Opinion

This holiday season, will you shop at one of the 33.2 million small businesses that make up 99 percent of all businesses in the U.S?

If you rely on mailing important documents close to a deadline, a new U.S. Postal Service rule could cause unexpected delays — and possibly make your mail late.

Turkey Day is a big holiday for many people. However, I’m one of those who’s more of a low-key observer.

On behalf of the Reedsburg Masonic Lodge, I'd like to thank all the volunteers who made our 40th Annual Thanksgiving Meal a big success. With your efforts we were able to provide 235 meals to our Senior community. 

The Old Franklin Township Historical Society in Plain would like to extend a huge thank you to the membership and community for a successful year. We appreciate all donations, whether monetary or archival.

In 2018, a mobile home park owner in Stevens Point lost his operator’s license after submitting falsified drinking water samples to the state, purportedly leaving longtime residents of the park at risk of consuming excess iron and manganese. He appealed.

The signs leading up to Thanksgiving were not auspicious. The oven door broke and would not close.  We lost water pressure so showers were impossible and toilet tanks refused to fill. To top it off, Elsie had caught a mouse and was happily flinging the corpse around when I went to bed.

Have you found the perfect Christmas gift for that special someone yet? If so, what makes it perfect? Is it perfect because it’s unique, like handcrafted pottery? Is it perfect because it fits the personality of the individual for whom you bought it, like a plaid shirt for the lumberjack in your family?