The Dodgeville Chronicle

YOUR VIEWS

May 16, 2025

Please do not leave until the situation has been resolved

Dear Editor, Warm weather, sunshine, flipflops, lemonade. Need I say more?

May 16, 2025

Global soil moisture is on a permanent decline

Dear Editor, “Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”

May 16, 2025

Israeli soldiers post their war crimes on social media

Dear Editor, Members of the Israeli Defense Force, who have served in Gaza, have routinely shared videos and photos on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook that could be considered evidence of their commission of war crimes.

March 13, 2025

Pass referendum; educate our kids

Dear Editor, We are writing to encourage voters in the Dodgeville School District to vote yes on the operating referendum ballot question on April 1st. We are both lifelong residents who graduated from Dodgeville High School, as did our two sons.

March 13, 2025

Udderly supports local schools

Dear Editor, Wisconsinites value our public schools as the hope for our children and the center of our communities. April 1st I recommend you vote for Jill Underly to be re-elected as the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction to lead our state's schools.

March 13, 2025

Referendum needs a “yes” vote

Dear Editor, As a teacher, parent, and proud community member, I urge all to please consider voting yes on the April 1st Referendum. I don't like to think of what will happen if this is not passed.

March 13, 2025

People are dying from USAID cuts

Dear Editor, One of the first government agencies Elon Musk and Pres. Trump set their sights on dismantling was USAID. On March 10, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration had completed its review of 6,200 already-approved USAID contracts, and they are cancelling 5,200 of them.

March 13, 2025

The great speech

Dear Editor, Tuesday 3/4/25 Donald Trump spent 100 minutes talking about what a great job he is doing. He said he has done more in a few weeks than most Presidents did in 4 or 8 years, and he was not lying about that.

March 13, 2025

Dodgeville must vote YES on April 1st!

Dear Editor, As someone who spent 33 years (24 in Dodgeville) as a public school teacher in Wisconsin, I firmly believe that our public schools are the bricks and mortar, the very foundation of every town in our state, and the cornerstone for the democratic principles of our country.

March 13, 2025

BP Backsliding

Dear Editor, The best tactic to major polluters that want to sweep their egregious environmental harms under the rug? Name and shame. To that end, I give you BP, the oil major formerly known as British Petroleum.

March 13, 2025

The Constitutional Amendment: Why To Vote No (Even If You Support The Photo ID Requirement)

Dear Editor, The constitutional question on the April 1 ballot only asks if you support amending the Constitution to include the requirement of a Photo ID when registering to vote.

March 13, 2025

Executive Orders are a Mandate for Destruction

Dear Editor, Another day, another disappointing executive order. These EOs have by and large been blatant and undisguised power grabs, a way to flex the Executive branch of government's muscles; whether the other two semi-functioning branches of government choose to debate their validity and merit seems to depend on which …

February 27, 2025

For the Kids

Dear Editor, When someone asks me if I like going to school, I typically say yes. I enjoy my classes, and like my teachers. I get to hang out with my friends, and prepare myself for my future.

February 27, 2025

Making America great again?

Dear Editor, Forty years ago, while teaching kindergarten in the Sturgeon Bay Schools, I had an op-ed published in the Green Bay Press-Gazette about Reagan Administration cuts to Medicaid, the federal health care program that covers poor Americans.

February 27, 2025

People need to be aware of what Trump and Musk are doing

Dear Editor, House Republicans have introduced their budget, which is a direct attack on vulnerable communities―laying out clearly their plan to take food assistance and health care away from millions in order to fund more tax cuts for the rich and power Trump’s anti-immigrant mass deportation agenda.

DODGEVILLE

YOUR VIEWS

Dear Editor, Warm weather, sunshine, flipflops, lemonade. Need I say more?

Dear Editor, “Man – despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication and his many accomplishments – owes his existence to a 6-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”

Dear Editor, Members of the Israeli Defense Force, who have served in Gaza, have routinely shared videos and photos on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook that could be considered evidence of their commission of war crimes.

Dear Editor, We are writing to encourage voters in the Dodgeville School District to vote yes on the operating referendum ballot question on April 1st. We are both lifelong residents who graduated from Dodgeville High School, as did our two sons.

Dear Editor, Wisconsinites value our public schools as the hope for our children and the center of our communities. April 1st I recommend you vote for Jill Underly to be re-elected as the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction to lead our state's schools.

Dear Editor, As a teacher, parent, and proud community member, I urge all to please consider voting yes on the April 1st Referendum. I don't like to think of what will happen if this is not passed.

Dear Editor, One of the first government agencies Elon Musk and Pres. Trump set their sights on dismantling was USAID. On March 10, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration had completed its review of 6,200 already-approved USAID contracts, and they are cancelling 5,200 of them.

Dear Editor, Tuesday 3/4/25 Donald Trump spent 100 minutes talking about what a great job he is doing. He said he has done more in a few weeks than most Presidents did in 4 or 8 years, and he was not lying about that.

Dear Editor, As someone who spent 33 years (24 in Dodgeville) as a public school teacher in Wisconsin, I firmly believe that our public schools are the bricks and mortar, the very foundation of every town in our state, and the cornerstone for the democratic principles of our country.

Dear Editor, The best tactic to major polluters that want to sweep their egregious environmental harms under the rug? Name and shame. To that end, I give you BP, the oil major formerly known as British Petroleum.

Dear Editor, The constitutional question on the April 1 ballot only asks if you support amending the Constitution to include the requirement of a Photo ID when registering to vote.

Dear Editor, When someone asks me if I like going to school, I typically say yes. I enjoy my classes, and like my teachers. I get to hang out with my friends, and prepare myself for my future.

Dear Editor, Forty years ago, while teaching kindergarten in the Sturgeon Bay Schools, I had an op-ed published in the Green Bay Press-Gazette about Reagan Administration cuts to Medicaid, the federal health care program that covers poor Americans.

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