Opinion

During June Dairy month, it is a perfect time to have a conversation about how the general public is being misled about the food they consume.

Like other Trump Republicans, Dave Gorak will do anything to distract your attention from the fact that his hero fomented an insurrection on Jan. 6 in an attempt to overthrow our democratic form of government and install himself as dictator. Evidence grows weekly about traitorous Trump’s efforts to subvert democracy.

It’s difficult to comprehend the importance that access to high-speed internet played for millions of Wisconsinites over the last year. It served as a replacement to trips to the store for milk, eggs and toilet paper as well as an electronic gateway to schools, clinics and workplaces.

Thanks to the help of many folks (mentioned below), kindergarten and first- and second grade-classes had the opportunity to participate in building a huge pollinator garden at the Hartje Center.

Thankfully, our vaccination efforts are paying off. Our communities are making progress in getting control of COVID-19, as shown in decreases in positive cases, hospitalization rates and deaths.

Vaccination has proven to be transformative and is the key to continuing this progress and to keeping you and your family safe.

I was in a regional store and saw this new sign on the wall: “Please do not leave refrigerated or frozen food on random shelves. Return them to their freezers or give them to an employee. If this continues, we will need to raise prices to make up for the losses.”

As you travel through the country in and throughout Sauk County, you will see a spattering of spotted cows. It's part of the country drive experience, one which you'll not find in prevalence of places near Madison. The CDC and Dr. Fauci have talked often about a concept called “herd immunity.”  I take exception to that.