2024 was an amazing year and we have come so far. We began publishing 2023, but in 2024 we have taken huge strides in building a new kind of local news outlet, but we still have a long way to go. As the end of the year...
As a farm boy, June Dairy Month has a special meaning to me. Growing up on my family’s dairy farm in northern La Crosse County, I saw the huge impact dairy has on our state. It is the economic and cultural lifeblood of...
Take some time and ask yourself, what would your day look like without child care? Would you be able to work? Would your business lose employees? This week, we commemorate “A Day Without Child Care;” a day to highlight...
Column by State Representative Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) The first National Youth Apprenticeship Week is this week. As a fourth generation farmer, Iunderstand the importance of agriculture and other skilled trade...
We celebrate Earth Day on April 22. For me, Earth Day is a reminder to appreciate and protect what has given us so much. That’s why I’ll never stop fighting for clean drinking water, defending our incredible forests and...
The people of western Wisconsin know what it means to put in a hard day’s work. People who work with their hands, drive trucks, pour concrete, and nurses who care for our loved ones. They understand the value of a...
Growing up on my family’s farm in northern La Crosse County, I learned the value of work. Farming is what my family did morning, noon, and night. It filled our days. I milked the cows before I went to school and after I...
Sometimes the greatest innovations are not actually new, but are old practices viewed in a new light. We see many of these innovations today in the way that we care for our land, whether it’s supporting the growth of...
Editors note: The Help End Abuse Response Team (HEART) program is new program in Vernon County made possible by a $200,000 Rural Violent Crime Initiative grant. It is a collaboration between the Family & Children’s...
Three years ago, on January 6th, 2021, our nation’s Capitol was attacked by a group of rioters who sought to halt the peaceful transfer of power, one of the most pivotal tenets of our democracy.While their actions...