The first rule of road trips is to never embark upon a road trip. At least not one like ours: 10 days and 2,500 miles of tent camping in the n…
Tonight we’re a party of five: Dad and daughters and our husbands. Dad’s been eager to try the fish fry at Irvine, the bar where he ate every …
On Sunday, June 23, Shopko’s two Chippewa Valley locations closed after almost three months of “everything must go” prices. In mid-January, Sh…
To the left of the stainless-steel elevator in Eau Claire’s Christ Church Cathedral hangs a plaque which reads: “The Frank and Miriam Carr Car…
I’m no stranger to the country life. I grew up on a dairy farm near Northfield in Jackson County, where neighbors helped each other out withou…
We are deluding ourselves if we think that exports alone will forge a viable future for America’s dairy farm families. We’ve had 25 years of s…
More than half of the U.S. population works for a small business, according to a recent news release from WalletHub, a personal-finance website.
My father wasn’t a stoic. Instead, his temperament was one of acceptance. He simply accepted the fact that he wasn’t in complete control of mo…
February is a paradox. Leap Year or not, it’s the shortest month of the year, yet it always feels like the longest month of winter. Endless gr…
Citizens throughout the state subject to the abuses of the industrial farm model, known as CAFOs, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, w…
In just one, unwelcome week in America, the coronavirus drained $3.6 trillion from the stock market, clipped Apple shareholders for $220 billi…
Before a bill becomes a law, a process exists to ensure policymakers develop the most effective policy proposal, and with good reason. Decisio…
If you’re a farmer or rancher, you might be in for a bad day when you open your Monday morning email and five of the six headlines sent by an …
Geography isn’t static. Rivers change course, mountains erode, and islands disappear under rising seas.
Spring in the Midwest can be weird.
A few weeks ago, several hundred pounds of accumulated snow calved off the roof of our outbuilding effectively burying the small door our chic…
My husband and I watch the daily movement on freezing-thawing-refreezing Lake Hallie. First come what Bruce calls “Jesus Geese” who appear to …
As a newspaper editor, I never know what the day will bring. A precise daily schedule can be turned on its head when a breaking news story pop…
When a father meets his child for the first time, he’s left speechless. What words, after all, could possibly speak to the majesty of such an …
WARNING: This essay contains copious amounts of blood. Pig blood, to be exact. Reader discretion is advised…
As I made my way to the Wisconsin Corn-Soy Expo a few weeks ago, I couldn’t help but think of my trek last year. A dreaded polar vortex had pl…
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