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A new academic year, a new opportunity for Wisconsin

For those of us who have the good fortune of working at a university, September is always one of the best months of the year.

The return of students on our campuses and online, arriving strai...

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Growing up, I was a passionate reader of the comics pages. I chuckled at pitfalls of “Hagar the Ho...

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Celebrate the workers who make America great

Monday is Labor Day. It is the traditional end to the summer season, just as Memorial Day marks its unofficial start. As with the holiday that marks the popular start of summer, there is much more to Labor Day than picnics and truck pulls. Labor Day honors those who work throughout the year to make America great. It is the day to celebrate the workers, not only the people with calluses on th...

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Good job Rib Lake Schools, community

It was a great day for the Rib Lake community last week when district administrator Travis Grubbs cut the ribbon as part of the grand re-opening celebration held August 26. The event marked the substantial completion of a project that had its start with a facilities study nearly half a decade ago. The project idea continued through community listening sessions to identify school and community n...

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Says we need to get government out of the way

Yes, the lodge at the Mondeaux Recreation Area should be reopened. But here are the dirty little secrets as to why this has not happened. For a number of years a local guy named Steve Kalmon successfully ran the resort based on the great pizza he served and he had soft-serve ice cream, which is not an easy proposition to do. Steve retired from the business and in 2017 and the renovation comm...

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Do your homework and make choices based on fact

Midterm elections are approaching, and political messaging is intensifying — flyers, billboards, social media — as incumbents work to keep their seats and challengers make their case. In the noise, actual content gets lost. Choosing our representatives shouldn't be about vibes or habit. As the world grows more complex, we need leaders humble enough to listen to citizen experts — farmers, ...

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Rule of cool

I want a confetti cannon. Up until about 4 p.m. on Monday afternoon, I was blissfully content with not having a confetti cannon in my life. Then my eyes were opened, and I was made aware of endless benefits having a professional quality confetti cannon would bring to my life. The obvious use would be to shoot it off when my curling team enters the ice as a way to intimidate our opponents. Th...

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