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Challenges, opportunities await in 2026

In homes across Taylor County, Christmas trees are being put out to the curb, decorations are being packed away for another year, and fresh resolutions haven’t been broken yet. The new year is greeted in equal parts with optimism and apprehension. Change is like that. It brings with it new opportunities as well as new challenges. By itself, change is like winter weather in Wisconsin, neither ...

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Loss

Rocky’s Cozy Kitchen was the type of place where you walked in and waved hello at the table of regulars by the door. It was a place where there was a framed letter from an elementary student declaring it his favorite restaurant in the whole world next to pictures and clippings of the owner’s numerous 300-games in bowling. It was a place where the waitress would wave you to sit anywhere y...

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Here’s an analysis of Trump and friends

Here’s an analysis of Trump and friends: Hitler rose to power by building the Nazi party into a mass movement from the ground up. Trump has gained office through an existing national political party. Hitler’s actions were driven by a genocidal, racial ideology. Trump’s actions are also driven on racial ideology. Hitler controlled all media, Trump’s trying to control all media. Both Trump a...

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Praises changes to public notice laws

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Governor Tony Evers signed Senate Bill 440 relating to the how government and court notices that appear in newspapers are published. The change, championed by Representative Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville) ensures the continued integrity and print quality of important government information known as legal notices. An important premise upon which the principle of democracy is based...

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Writers share concerns about mining efforts in Wisconsin with Bend and Reef sites

We have seen this all too often, jargon from a mining company promising to upright a town's economy by bringing jobs. Let's take a closer look at who will be the benefactors. History tells us that across the globe the mining story has been one of boom and bust. In the vast majority of cases, jobs that were created were short-lived and when the mine closed the mining company pulled out leaving t...

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Looking back on 2025

Just as popular culture personifies the new year as a baby filled with potential about what is new, it also portrays the old year as a grizzled old man, bent with the woes and burdens of the past. Every new year brings with it new challenges, new hopes and new fears. Before stepping boldly into the new year, it is important to pause and look back at the past year. As we start 2026, it is import...

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