By State Rep. Don Vruwink Every odd-numbered year the Legislature creates a budget for the state. This year, 2021, is one of those years. Think of the budget process as you figuring out your spending priorities and how you will pay for them. What are the necessities and what are...
Category: Opinion
Off The Record: Let everyone know Fort’s historic watertower’s the best in Wisconsin
By Chris Spangler Contributor When I first came to Fort Atkinson more than four decades ago, the city’s skyline was punctuated by two “spires.” One was of the clocktower at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and the other, the neighboring watertower built in 1901.Now, the watertower looked rather different than...
Our Take: J&J vaccine yet another shot in the arm
It’s amazing when you stop to think about it: Only nine months after being slammed by COVID-19, America had a vaccine. Then that quickly doubled, and now we have three. However, some folks apparently worry that the newest one, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, is not as effective as those...
Behind My Door: Step aside, Martha Stewart! (Part one)
By Sandi Bernhardt I’ll begin this column with a true confession: I cannot cook! It’s not that I haven’t tried, but I haven’t killed anyone, either. To prove it, I’ll refer to the towel hanging on the front of my stove, which hopefully, will put any dinner guests at ease....
Vruwink: Let’s stop the blame game and work together
By State Rep. Don Vruwink This week after almost a year of delays, the Legislature took a small step in fixing our state’s outdated unemployment compensation system. The weaknesses in the system were first revealed by the recession last decade. The failures were further exposed by the current covid pandemic and...