Category: Opinion

I began paying into Social Security when I was 12 years old, painting fences on my grandfather’s farm.  After 40 years as a teacher in the public schools I retired at the age of 67 and began drawing Social Security payments at the age of 68, drawing on my money...

By State Rep. Don Vruwink  Labor Day is commonly thought of as the last blast of summer – the transition from the lazy, hazy days to the regular grind. During my teaching and coaching years, Labor Day meant meeting new faces at the high school and the launch of the...

I have lived in Jefferson County for some time and would like to speak to voting rights and voting access.While there are a whole range of important issues in the coming elections, none is more basic than the right to make our voices heard.  Fair voting access has always been...

I am a resident of the city of Jefferson writing to share my opinion regarding education in Wisconsin. I was raised on a dairy farm in central Wisconsin. By stating that I attended a one-room schoolhouse from first to fifth grades gives away my age. But the quality of education was...

By Dan RusslerCommunity Solar is a new type of organization that offers specialized solar electricity purchases to member customers and then supports the acquisition and distribution of locally produced solar electricity back to those customers. Although similar to standard cooperatives, there has been a great deal of recent experimentation by community...