Where Ideas Take Hold

we all have a role to play in developing the Chippewa Valley’s ‘yes culture’

Reader Letters | Oct. 18, 2012

In 2002, U.S. senators John McCain and Russ Feingold sponsored a bipartisan campaign finance reform that served the nation well for eight years.  The law sharply limited corporations from using money from their funds to influence ...

Reader Letters | Aug. 4, 2011

on urban chickens and local traffic

Reader Letters | Mar. 31, 2011

"But the elephant in the room is all the crappy teachers and how they’ve hurt us and changed our lives. There are the ones that can’t write a note home without a grammatical error ..."

Reader Letters | Feb. 17, 2011

"Whilst perusing your feature article [Jan. 20] on health and wellness the other day I noticed that you chose not to include information on the social and environmental benefits of eating food rich in animal fats and protein."

Reader Letters | Nov. 4, 2010

"I might not share The Pickle owner Jed Hart’s sentiments when it comes to the Muslim faith but I applaud him for standing up to the members of the Student Life and Diversity Commission who have apparently appointed themselves the arbiters of ..."

Reader Letters | Aug. 26, 2010

A recent cost-cutting proposal by our school board would be draining all school pools. Water saved by watering school lawns only when needed could keep the pools full and also would pay for their upkeep.

Reader Letters | July 29, 2010

It has recently come to my attention that there has been some significant talk by city officials to eliminate the fountain in Wilson Park.

Reader Letters | July 1, 2010

My intuition is that it is going to be a push to get the boys at SEH Inc. to do any big ideas ...

Reader Letters | June 17, 2010

Is there an underlying reason why there are no one shows Ultimate Fighting events?

Reader Letters | April 22, 2010

I was walking my dog tonight downtown. I had read about the pillow fight and decided to go to gawk.

Reader Letters | April 8, 2010

While I appreciate your coverage of our Charter School efforts, there are some glaring inaccuracies in the report in the March 25 issue.

Reader Letters | March 11, 2010

The recent article in Volume One highlighting the community arts night at Montessori had some erroneous information ...

Reader Letters | February 25, 2010

The strategy now is to deny that the county board ever attempted to plan for future development on the current site and to assert

Reader Letters | February 11, 2010

Downtown Jail? We the people have spoken a resounding “NO!”

Reader Letters | December 10, 2009

Just sit back and watch. While it ain’t gonna be pretty, it is going to be most entertaining.

Reader Letters | November 26, 2009

One thing that has always blown me away is the volunteerism that goes on in the Chippewa Falls area ...

Reader Letters | November 12, 2009

"I think your 'neighborhood' t-shirts are a great idea, but I am dismayed by the lack of a 'North Side Hill' shirt."

Reader Letters | October 29, 2009

Ten pages? Really?

Reader Letters | October 15, 2009

"I usually don’t like your articles at all because they tend to be way too cute (as in juvenile) and the grammar and syntax so bad as to be distracting."

Reader Letters | October 1, 2009

Neil Gaiman isn’t one of the top three area authors?

Reader Letters | September 3, 2009

What can we all do to re-educate the community as to the true value of arts and entertainment?

Reader Letters | August 20, 2009

Recently I read the article All’s Fair in State Fair by Brenda Brant. I was not very happy with this article.

Reader Letters | July 23, 2009

Exposing the blue front ...

Reader Letters | July 9, 2009

There are several problems with traffic circles ...

Johnny Came Lately

Think the Public Enemies premier is nuts? You should’ve seen filming.

Reader Letters | June 25, 2009

Regarding the FatFar tube float in the Thanks for Asking section ...

Reader Letters | May 28, 2009

Reader Letters | April 30, 2009

With the price of all of our electric and heat going up these days ...

Reader Letters | April 16, 2009

It was not until its 11th meeting that the committee even considered off-campus sites ...

Reader Letters | March 5, 2009

Instead of going to a local shop to meet people and interact whilst buying things ...

Reader Letters | Feb. 19, 2009

There has been discussion in the past weeks about downtown and winter activities ...

Reader Letters | Feb. 5, 2009

Reader Letters | Dec. 18, 2008

Only a true politician would dream of asking for a pay raise while ...

Reader Letters | Dec. 4, 2008

Just a short note about people and what they look like under their hats.

Reader Letters | Nov. 20, 2008

Proposition 8 was placed on the California voting ballads for this Election, and what it will...

Reader Letters | Oct. 23, 2008

I’m not telling you anything new if I say the economy has hit an extremely rough patch ...

Reader Letters | Oct. 9, 2008

The thought of having to take down people’s homes and possibly stores because we ...

Reader Letters | Sept. 11, 2008

The people who make the decision on when to water our parks and schools have a “green bean.”

Reader Letters | Aug. 28, 2008

If you were to take out a map and pick one place not to build this jail ...

Reader Letters | July 17, 2008

Last year I discovered a great spot to watch the Fourth of July fireworks ...

Reader Letters | July 31, 2008

I have deep understanding of the statue`s significance, but I also recall ...

Reader Letters | Aug. 14, 2008

I noticed your article titled "Growing Out Of Our Cars" as I was chomping away on a sub ...