LETTERS OPINIONS
ChatGPT is actually not your friend
I have been deep in conversation with ChatGPT, asking all kinds of questions. Are there direct flights between the U.S. and Queretaro, Mexico? Will Apple give me credit for a 2014 iMac? What color goes with teal? What was France’s GDP in 1998?
Marlene Josephine (née Smukowski) Prahl
Marlene Josephine (née Smukowski) Prahl, 86, passed away April 22, 2025. She was born on July 4, 1938 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Walter and Faye (Korda) Smukowski.
Nourish to flourish
To the Editor: All three Forest County school districts currently offer no-cost breakfast and lunch to all students. The program that provides this service is called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Crandon, Laona, and the Wabeno area school districts are eligible for this program because they are deemed high-poverty school …
Let’s regulate wake boats with facts, not misinformation
Here in the Northwoods, we pride ourselves on common sense, fairness, and a deep respect for our natural resources. That’s why the growing push to ban or severely restrict wake surfing on Wisconsin’s lakes — including many right here in Oneida and Vilas Counties — deserves a closer look.
It’s the economy. It’s the Economy.
Many in the Democratic base are frustrated that their party isn’t pounding away at Donald Trump over his attacks on the rule of law, academic independence and decency. That’s not quite the case. Democrats and others opposed to the president’s toxic agenda are seeing some success in the courts.
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Preventing problems, not fanning flames
To the Editor: I have worked at the Oneida County Health Department as the Community Health Educator in the Reproductive Health/Women’s Clinic/Family Planning Program from 1982 until 2022. During this time I saw firsthand how the health department works with people and policies to protect the health of the entire …
Thanks for a successful tax season
To the Editor: I would like to thank all the volunteers, sites, and site personnel that helped make this tax season a success. We completed 1144 tax returns, up from 1062 last year. We saved our clients $171600.00 in tax prep fees and got them $1,035,358.00 back in refunds.
Administrative error or executive overreach
To the Editor: I am writing about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was unlawfully sent by the Executive Branch of the U.S. government to a Salvadoran prison.
Trump’s war against the Ivy League is all smokescreen
Let’s cut to the chase. Most of Donald Trump’s threats against Ivy League colleges are an attempt to divert attention away from an economy heading into crisis.
Climate myths
I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn’t think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, “The era of global boiling has arrived!”
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Thanks for a successful tax season
To the Editor: I would like to thank all the volunteers, sites, and site personnel that helped make this tax season a success. We completed 1144 tax returns, up from 1062 last year. We saved our clients $171,600 in tax prep fees and got them $1,035,358 back in refunds.
Autism awareness or alarmism?
To the Editor: I write with alarm and disagreement in reference to the three autism-referencing pieces in the April 11 issue of The Lakeland Times: the editorial, “Finally, an administration that cares about autism”, and the two related news pieces, the front-page headline “NIH to launch study to find causes …
Malice towards none? A work in progress
To the Editor: Abraham Lincoln has two quotes I would like to center on: In his first inaugural address he talked about acting in ways that reflected “The better angels of our nature.” In his second inaugural he wanted citizens to act with “Malice toward none and charity to all.”
River News: Our View
We don’t like to keep readers in suspense, so we’ll get right to answering the question in the headline. Shortly, anyway. It’s a perfectly legitimate question given the slaughter that took place on April 1, when progressive (dare we say “far left”) candidate and soon-to-be justice Susan Crawford steamrolled a …
An open letter to Senator Johnson
To the Editor: President Trump promised to quickly end the war in Ukraine. I was skeptical: history tells us the only quick end to a war is surrender.
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