Opinion

Knives Out  Review   A murder mystery that feels like a brand new version of the classic board game turned movie Clue? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, if you have ever played the game Clue or enjoy a great mystery, Knives Out is for you.

Thank you to the Sauk Prairie community for your support at the Friends of Sauk Prairie Healthcare Blood Drive, which was held at the Graceway Church in Prairie du Sac on Dec 16.  Thanks, too, to the awesome volunteers who donated their time!  Your blood donations have made it possible to potentially save 84 lives.  Merry Christmas to all!  

Thanks to Joe Block for his editorial in the Thursday, Dec. 12 issue of the Star News, explaining the history of the terrible decision of Mazo Village to underfund NWDSS. We have elections coming up. Knowing that the Town of Black Earth has never chipped in for their Seniors is awful. Now seeing Mazo Village turn rotten is shocking.

  Is Holiday  Giving A Fraud?   It’s become fashionable these days to chastise people for their charity. The critiques, which have accusatory titles and acerbic adjectives galore, spread like wildfire on social media. They allege that people who do charitable work are doing it wrong, or doing for the wrong reasons.

Intricate and Absorbing Fiction

Knives Out Review   A murder mystery that feels like a brand new version of the classic board game turned movie Clue? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, if you have ever played the game Clue or enjoy a great mystery, Knives Out is for you.

Mazomanie’s decision to underfund Northwest Dane Senior Services (NWDSS) began and ended with a mistake. In the time in between there was frustrating silence.

The Beast I was at the grocery store Sunday, trying to make my way peacefully through throngs of people who looked like they were buying supplies for a trans-continental expedition during which everyone would live solely on junk food. When I made it to the conveyor belt, I said to the teenaged cashier, “Is it always like this on Sundays?”

Lose Yourself in this Rich Fantasy

Racing into theaters recently was one of the best sports movies of the decade. Ford v Ferrari is a movie based on the true story of how the rivalry between the Ford and Ferrari car companies began.