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(2008/07/03)
The Vernon Area Business and Professional Women are planning to hold a candidate forum in October featuring all the races coming during the November general election.
(2008/07/03)
As administrator of Vernon Manor I am compelled to comment on an article entitled 'Medicaid reimbursement comes as promised on Monday.' This article was written by Tim Hundt and printed in the Broadcaster on June 26.
(2008/07/03)
My sincere appreciation and congratulations to the community leadership who worked for and supported the very special relationship for the establishment of the La Crosse YMCA to administer the summer swim program for the Bigley Pool in Viroqua.
(2008/07/01)
Big oil took a sucker punch on Monday as Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) called for a $300 million prize for innovation going to someone or group who can develop a battery that will "leapfrog" those available in current electric cars.
(2008/07/01)
Time for another peek into the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Cranky.”
(2008/07/01)
Population, Is our woe; Saving every Embryo. You’ll be pleased to hear that in a very low-key and gingerly way, the Sierra Club has publicly admitted that overpopulation is a big problem. And they may have gotten away with it. No reports yet of widespread defection by Catholics or evangelicals. What a relief! Now the Club won’t have to deal with that landmine again.
(2008/06/24)
What matters most in this world are the people in your lives and love. Without that you might as well blow the mountains down to the ground in an everlasting sandstorm.
(2008/06/24)
A tour of the flooded regions of Vernon County was an incredible eye-opener to the catastrophic damage that can be caused by a flood.
(2008/06/24)
As Vernon County Board Chairman, I would like to thank the members of Emergency Management, Human Services, Highway Department, Health Department, Land and Water Conservation, Sheriff's Department, Solid Waste, County Corporation Counsel, Zoning, Unit on Aging, UW-Extension, Red Cross, Donation and Volunteer Coordinators, Computer Resources Department, DNR Warden and the Public Information Officer, for spending long hours and days at the Emergency Operations Center providing up-to-date information to numerous callers that required assistance during this disastrous time and for spending countless hours out in the county providing assessment and assistance.
(2008/06/17)
Some residents of Vernon and Crawford counties haven’t yet recovered from the floods of August 2007.
(2008/06/17)
Kevin Morrison and the caretakers at the Viroqua Cemetery deserve a hearty thank you this week after so quickly repairing damage to 40 markers at the Viroqua Cemetery last week.
(2008/06/17)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Into each life a little rain must fall,” but this is ridiculous.
(2008/06/10)
Crazy talk -- that’s what any economist might call speculation that our nation is headed into a spiraling depression.
(2008/06/10)
Vandalism to a cemetery is either mindless or a cry for help.
(2008/06/10)
Kelvin S. Rodolfo, letter to the editor The state of Wisconsin is fortunate to have a governor and administration that are taking global warming seriously. Last November, Gov. Jim Doyle joined nine other Midwestern governors in signing the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, “a regional strategy to achieve energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.” And last month, Gov. Doyle signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom and Wisconsin that “promotes a working relationship between Wisconsin and the U.K. and builds upon current efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote low carbon technologies.” To do this requires drastically cutting down on the burning of coal, which among the fossil fuels yields the least energy, but also emits the most CO2. Not enough people realize that burning one ton of coal carbon generates almost four tons of CO2. But Dairyland Power plans to reduce its sulfur emissions with a new “dry scrubber” at its Genoa plant that absorbs the sulfur-using lime. This makes the coal-ash waste no longer recyclable, and therefore requires converting hundreds of acres of productive farmland into an industrial-waste landfill. If the landfill leaks or experiences flooding like last summer’s, it will release toxic metals into our streams and groundwater.
(2008/06/02)
Charlie Andrews of Eagle Mountain, Utah, goes by another name — Sir Charles — and if you should run into Sir Charles when he’s in a foul mood, he might skewer you, have your head chopped off and put on a pike.
(2008/06/02)
Two men have been arrested for attempting to blow up a nuclear plant in Sweden. In France, labor unions are protesting the president's plans to make people work longer for a full pension. Here at home, climatologists forecast an active hurricane season on the Atlantic.
(2008/06/02)
I have read lately about the general public's consensus that it's the duty of our government to bring down the gas prices.
(2008/05/27)
Word travels fast when there’s a dead pig on the side of the road, so Friday I grabbed a camera and headed out to see it.
(2008/05/27)
The family farm is largely gone, replaced by larger operations in an economy that has based itself on what is best to “make money” instead of what is best to survive.
(2008/05/27)
Dairyland Power Cooperative has proposed three possible sites for an ash landfill — two in the town of Harmony and one on Asbury Ridge. The Asbury Ridge site is the one that until now has been referred to as the site next to the landfill, or the landfill site. This association with a pre-existing landfill along with claims of minimizing farmland lost and displacing no families has painted a tidy picture of a promising site. The reality of what Dairyland is proposing for this site, however, is far from tidy and its effect on the area deserves further consideration.
(2008/05/19)
I had the opportunity to bore the Viroqua Rotary Club with an address last Friday.
(2008/05/19)
It was no doubt destiny that caused a cute black Labrador puppy to slide a wet, pink tongue across the face of my 10-year-old daughter on an August day in 1995.
(2008/05/19)
I am writing to take issue with many of the statements made by those representing Dairyland Power Cooperative as relating to the toxic ash landfill proposed for Vernon County. Let’s remember that ultimately the goal is to reduce pollution.
(2008/05/12)
I tip my cap to the 140-some brave souls who donned their winter gloves and hats and participated in Saturday’s Viroqua Community Bike Ride.
(2008/05/12)
In 1973, my husband and I bought a 127-acre piece of property on the end of a dead end road 6.5 miles from Viroqua. We thought it the ideal place to raise our growing family and give them a taste of country living... woods to explore and camp out in, streams to fish and wade in, and wildlife to watch and enjoy.
(2008/05/12)
Sunday, May 11, is Mother's Day -- a holiday to rightfully honor and celebrate America's mothers. But, sometimes there is no compassion for mothers elsewhere.
(2008/05/05)
"These are my people," writes author Michael Perry in his book "Population 485" about returning from the city to small town life in Wisconsin.
(2008/05/05)
Junior prom is a special occasion in the lives of many youngsters. The VHS Class of 2009 held its prom Saturday night and didn’t disappoint.
(2008/05/05)
Dairyland Power Cooperative has proposed three possible sites for an ash landfill — two in the town of Harmony and one on Asbury Ridge.
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