NEW LONDON – A survey of parents, students, and staff in the School District of New London conducted in the spring of this year saw the scores decrease for most of the items in the survey, but only …
Dear Reader, John Keats wrote his sonnet “Four Seasons Fill the Measure of the Year” around 1818, and in fourteen lines he managed to do what the greatest writers always do — take …
Loretta Jean Skewes passed away peacefully in Sun Prairie, WI on May 4, 2026. A lifelong teacher, devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, and friend to so many. For 94 years, she walked this world …
Dear Reader, In a world overwhelmed by noise, wisdom is too often drowned out. Today, everything fights for our attention—headlines, outrage, sirens, engines—clamoring for dominance in an …
WEYAUWEGA – Thirty years after a train derailment forced the evacuation of Weyauwega for more than two weeks, Jim Baehnman still remembers waking to a sky on fire. His pager went off in the early …
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved Patriarch, Kenneth Hahn, born to eternal life at the age of 90. He left us peacefully on February 27, 2026 surrounded by the love of …
Dear Reader, I’ve noticed something about our current moment: everyone is absolutely certain they’re right. Not just confident. Certain. The kind of certainty that doesn’t need to …
CLINTONVILLE – The Honorable Raymond “Ray” S. Huber passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Dec. 8 from injuries sustained in a fall. Sources close to his family said he was in his …
Dear Reader, In our society’s grand tapestry, we find ourselves constantly measured by our financial standing. We create these rigid categories—royalty or servant, elite or …
Dear Reader, In times like these—when our streets fill with protest, our communities fracture, and violence replaces dialogue —we face an unsettling truth: those who claim to …
Dear Reader, I want you to think back to a moment in your life when you felt fear about money. Perhaps you were laid off and watched your savings dwindle. Maybe a medical emergency emptied your …
