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It’s time to get serious about election choices

The partisan primary elections are less than a month away, do you know who you are voting for? Candidates have been busy over the last few months attending dairy breakfasts, park concerts, party ev...
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Finding community… one piece at a time
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Finding community… one piece at a time

The days when we really knew who our neighbors were and shared our daily lives with those down the b...

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Right-to-repair is necessary and common sense

A new Federal Trade Commission agreement with John Deere is good news for farmers and is a boost for consumers. The proposed agreement was completed July 8 by the FTC and the attorneys general of Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It will require Deere to make repair software, diagnostic tools and technical resources available to farmers and independent repair providers as th...

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The wonder of automobiles

July is one of the busiest months for automobile traffic as more people are on the roads enjoying summer vacations. The love of automobiles has always been an important part of our culture. The first practical, modern automobile powered by an internalcombustion engine was built by German engineer Karl Benz in 1885. From that lowly first car, there are now 1.645 billion cars and other motorized ...

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The reveries of night
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The reveries of night

Have you ever woken up from a dream either super elated or the complete opposite, fearful from a nig...

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The NL could have used a little Brewers magic
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The NL could have used a little Brewers magic

What goes around comes around. Look, I’m not saying that it was karmic justice at work or anyth...

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Bring back the state Knowles-Nelson program

Bad politics has killed, at least for now, a decades-old conservation program that enjoyed broad bipartisan support. Due to toxic political wrangling and lack of legislative leadership, the legislature failed to reauthorize funding for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund. Funding ran out as of June 30 and the program came to an end. The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program — named for conser...

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