It's ludicrous that some of the white supremacists who participated in the Capitol riot are actually disowning Donald Trump, even though he ma…
President Donald Trump finally did what the foremost metaphor associated with his political rise would have suggested -- he plowed his plane i…
For the ninth straight year in 2020, Wisconsin’s tax burden — state and local taxes paid by Wisconsin residents and businesses as a share of i…
Wisconsin state schools superintendent candidates are arguing for a more equitable school system, more funding and less focus on standardized …
Donald Trump was the president of Twitter.
It’s a shame they didn’t name one of the early social media entities Pandora, after the mythological woman who opened the box that released al…
One last con: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump skipped out on their New Year's gala at Mar-a-Lago, where fans with too much…
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President Donald Trump has turned a narrow electoral defeat into a bid for infamy.
COLUMBUS — Republican Todd Menzel officially announced Monday he intends to run for the Wisconsin State Senate in the 13th Senate District in April.
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The following editorial is from the Chicago Tribune.
Did you know that "Auld Lang Syne," from the Scots language in which it was written back in 1788, literally translates in English to "old long…
It’s been a terrible year for the American worker, with a notable bright spot courtesy of one of the tech firms in the crosshairs of regulator…
The fact that 2020 has been tough on business isn’t news to anyone, but this year has unexpectedly brought numerous new businesses to Lake Mills.
You might be asking yourself why the members of Congress always wait until the last minute to make their deals on vital legislation, the kind …
Former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's famous axiom is that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. It's an even worse thing to manufacture.
I first started thinking about prisons during my early years in the Assembly, more than 50 years ago. I believed then, and I believe now, that…
"If at first you don't secede, try again."
One of President Donald Trump's foremost achievements has been to erect a formidable obstacle to his own post-election legal challenges.
Despite winning a narrow plurality in Wisconsin a month ago, Joe Biden won just 37 Assembly districts and 11 in the Senate, according to a Wis…
In Lake Mills our teachers are faced with yet another challenging shift to virtual learning, at the elementary level, in an already difficult …
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Just when it seemed some of the most disheartening trends in the U.S. economy were finally beginning to reverse, COVID-19 arrived to entrench them.
After sharing the story of the Lake Mills Santa in Commons Park online last week (this week’s front page) we learned the origin of the Santa i…
One of Joe Biden’s first priorities as president will be to risk stoking a new migrant crisis.
Finally, Jan. 20 will be upon us -- after months of sulking, Donald Trump will be sulking out of the White House, having exhausted every tacky…
When I think about the Christmas season it’s filled with big and small memories, from singing in Christmas pageants at St. Paul Lutheran Churc…
It already seems clear that the first major political and culture eruption of the Biden years will be a roiling populist backlash against the …
