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The American Dream and the reality of modern life

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The American Dream and the reality of modern life The American Dream and the reality of modern life

With the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding nearing, it provides an opportunity to reflect on just what makes our country so great and unique from all other countries. One aspect of our c...

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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 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 ...

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Democratic presidential candidates should support cultivated-meat research

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...

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Not your typical 9-to-5: Highlighting the hard work of farmers for Dairy Month
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Not your typical 9-to-5: Highlighting the hard work of farmers for Dairy Month

June marks Dairy Month, when we celebrate our dairying heritage and the way of life that remains imp...

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WisGOP: Call for unity more about getting behind Tiffany, not ousting Schimming

While Democrats are wrestling with a crowded gubernatorial primary race, Republicans are stressing unity with their presumptive and now-endorsed candidate, Tom Tiffany. But Republicans have some internal struggles too, stemming from calls to oust state Party Chair Brian Schimming. At the mid-May state GOP convention in the Wisconsin Dells, the calls for unity from speakers and attendees had ...

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State needs to be a bigger partner on human services placement, treatment costs

“If you build it, they will come” is not only a quote from “Field of Dreams” but also a reality in the world of providing care for those in need, whether that need is housing, recovery from addiction, or mental or physical health programs. The longtime solution to societal problems in rural Wisconsin is to kick the proverbial can down the road and get rid of your problem by making it so...

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Don’t rush through the moments that matter
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Don’t rush through the moments that matter

Hope you all had a good weekend and start to your week. I went to two graduation ceremonies this pas...

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