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Walleye Foundation warns of declining fisheries, pushes lake‑specific hatcheries
Anyone who spends time on the lakes of the Northwoods knows something is not right. Natural fishery recruitment is slipping. Fish size structures are thinning. And year after year, we are told to be patient while the same tools produce the same disappointing results.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark: What we didn’t hear about during the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara
Sometime this summer, the United States Supreme Court is expected to release its decision in Trump v. Barbara, wherein the court will decide whether President Trump’s January 20, 2025, Executive Order relative to “birthright citizenship” is consistent with the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Lakeland Times: Our View
Here’s an ongoing problem in America — like, it’s been going on forever: Politicians promise one thing while running for office and then do the exact opposite once they get elected. In psychology, there is such a thing as imposter syndrome, in which successful people doubt their achievements and fear …
The Maine senate race
It was the 78 year-old two-term Governor against a 41-year-old oyster farmer who has never held office. Chuck Schumer convinced the Governor, Janet Mills, that she had the best chance of defeating Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Maybe so, but she will never get that chance. Her campaign never took off. …
Volunteers credited for successful year in free tax assistance
To the Editor: I would like to thank all the volunteers, sites, and site personnel that helped make this tax season a success. We completed 1,289 tax returns, up from 1,144 last year. We saved our clients $193,350.00 in tax prep fees and got them $1,499,589.00 back in refunds, up …
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A statement from Minocqua Area Visitors Bureau re: Minocqua Brewing Company
To the Editor: The Minocqua Area Visitors Bureau is aware of recent national news coverage involving Minocqua Brewing Company and understands the concerns it has generated.
When does speech become dangerous?
Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without consequence. But the First Amendment only restricts government action. It does not guarantee you a career, a platform or immunity from backlash. …
86 47
When I was working my way through law school as a bartender, we used to “86” drinkers who caused trouble. The term has been around that long. It certainly didn’t mean we meant to kill a problem drinker. It meant we cut him off — that is, stopped serving him …
Congressional approval of mining in Boundary Waters causes concern
To the Editor: On April 16, the Republican led Senate decided that what lies below the Boundary Waters Canoe Area watershed in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is more important than the over 150,000 people who visit there each year and the area residents who benefit from the millions of dollars …
Lakeland Times: Our View
It’s hard to miss the irony. For years, much of the corporate press has seen itself as the nation’s cool-headed referee, the adult in the room who separates truth from fiction, who explains to us the settled science of the experts and why those who disagree with government narratives are, …
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Lashing out
These are troubling times for President Donald Trump. His poll numbers are in the toilet. The country doesn’t trust him with the economy and doesn’t support him on what was his favorite issue, immigration. The war he started is not going well and is not popular. He needs to “win” …
Zyn isn’t sin
Zyns are super popular. They are little pouches people tuck into their lip to get a hit of nicotine. Zyn has competitors, like Velo and On!, but Zyn has most of the market. Young people love the pouches.
AI data centers: The new populist target
There’s a growing impulse in American politics to blame the free market — and the technologies it produces — for every bout of economic indigestion, as if a shadowy cabal of innovators is deliberately dismantling the middle-class way of life. That impulse is no longer abstract. It has become physical. …
Hardball
What next? The war is not going well. Already, there are loud whispers that President Donald Trump may be forced to accept a deal that is not much better than the one former President Barack Obama made with Iran, which Trump tore up in his first term, leading to the …
Boulder Junction town board will make the decision, but will they listen?
To the Editor: A referendum was held on Feb 17, 2004, asking Vilas County voters if they wanted to allow ATVs on county-owned land in Vilas County. The electorate said, ‘No’ by a 63% to 37% majority! The Vilas County Board followed the wishes of the voters – for about …
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