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Once again, as we enter April, we are reminded of people who are missing. Thanks to the Cornell city workers, the green lights are, once again, displayed along Bridge Street, to help us remember those...
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I recently read the Courier Sentinel article, about the Aug. 10 Cadott School Board meeting, titled, “Focusing on the negative isn’t helping anything.” After attending the meeting and being directly affected by some of the discussion, I feel compelled to offer another perspective. I believe our community deserves to understand the difference between focusing on the negative and asking leg...

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As this school year comes to a close, I’d like to celebrate someone who has dedicated the last four years, to supporting local students. Serving with the AmeriCorps program, Reading Corps, Melissa Kobliska has provided Cornell students with targeted practice and support, to improve their reading skills. Over the past four years, she has given 3,222 hours, to help students succeed. Melissa ...

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I recently spoke at the Cornell School District board meeting, regarding the agenda item on debt and asset management, specifically concerning the 1915 school building and the sections proposed for demolition, under the April 7 referendum. I support investing in the future of the district, with facilities that meet current and long-term needs. At the same time, I believe our community deserves ...

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This letter is to address the upcoming building referendum, for the Cornell School District. I worked in the high school building for 31 years, in the section built in 1962. By the late 1990s, the drain pipes in the science room, in which I worked, were so bad, that I had to warn the office staff on the floor below me, to get their bucket ready, because when I drained a sink, it leaked into the...

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Chippewa Falls calls itself the “Gateway to the North,” a title shared by many northern communities. The phrase reflects our proximity to extraordinary public lands: the Chippewa Moraine, along the Ice Age Trail; the Chequamegon- Nicolet National Forest; Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; the Superior National Forest; and the Quetico-Superior Country. These pristine forest...

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