May 17-23 is the 46th annual National EMS Week. In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate Emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners and the important work they do in our nation’s communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent safer-at-home order has led many residents to show their creative side – creativity in working from home, creativity in online learning, creativity in enjoying outdoor activities while maintaining social distancing.
Next week, during National Newspaper Week (Oct. 6-12), we hope our readers will recognize the service of newspapers and their employees to their communities.
Registration for the 2020 Wisconsin Civics Games opened on Monday, Sept. 16, at www.wisconsincivicsgames.com.
With June just days away, many Wisconsinites begin thinking about vacations, warmer weather and being outdoors. All Wisconsinites should be thinking that June is Dairy Month.
“Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. It is also the product of these activities. Journalism can be distinguished from other activities and products by certain identifiable characteristics and practices. These elements not only se…
“Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. It is also the product of these activities. Journalism can be distinguished from other activities and products by certain identifiable characteristics and practices. These elements not only se…
Last week, the staff of The Herald-Independent and McFarland Thistle discovered a candidate for local office drafted their own endorsement letter and had a member of the community make adjustments to the draft before signing off on the letter as if they had written it themselves, even withou…
Early in 2018, the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission (WWICC), the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (SHGTUS) and Washington National Cathedral, announced a national Bells of Peace campaign — a national bell tolling across the country at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, to …
In recent years, civic education in schools across the country has been on the decline. Just look at the last national civics assessment, in which only 24 percent of high school seniors scored at or above proficient.
This year’s theme for National Newspaper Week, observed next week Oct. 7-13, is “Journalism Matters.” Look no further than the comments of Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, about why press freedom and journalism matters to all.
In a victory for newspapers across the country, the International Trade Commission voted unanimously last week to reverse tariffs imposed on newsprint imported from Canada — thanks in part to the role Wisconsin newspaper professionals played.
Newsprint is the paper on which newspapers, and many other products, are printed. You’re holding it in your hands right now.
In today’s polarized political environment, there is one thing on which all parties should be able to agree: Transparency at all levels of government is the best policy.
McFarland residents approved a multimillion dollar ballot measure to upgrade their schools.
Civil asset forfeiture is the procedure by which law enforcement agencies can seize assets and property they suspect were the proceeds of a crime, purchased with the proceeds of a crime or used in the commission of a crime. The idea is that criminals should not be able to profit from their c…
While it may seem refreshing to see bipartisan cooperation in the legislature, why does that seem to only happen when the shared goal is to obscure government proceedings from the public?
Every four years, dissatisfied voters paint presidential elections as choosing the lesser of two evils.
Rep. Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) and Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona) have introduced legislation that would undo changes in the 2015-17 biennial state budget that prevent Dane County from setting its own standards for water quality management.
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