Our View: Take time to honor veterans on Memorial Day
Opinion
Memorial Day is the day that Americans have set aside to remember those who gave their lives so that our country might live. Americans, who enjoy the peace purchased at the great price of death, should pay respect to all veterans who have made great sacrifices.
Jon's Jottings: On Memorial Day, remember those who went before
Opinion
The origins of Memorial Day, when citizens honor those who paid the ultimate price for American during all conflicts, goes back to the years after the Civil War.
Our View: Area is quickly becoming tourist destination
Opinion
Figures recently released showed some astounding numbers when it comes to local tourism. According to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, 2012 traveler spending in St. Croix County increased 8.87 percent to $81 million!
Guest view: Board members have access to district records
Opinion
Additionally, this policy allows for printing and retrieval fees of such records to be waived for a board member if the records requested are necessary for the proper performance of the board member’s official duties and can be made available through reasonable expenditures of staff time and other resources.
Our View: Board members should have full access to records
Opinion
There is a letter to the editor in this week’s Star-Observer from School Board member Sandy Gehrke, upset about the district’s request that she pay $428.54 for copies of paperwork. Gehrke might be viewed by some as a maverick on the board, but she was the choice of the voters.
Our View: The system worked in the Schaffhausen trial
Opinion
We believe the jurors reached a good decision when they said that while they believed Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, suffers from mental illness, he knew what he was doing when he murdered his three daughters.
Doug's Diggings: New photos of ’65 flood
Opinion
The flood of 1965 was the worst ever recorded in Hudson, cresting between 694 and 695 feet above sea level. What that means is that the river was 20 feet over its normal level of 675 feet.
Our View: Time to reform Wisconsin’s recall process
Opinion
There should be some evidence of criminal or ethical misconduct of an elected official.
Randy's Ramblings: Grifter takes advantage of people’s generosity
Opinion
I’d rather report the news than be a part of it. Nevertheless, the line got blurred for me on Wednesday of last week.
DAY BY DAY: The time has come to talk openly about suicide
Opinion
At the Star-Observer, we generally don’t use the word suicide unless the person dies in a very public place, is a person in the public eye or if the circumstances surrounding the suicide endanger the public. But maybe that should change.
OUR VIEW: For sake of workers, hammer out a new tax reciprocity deal
Opinion
Thousands of workers who daily cross between Wisconsin and Minnesota to work are the ones penalized by the inability to compromise and negotiate.
Letter: Disagrees with St. Croix County DA
The DA of St. Croix County is living on cloud nine. His law credentials have generated so much power that it has gone to his head. It is time for him to go. Mr. Johnson has decided to join the anti-second amendment crowd, not for gun control but for a total gun ban. Mr. Johnson, you keep your advice, I’ll keep my guns.
Letter: Dislikes mining bill
So Governor Scott Walker has signed into law SB1, the iron ore mining bill written by the Florida company Gogebic Taconite and passed by a party-line vote in the state senate and assembly.
Letter: Beware of computer scam
A word of warning — if you get any email from an outfit called “Antiviral Factory,” thanking you for your purchase of some antivirus software, do not click on the download button.
Letter: Dislikes HHS music rules
The St. Croix Valley Music Educators Association (SCVMTA) is a professional organization for teachers of private lessons for piano, voice, string and woodwinds. I am writing to voice the opinion of its members in regard to the article about Hudson High School’s choral department and its inclusion of sacred music for education and performance.
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