LETTERS OPINIONS
Resident has many questions about rehab facility
To the Editor: I live in the township of Cassian approximately a half mile from the proposed site of the GLITC rehab and recovery center. We are not saying that the facility is not needed, but why is it not closer to their community.
2023 property taxes are due, pay your local treasurer
To the Editor: Property taxpayers should have received their 2023 tax bills. Pay your local treasurer at this time! If you did not receive your tax bill, you should contact your county or your local treasurer.
River News: Our View
So there we were one day recently, sitting around with the The Wall Street Journal in our laps, wondering whether to actually read it. For a long time, The Wall Street Journal survived in our minds as a reputable — at least a more reputable — corporate media newspaper.
Neighbor has concerns about Cassian rehab center
To the Editor: I am writing to talk about problems with the drug rehab center proposed by the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council to be built in the Town of Cassian, Wisconsin. There are so many red flags with this proposed facility being placed in this residential neighborhood.
Your Right to Know
Law enforcement officers in Winnebago County shot three people in 2023, one fatally. And while we know the names of the people shot, the identities of those who pulled the trigger remain secret.
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Mayor offers year-end report to citizens of Rhinelander
To the residents of the City of Rhinelander: As 2023 comes to a close, I would like to recap some of the accomplishments we have achieved that directly affect our residents, business owners, and visitors to our great City:
River News: Our View
Nobody could have delivered Donald Trump a better Christmas and New Year’s gift than the Colorado Supreme Court, which has ruled 4-3 that the former president cannot appear on Colorado ballots in 2024.
Dear Gregg and Richard...
To the Editor: Only 12 days of Christmas and I find myself compelled to use one of them to retort to one of your recent editorial misadventures. Either I’m not sufficiently capable of properly managing my time or your insidious tracts are capable of simply overpowering me. I’ll have to …
Texas abortion case defies logic
Try as I may, I simply cannot comprehend the thinking of Texas Republican officials who forced a 31-year-old mother of two to flee the state to secure a legal abortion in order to spare the doomed fetus in her womb from terrible suffering, preserve her ability to bear a third …
River News: Our View
As Burl Ives once sang, Christmas, it’s the best time of the year, and Christmas Day is undoubtedly the world’s most anticipated day, for various reasons.
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Celebration for Ice Age Trail
To the Editor: Exciting news! The Ice Age and North Country Trails are now part of the National Park System! This means support from the NPS in advertising, promoting, printing brochures and maps, and eligibility for funding to enhance the trails.
Please join fight against addiction, Oneida County
To the Editor: To those who live, work and play in Oneida County, if you’re concerned about the effects of opioids, fentanyl, heroin, and meth flowing into Oneida County and Wisconsin, we encourage you to support the proposed adolescent recovery and wellness center Thursday, December 28, 4 p.m., at Woodruff …
In support of wake surfing legislation
To the Editor: Recently, bipartisan legislators introduced a bill to put some guardrails on wake surfing on Wisconsin lakes. As an enthusiast of all water sports, including wake surfing, fishing, and paddling, I believe the legislation represents a significant stride toward a more sustainable future for our waterways.
River News: Our View
The biggest misnomer in American society today is the use of “institutions of higher learning” to describe colleges and universities across the country, and this week gave us two mortifying examples of why that is, one of those here in Wisconsin and another of course in the halls of Congress.
River News: Our View
Oneida County is once again doing what it does best — hiding the inner workings of government from the people — proving the old adage that government simply can’t be trusted, ever.
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