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22

Apr
2026

22 April 2026

Thanks to Science Olympiad organizers for making Medford proud

Medford Area Public School District, its leadership and the entire community stepped up last weekend and showed that through hard work anything is pos...

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Opinion/Editorial

Thanks to Science Olympiad organizers for making Medford proud

Medford Area Public School District, its leadership and the entire community stepped up last weekend and showed that through hard work anything is pos...

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Posted on April 22, 2026

Storms are a wake-up call for disaster preparedness

In the span of time that it takes to read these words, the lives of 75 families in the Marathon County community of Ringle were forever changed. On...

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Opinion/Editorial

Storms are a wake-up call for disaster preparedness

In the span of time that it takes to read these words, the lives of 75 families in the Marathon County community of Ringle were forever changed. On...

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Posted on April 22, 2026

Comfort zone

On Monday night, I did a very scary thing. In general, fear is a good thing. People have healthy fear of things like spiders, poisonous snakes, sco...

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Opinion/Editorial

Comfort zone

On Monday night, I did a very scary thing. In general, fear is a good thing. People have healthy fear of things like spiders, poisonous snakes, sco...

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Posted on April 22, 2026

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Apr
2026

15 April 2026

Postal Service should not be profit-driven

The interstate highway system is a modern marvel allowing the transportation of goods and services across vast distances, literally tying the country ...

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Opinion/Editorial

Postal Service should not be profit-driven

The interstate highway system is a modern marvel allowing the transportation of goods and services across vast distances, literally tying the country ...

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Posted on April 15, 2026

Slow ballot delivery is unacceptable

Two-hundred sixty-nine citizens in Milwaukee County had their voting rights taken from them last week because of a manufactured crisis within the US P...

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Opinion/Editorial

Slow ballot delivery is unacceptable

Two-hundred sixty-nine citizens in Milwaukee County had their voting rights taken from them last week because of a manufactured crisis within the US P...

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Posted on April 15, 2026

Choices

Are you a red or a yellow household? Or maybe you are one of those green folks? You’re not a blue are you? Like so many choices in life, this ...

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Opinion/Editorial

Choices

Are you a red or a yellow household? Or maybe you are one of those green folks? You’re not a blue are you? Like so many choices in life, this ...

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Posted on April 15, 2026

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Apr
2026

08 April 2026

Voter privacy protections needed

A recent political mailing has some local residents seeing red and raises legitimate concerns about how election poll lists will be used in the future...

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Opinion/Editorial

Voter privacy protections needed

A recent political mailing has some local residents seeing red and raises legitimate concerns about how election poll lists will be used in the future...

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Posted on April 8, 2026

Stop the political games

Wisconsin could have brought some common sense and clarity back to state government last week, but Gov. Tony Evers instead chose to play another round...

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Opinion/Editorial

Stop the political games

Wisconsin could have brought some common sense and clarity back to state government last week, but Gov. Tony Evers instead chose to play another round...

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Posted on April 8, 2026

30 years

I met Kim at the Davis St. Metra train platform in downtown Evanston on a night in May 1991. It was a breezy spring evening. Cool wind was coming i...

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Opinion/Editorial

30 years

I met Kim at the Davis St. Metra train platform in downtown Evanston on a night in May 1991. It was a breezy spring evening. Cool wind was coming i...

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Posted on April 8, 2026

01

Apr
2026

01 April 2026

Vote like your future depends on it

It is April 2026 do you know where your voting rights are? In less than a week, voters will head to the polls for the spring election. Voting bo...

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Opinion/Editorial

Vote like your future depends on it

It is April 2026 do you know where your voting rights are? In less than a week, voters will head to the polls for the spring election. Voting bo...

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Posted on April 1, 2026