Opinion

Around the Block, April 17, 2025

All my life, since I was child, I lived between two realities, through which I could “experience” and “play in” and “see” the world. I felt like I would cycle between these two perspectives, certainly at will. They created a world of distinctions and structure that while strictly incompatible when combined, were deeply sensical as a whole.

GUEST COLUMN: Understanding credit for small businesses


Jessica Caban. (Submitted photo)

Credit is a tool that lets you borrow money or access goods and services with the promise to pay later. It’s essential for personal and business finances, enabling large purchases like homes or cars and helping small businesses grow. Lenders use credit reports and scores to decide whether to approve loans and set interest rates.

Letter: Community Center is wonderful asset

I recently had the pleasure of assisting my husband who was leading an improv class with eight middle school kids at the after-school program at Merrimac + Main Community Center in Dodgeville, and I have to say—it was an absolutely delightful experience. The kids were polite, engaged, and genuinely talented.

Letter: Invest in reliable renewable energy

Mike Hooper, president of We Energies, submitted an opinion piece to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding the necessity of natural gas facilities. However an article published by Rocky Mountain Institute highlights the concern gas facilities will become stranded assets, as coal plants have become.

Letter: Expressing gratitude for outgoing Village president

It is of note that Village President Jim Anderson is not running in this Spring’s election.

Letter to the editor

Past and present collide with future

 

The Book Nook

Past and present collide with future

 

Around the Block

Editor's Note

The Sauk County Gardener

Starting Seeds Indoors vs. Direct Sowing

“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”

--B. C. Forbes

 

From the Mazomanie Historical Society

Mazomanie 

St. Barnabas 

Church Fire

 

By Frank Wolf

 

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