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Daniel Smith: Seasons change while challenges remain

After decades of challenges and change, in a time when our farm population is aging, small businesses are closing and the need for reinvestment in housing, education, health care, broadband and infrastructure is urgent, we must confront the impact of COVID-19 and plan a response.

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Dan O’Donnell: From shameful to shameless

After spending nearly a week inciting rioters while allowing them to burn the city to the ground, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes are now attempting to shift the blame from their abject failure to President Trump.

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M.D. Kittle: Saving Columbus

The Cancel Culture came for Christopher Columbus in the south-central Wisconsin town named after the embattled explorer. Now some residents are stepping up to give his statue a home.

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Dave Zweifel: Violence has always brought more violence

About 98% of the protesters have been peaceful, exercising their constitutional right to petition their governments to make the changes that are so urgently needed. But violence and looting by a select few won’t bring change. It will only be met with more violence, hurting yet more people as we witnessed in Kenosha this week.

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Daniel Smith: Seasons change while challenges remain

After decades of challenges and change, in a time when our farm population is aging, small businesses are closing and the need for reinvestment in housing, education, health care, broadband and infrastructure is urgent, we must confront the impact of COVID-19 and plan a response.

Read More »

Dan O’Donnell: From shameful to shameless

After spending nearly a week inciting rioters while allowing them to burn the city to the ground, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes are now attempting to shift the blame from their abject failure to President Trump.

Read More »

M.D. Kittle: Saving Columbus

The Cancel Culture came for Christopher Columbus in the south-central Wisconsin town named after the embattled explorer. Now some residents are stepping up to give his statue a home.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Violence has always brought more violence

About 98% of the protesters have been peaceful, exercising their constitutional right to petition their governments to make the changes that are so urgently needed. But violence and looting by a select few won’t bring change. It will only be met with more violence, hurting yet more people as we witnessed in Kenosha this week.

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