‘For the people’ government needs to be restored

It is December 2025, in America, do you know who your city council member is? How about your school board members or county board representative?Newscasts and headlines focus on state and national headlines and the decision makers whose wisdom (or foolishness, depending on your perspective) guides policy and actions at those levels. Americans are barraged with a constant stream of breaking news co...

The efficiency of the state crime lab was an issue in Democrat Josh Kaul’s successful campaign to unseat Attorney General Brad Schimel in 2018.And it looks like it will be a campaign issue next year as Kaul, running for a third term as attorney general, is challenged once again by Fond Du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney.A recent DOJ report spurred campaign-style rhetoric on the issue.The...

As the Greenwood and Loyal school boards have discussed consolidation repeatedly over the last few years, some members of the public have expressed concern about not having a concrete consolidation plan with key details like which buildings will house which students. While no plan is established yet, last week the boards received a roadmap for the next five months to arrive at such a plan. The boa...