schwanke Lucy kitty is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time of things right now.  Lucy went on a hunger strike because somehow someone decided to put her wet cat food plate on the left side of her dry food dish instead of the right side. Everyone knows that wet is right. It was a horrific, traumatic experience for her. 

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