Opinion Archives - Central Wisconsin News

03

Sep
2025

03 September 2025

Confused about Labor Day

Back Home By Chris Hardie Labor Day has come and gone, marking what many celebrate as the last blast of summer. Technically, Labor Day is a hol...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Confused about Labor Day

Back Home By Chris Hardie Labor Day has come and gone, marking what many celebrate as the last blast of summer. Technically, Labor Day is a hol...

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Posted on September 3, 2025

26

Aug
2025

26 August 2025

– Editorial – - Marathon board made the wrong call on video scoreboard

Video scoreboards don’t belong in high school gyms. Members of the Marathon School Board made the wrong call, when choosing the shiny new toy ove...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

– Editorial – - Marathon board made the wrong call on video scoreboard

Video scoreboards don’t belong in high school gyms. Members of the Marathon School Board made the wrong call, when choosing the shiny new toy ove...

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Posted on August 26, 2025

I’m cursed, that’s all there is to it

– Time For A Tiara: Column by Ginna Young – - I’m cursed, that’s all there is to it

I regret to inform you, that I am cursed. Yes, it’s true. Through no fault (I think) of my own, I have been cursed, when it comes to ordering online...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

– Time For A Tiara: Column by Ginna Young – - I’m cursed, that’s all there is to it

I regret to inform you, that I am cursed. Yes, it’s true. Through no fault (I think) of my own, I have been cursed, when it comes to ordering online...

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Posted on August 26, 2025

Just not measuring up

Just not measuring up

Back Home By Chris Hardie A wise man once said, “Measure twice, cut once.” So, let me tell you a tale, about the fool who measured two time...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Just not measuring up

Back Home By Chris Hardie A wise man once said, “Measure twice, cut once.” So, let me tell you a tale, about the fool who measured two time...

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Posted on August 26, 2025

20

Aug
2025

20 August 2025

Make Your Ground Beef Stretch Farther

With beef prices at record highs, soy helps stretch your budget, without having to eliminate your favorite ground beef recipes. You can still enjoy me...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Make Your Ground Beef Stretch Farther

With beef prices at record highs, soy helps stretch your budget, without having to eliminate your favorite ground beef recipes. You can still enjoy me...

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Posted on August 20, 2025

– Editorial – - Time to cut off junket junkies

If something looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Daniel Bice, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentine...

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Opinion/Editorial

– Editorial – - Time to cut off junket junkies

If something looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Daniel Bice, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentine...

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Posted on August 20, 2025

So, what’s the story here?

– Time For A Tiara: Column by Ginna Young – - So, what’s the story here?

A few months ago, I wrote a column about how much I love our beautiful park (Brunet Island State Park) and mentioned when I was a little girl, that I ...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

– Time For A Tiara: Column by Ginna Young – - So, what’s the story here?

A few months ago, I wrote a column about how much I love our beautiful park (Brunet Island State Park) and mentioned when I was a little girl, that I ...

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Posted on August 20, 2025

Understanding Intellectual Property Rights

In today’s knowledge economy, protecting your ideas, brand and creativity, is just as important as protecting physical property. Intellectual proper...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Understanding Intellectual Property Rights

In today’s knowledge economy, protecting your ideas, brand and creativity, is just as important as protecting physical property. Intellectual proper...

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Posted on August 20, 2025

Butter on Your Chin is a Good Thing

There’s nothing quite like biting into a butter-slathered ear of corn, on a hot August afternoon. For many Wisconsinites, this golden, starchy veget...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Butter on Your Chin is a Good Thing

There’s nothing quite like biting into a butter-slathered ear of corn, on a hot August afternoon. For many Wisconsinites, this golden, starchy veget...

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Posted on August 20, 2025

13

Aug
2025

13 August 2025

– Editorial – - Save libraries from Trump’s chopping block

Reading shouldn’t be a luxury of the rich. In March, Pres. Donald Trump issued an executive order, to shut down the federal Institute of Museum a...

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Opinion/Editorial

– Editorial – - Save libraries from Trump’s chopping block

Reading shouldn’t be a luxury of the rich. In March, Pres. Donald Trump issued an executive order, to shut down the federal Institute of Museum a...

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Posted on August 13, 2025