Op-Ed
To the Editor:
Another 9/11 anniversary has passed us by.
Many of our young people need to know what the date represents. I learned its significance is often omitted from classroom study. Could that be true?
Did you know that post 9/11 veteran suicide rates have increased tenfold? I’m not surprised...
25 YEARS AGO
October 1, 1998
In newspaper publishing, Robert Gauger has done it all. Gauger has, formally or informally, held nearly ever title, and every job possible in a family-owned newspaper. Except one. On Oct. 1, he’ll have that one too. That’s when Gauger becomes Publisher Emeritus of the...
To the Editor:
I would like to comment on two of the “Letters to the Editor” in your September 6, 2023 issue.
The letter from Tom Stoner was, of course, his opinion and while he did touch on facts his overall comments were not factual. Ironically, his statement “We look more like China and...
25 YEARS AGO
September 24, 1998
Reigning over the Homecoming festivities being held this week at Whitehall Memorial High School are court members Mandy Gauger, Sarah Johnston, Jenny Paul, Andrea Hulett, Stephanie Ekern, Jess Holen, Cyrus Getts, Ryan Mickelson, Matt Loga and Chad Sosalla.
The...
Two years ago, I took a job as a reporter for the Trempealeau County Times newspaper, a publication I hadn’t ever heard of.
It has led me to some of the most rewarding, intense and entertaining stories I’ve written in my career.
I officially passed the two-year mark as an employee here at the Times...
To the Editor:
My daughter started middle school at G-E-T this year.
In reviewing the school library, the librarian has a list of 110 LGBT items. Searching “Supreme Court” there are eleven results. That means my eleven-year-old has a 10x better chance of picking a book with sexual content than...
25 YEARS AGO
September 17, 1998
New members of the faculty at the Whitehall public schools are Carrie Imgrund, Damon Lisowski, Natalie Smick, Karen Schmidt and Debbie Erickson.
A Whitehall man escaped serious injury last week when his car overturned near Blair. Gordon Boe, 51, apparently dozed off...
25 YEARS AGO
September 10, 1998
A Whitehall man has been honored by a music-industry trade magazine for the second time. Norm Herman has been nominated for a King Eagle Award by Airplay International, an independent radio-charting service and trade magazine in Nashville, Tenn. Herman was nominated...
To the Editor:
Who wears helmets? Military combat, football, hockey, construction workers and race car drivers. So, what about bicycles, minibikes and motorcycles?
I suspect no one had a helmet on for the annual Wounded Veterans charity ride because, to be a tough guy you need to show that only...
To the Editor:
Mr. Cantlon, you’ve lost your touch, you don’t criticize Democrats the way you usually do.
Have you gotten caught up in all of Trump’s problems so you’ve lost your way? Thirty-seven indictments are a lot to handle, even for Trump. He says he will make America great again, do you...
