opinion

Several months ago, on my way into our weekly editorial meeting, a question came up during a discussion on MPR that was so thought-provoking, I commandeered it for my Inquiring Reporter question that week. I have continued to incorporate it into almost every interview I’ve done...

Appreciation for all participants To the Editor: Big Brothers Big Sisters of NW Wisconsin would like to thank the New Richmond community for supporting the “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” event benefitting the 10 matches and five children on the waiting list in NR. With your sponsorships,...

More than three years ago, former New Richmond News Publisher Steve Dzubay decided to stand up for open records and the right of the public to access information that he and this newspaper felt should rightfully be placed in the public realm. Tuesday, three judges who sit on the District...

For the last few months, my wife and I had been talking about getting a new dog to keep our old Lab mix Captain company while we were away for work every day and to see if that would make him happier than he had been for a while. Unfortunately, we ended up having to put Captain down...

Full disclosure and reflection To the Editor: We had some tough questions last week for a “concerned parent group” to come out of the closet and become more transparent with their concerns. There were also questions for a tenured school board member on her involvement with the...

It’s been some time in coming, but they did it right and because of their actions, the City of New Richmond hit the sweet spot of personnel moves this week.

The announcement last week that New Richmond High School was once again ranked among the best of the best of all high schools in the state and the nation doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. But it shouldn’t be an overlooked honor either, even though this is the third straight...

Music has always been important to me. It’s always been playing in the back of my mind, beginning at a very young age and continuing to this day. Since the days when I first understood high fidelity and watched as my father acted as conductor of the London Philharmonic playing...

Leave a legacy; invest in youth To the Editor: Have you thought about your legacy, what you’ll leave to New Richmond’s next generation? The way I see it, investment in New Richmond’s youth is one of our greatest legacies. Are you aware that a skateboard/BMX park at Hatfield...

The City of New Richmond, like all municipalities in any given year, decade or century, will once again be undergoing changes and new beginnings. It all began Tuesday night with the seating of the post-election city council. Though the replacement of Jane Hansen with Mike Montello...

Time for some common sense To the Editor: At two hundred forty years old, we are a fairly new country. We’ve learned a few things and I’m sure we have plenty more to learn. In the last 40 years our economy has been based on the theory of “trickle down” economics. We’ve...

A couple weeks ago for the inquiring reporter question, I asked, “how does the threat of terrorism impact your life?” The attacks in Brussels were still in the headlines and San Bernadino and Paris were not quite yet numb in our hearts and minds. I really wanted to know how real...