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Cornell must invest in future of pulpwood stacker

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Members of the Courier Sentinel editorial board include publisher Carol O’Leary, general manager Kris O’Leary and ...

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Setting ground rules

'The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.' — Thomas Jefferson The beginning of June marks the traditional start of the campaign season in Wisconsin. It corresponds to when those running for partisan elected offices must have their nomination paperwork filed to appear on the ballot. The campaign season is the time for candidates, and supporters to make their pitch about why ...

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Economic health starts on the farm
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Economic health starts on the farm

Dairy farmers are the anchors for rural communities across Wisconsin. When a developer looks to b...

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Don’t let the sacrifices of the fallen be in vain

Devotion shows itself in many ways. Devotion is seen on damp spring mornings as volunteers place small flags or fresh flower arrangements on the graves of fallen service men and women, taking care to make them neat and clean. Devotion can be seen in the soapy hands and bent backs of those who volunteer their time to scrub accumulated grime off headstones and grave markers, weathered, but sti...

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A hidden driver of small businesses’ soaring health costs

Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of health care. Nearly a third have stopped offering health benefits as premiums continue to climb. It is critical that lawmakers understand the reasons for rising costs and begin to address them – or small businesses will continue to drop health coverage due to unsustainable costs. One of these reasons is hospitals' exploit...

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Packers’ Thanksgiving Eve game on Netflix highlights need for Baldwin’s For the Fans Act

Baldwin’s ‘For the Fans Act’ would prevent Packers game from being streamed only on Netflix and require free, live viewing option for in-state fans. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement after the NFL announced that the Green Bay Packers would play the Los Angeles Rams exclusively on Netflix this Thanksgiving Eve, forcing millions of Wisconsinites to pay for a...

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Animal rights activists crossed the line

Sympathetic media stories and pictures of cute dogs aside, the domestic terrorists who attempted to take the law onto themselves and descended a Madisonarea animal breeding and research facility last month with the intent of stealing the animals crossed a line. Organizers, in particular, should face severe consequences for their actions as a deterrent to others. In March, a group of self-descri...

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