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Book Report: Even in the ’50s enquiring minds wanted to know
When I was growing up in small town Wisconsin, the most exciting event that happened was the arrival at Fortun’s Drug Store of Confidential magazine, the pulpy forerunner of the National Enquirer and other rags that glut the entries of every supermarket checkout counter in America.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 12, 2010
Book Report: International intrigue; trout fishing are part of this week’s picks
The bureaucrats and the number crunchers have taken over crime detection in old London town, putting “Bryant & May on the Loose” (Bantam Books, $25).By Dave Wood, book reviewer , February 27, 2010
COLUMN: Family newsletters: Scrapbooking for the organizationally-challenged
I finally got our family holiday newsletter out this past week.February 27, 2010
Book Report: A look at turn-of-the-century prairie life in Norwegian style 
When I was growing up, I heard all manner of stories from my Yankee grandpa about the immigrant experience and how immigrants helped to settle the west.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 19, 2010
COLUMN: Cast your vote for Old Gem
The Old Gem has submitted a proposal for the Pepsi Refresh Project to develop a Young Playwrights Theater Festival.
February 12, 2010
Book Report: Tennis, a mystery, your favorite grandma in this week’s spotlight
Since my wife retired in June, she has become a tennis bum, playing at least three times a week. When tournaments roll around she arises at two o’clock in the morning to watch the British Open, etc.
By Dave Wood, book reviewer , February 11, 2010
COLUMN: Looking at winter through jaded-colored glasses
I can remember wintertime as a kid.
February 05, 2010
Book Report: A mixture of murder, science, artistry abound for avid readers
As if he doesn’t have enough to do with his myriad television appearances, Today show weatherman/foodie and all-around good guy Al Roker has written his first mystery, “The Morning Show Murders” (Delacorte Press, $26).
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 27, 2010
COLUMN: Homecomings prompt tears of ... relief
When I saw the Company B troops returning home, I felt a certain affinity for the families on the sidelines, particularly for the mothers whose partners had been gone for almost a year.
By Julia Ybarra-Young , January 22, 2010
COLUMN: Taking byte-sized steps into techno-gadget geekdom
For years I’ve resisted, clinging to my old, non-tech ways.
By Julia Ybarra-Young , January 15, 2010
Book Report: Early Christianity examined, Minnesota’s soul in words, pictures this week
“Somehow, in the bleak hours and days that followed, the crucifixion, a core of Jesus’ followers began to conceive of him as something more than an ordinary mortal. There was talk that his tomb had been found empty and that favoured disciples had seen him risen from the dead. Then, after forty days at most, the appearances ceased, although some believed he would come again.
By Dave Wood, Book Reviewer , January 13, 2010
COLUMN: New year, new decade, same resolutions
Looking back on 2009 – the last year of the first decade of the new century (or something like that), was pretty eventful.
By Julia Ybarra-Young , January 01, 2010
COLUMN: Police work can be strange stuff
More than once this year, I’ve rolled my eyes, laughed out loud or sighed in sympathy while reading the New Richmond and Somerset police reports.
By Laura Kruse , December 31, 2009
Book Report: First time authors should take note of this former teacher
Many years ago I taught English at UW-Stevens Point, where my office mate was Charley Kempthorne.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 29, 2009
COLUMN: Surviving the family car trip
With all the talk about global warming and recent natural disasters, it’s possible there are earth plates right here in the Midwest.
By Julia Ybarra-Young , December 23, 2009
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