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Rally Saturday in Dodgeville

Dear Editor, We don’t have kings in America! Please join Indivisible Southwest Wisconsin at the Rural No Kings Rally in Dodgeville Saturday June 14th from noon-2 p.m. to protest the abuses of the Trump Administration.

Public Wind Turbine Hearing in Linden

Dear Editor, Public Wind Turbine Hearing in Linden, Wisconsin, June 23, 2025, at 2 and 6 p.m.

Anti-Palestinianism plagues US politics

Dear Editor, Anti-Palestinian racism, also referred to as anti-Palestinianism, is defined by the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association as "a form of anti-Arab racism that silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives."

Marklein is hypercritical

Dear Editor, Scroll Senator Marklein's Facebook feed and you'll see dozens of photos of wide-eyed students grinning up from the rotunda, holding a "Senator Marklein and Representative Novak (or Tranel) welcomes ____ school" banner. This shameless self-promotion is hypocritical, particularly when the good Senator consistently votes against adequately funding public …

Please do not leave until the situation has been resolved

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

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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