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The older I get the cooler I get. I’m not talking about cool, like I was in high school, with my hair feathered back and collar up. I’m talking about temperature. At some point in life, I …
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By John McLoone
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4/24/25
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By John McLoone
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4/21/25
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The 1970s were certainly economically challenging times for our country. We went from a recession to stagflation to high unemployment and high interest rates. Time has a way of easing pain, but it …
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By Chris Hardie
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4/17/25
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For this month, I want to highlight the insights of my colleague, and good friend Adam Smit, who wrote an excellent article in the past on a great read “The Millionaire Next Door” by …
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By Jack Syryczuk
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4/4/25
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I thought you were supposed to get wiser as you get older.
I think I’m getting dumber by the decade.
For days last week, weather alerts were popping up on my mobile device alerting me …
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By John McLoone
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4/3/25
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We were invited to the social event of the season Sunday. It was perhaps an event that shows the season of our lives at least. It wasn’t any St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Partaking in …
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By John McLoone
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3/20/25
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It’s hard for me to tell whether you are willfully ignorant or whether you are clueless. Therefore, I will give you the benefit of a doubt and I will explain so you can understand and others …
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3/19/25
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Your article to the Editor was enjoyable to read. By your own admission, “as a voter for almost 50 years”, you should be aware of an American radio commentator and news columnist by the …
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3/12/25
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America lost its democracy the day Trump became president again. We are now living under a tyrant who thinks he is a king. When Trump kicked Zelensky out of the White House without a peace deal and …
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3/12/25
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My kids have changed. First of all, they aren’t kids anymore. They’re adults. It used to be at this time of the year, we’d be scheming some kind of a family trip. Now, our travels …
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By John McLoone
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3/12/25
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I grew up in less politically correct times, to say the least. When I was a kid, you had to do chores, even if it meant walking a five-mile paper route when it was 10 below zero. Your dad pretty much …
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By John McLoone
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3/5/25
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Dear Editor, As a voter for almost 50 years, I am dismayed to see an unelected billionaire freely rampaging through the U.S. government and directing reckless and illegal actions that amount to a …
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3/5/25
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I’m preparing myself to go on a culinary adventure, to a place I’ve never before been. Our purchases of eggs these days are pretty sporadic. I think we went through one $5.99 dozen of …
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By John McLoone
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2/27/25
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We took a long, fulfilling journey through the snow Saturday. We had an event planned a few weeks in advance. By midweek, it looked like it may come victim to the weather. Last week, I wrote about …
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By John McLoone
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2/11/25
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Dear Editor: President Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, said, “If you are in the country illegally, you are on the table. We have millions of people with background investigations, paying …
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2/6/25
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Thinking myself perhaps overly self-important, I may have done something I need to undo. I have, in the past, been unfair to weather people, aka meteorologists, to put it in a way that someone who is …
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By John McLoone
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2/6/25
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Hello friends, There is some adversity in this column but all you can do when bad luck hits is do your damage control, take care of business and be happy that you still have a heart beat. This is the …
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By Mark Walters
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1/21/25
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Many young men in their formative years took time in their school schedule to learn worthwhile pursuits.
Me? I learned to type. I was fastest on the keyboard in my class.
Other fellows …
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By John McLoone
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1/8/25
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As we welcome 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the past year and set goals for the months ahead. While resolutions often center around health, relationships, or career, focusing on …
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By Jack Syryczuk
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12/31/24
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Hello friends, I have been hearing good things about Chippewa County's "Otter Lake" for a number of years but knew absolutely nothing about it until this week. Along with my golden retrievers Ruby …
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By Mark Walters
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12/26/24
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