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Opinion

Check for restrictions, be careful if burning

Editorial

With the snow mostly gone and longer sunny days drying everything out, spring fire season has arrived — that dangerous period before enough new greenery grows to make the brown grasses and bare branches less vulnerable to a stray spark or ember. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...

All redistricting reformers are hypocrites

Local columns

Hypocrisy was triumphant, as it usually is in arguments over redistricting, in Virginia this week as voters approved a "fairness" constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-majority legislature to enact a congressional districting plan that is expected to increase Democrats' edge in its ...

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said Friday. The Justice Department is also reauthorizing the use of single-drug lethal ...

Almanac for April 25, 2026

Local columns

Today is Saturday, April 25, the 115th day of 2026. There are 250 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1898, the United States Congress declared war against Spain. The 16-week Spanish-American War resulted in an American victory, after which the U.S. took possession of the ...

More than a week: fairgrounds at work year-round

Local columns

When most people think of the fairgrounds, they picture one thing ~ fair week. Bright lights, grandstand entertainment, great fair food, livestock shows, and traditions that bring generations together. And yes, that week is absolutely something special. But what many may not realize is that ...