The Dodgeville Chronicle

OUR VIEWS

December 5, 2025

Spend your dollars locally

by J. Patrick Reilly As the holiday season gears up and deals flash across every screen, it’s easy to let our dollars drift toward the biggest online retailers.

November 21, 2025

No more shutdowns

by J. Patrick Reilly Now that the government shutdown is ending it is time to let our elected oficials know what happened was not acceptable and should not happen again.

November 14, 2025

We need to take a hard look

by J. Patrick Reilly The state of public education continues to be a challenge. If becomes evident as we cover school board meetings every month.

November 7, 2025

Another attempt at media manipulation

by J. Patrick Reilly When a president decides which reporters can and cannot ask questions, democracy itself is on the line. That’s the concern this week as former President Donald Trump’s campaign moved to restrict or outright ban access to several media outlets, closing doors that should remain open to …

October 27, 2025

A good idea to walk out

by J. Patrick Reilly Keeping the press free has become a challenge thanks to an administration that wants to manipulate the news. No matter how many times the term “fake news” is used it doesn’t make it true.

October 17, 2025

Here is how my mind works today w

by J. Patrick Reilly Random thoughts—— * Highland School District has a very good thing going for its senior students, requiring them to do senior exit projects.

October 10, 2025

This is our week

September 26, 2025

What the numbers tell us

by J. Patrick Reilly It has been said that numbers don’t lie but do they tell a complete story?

September 19, 2025

Homecoming a special time

by J. Patrick Reilly Homecoming. The term actually means “coming home.”

September 11, 2025

Another take-away that hurts

by J. Patrick Reilly Make America great again.

September 4, 2025

I owe thanks to my teachers

by J. Patrick Reilly I personally saw 17 first days of the school year. Except for the first one, I looked forward to it.

August 15, 2025

I got smarter

by J. Patrick Reilly I was talking to the parent of a couple teenagers who told me her children don’t feel she does anything right.

July 24, 2025

Healing is the priority

by J. Patrick Reilly Murder does not happen in a small town. If only that statement was true we would not be joining in mourning the person who lost her life last week in what could only be termed a senseless act.

July 17, 2025

Cuts will hurt education

by J. Patrick Reilly The never ending battle to save public education took another hit when the supreme court overruled a lower court decision and allows the return of mass firings.