Opinion

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Letter: Time for a new supervisor

County Board Chairman Tim McCumber called the Sauk County Healthcare Center “(expletive).”

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Letter: Health Care Center deserves support

The Sauk County Health Care Center is worth saving! The building will be paid off in October 2027.

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STANEK COLUMN: Behavior at last County Board meeting was deplorable, embarrassing

A lot of people are fed up with vitriol in politics. Not too long ago, our region got a taste of it, and we’re still grimacing from it.

Videos from the specially scheduled June 26 Sauk County Board meeting showed some truly despicable behavior. No matter where we stand politically, we should all agree to civility.

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A View of the Valley July 7, 2025

The grass is green, the weather is hot and people are ready to unload all stuff they spent years collecting.

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STANEK COLUMN: Let freedom ring and rumble

I love fireworks. It’s not Independence Day without them.

In our area, we’re very lucky to have an assortment of activities and fireworks displays. Reedsburg and La Valle are just a couple of local examples of places to see free fireworks…and grab some food while you’re at it.

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A View of the Valley July 3, 2025

This coming Friday is the 4th of July. Many of us will have the day off – maybe even a three-day weekend - and goodness knows we need it. More three-day weekends would make our lives more joyful because it would give us more goof off time.

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Letter: What a mess

Gripe, complain, obstruct, moral and ethical values, who needs them?  No Kings rallies laughable and hypocritical considering the past presidential four years of Green New steals, another money grab, do nothing bill adding trillions to the national debt without any foreseeable benefits.   Lest we forget, "secured borders "bringing 15 million plu

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Guest column: Why is America’s postal service struggling?


Bill Barth. (Submitted photo)

I have visited Benjamin Franklin’s grave at the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.

Old Ben must be spinning in it right now, his supply of brotherly love seriously tested.

The U.S. Postal Service he founded has become – let’s try to say this without profanity – a stumbling mess.

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