Economic health starts on the farm

Dairy farmers are the anchors for rural communities across Wisconsin.When a developer looks to build a shopping center, one of their first goals is to secure an anchor store such as a grocery store or similar large retailer. The model is that this store will bring in customers and the volume of traffic will, in turn, benefit the other stores in the complex.A similar thing happens in urban and indu...

Dear editor, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently inveighed against the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act during an appearance at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga. The New York congresswoman was invited to speak at Martin Luther King Jr.’s former congregation on May 10, at the invitation of Sen. Raphael Warnock, the current senior pastor there. Many politica...

With the official start of summer just weeks away, it is important to prepare now before temperatures rise. To help Wisconsinites prepare, Gov. Tony Evers is declaring June 3 as Heat Awareness Day in Wisconsin.“Extreme heat is something people should prepare for before hotter temperatures arrive,” said Greg Engle, Wisconsin Emergency Management administrator. “Now is the time to have a plan,...