editorials

This year, National Nursing Home Week is set for May 8-14, which you can see celebrated on pages A2-A3 in this week’s newspaper. This year, the celebration has taken on a special meaning for me. The theme for this year’s week-long recognition is “It’s a Small World With a...

Editor’s note: This week’s guest editorial is written by Elmwood resident Christina Williams. With it being Sexual Assault Awareness month, I thought it suitable to share with the local communities the lengthy and sometimes horrific journey a victim coming forth may encounter....

In the news business, reporters hear a lot of “he said, she said” disputes. They happen at the local government level frequently, as displayed by two articles in the Herald this week: the proposed Bay City trail and the Maiden Rock Seniors Citizen Center (see page A1). It’s...

An article written by RiverTown regional public safety reporter Mike Longaecker this week details what St. Croix County authorities are calling a “dastardly act” at the Warren Cemetery near Roberts. Twenty-six medallion stands placed at the graves of dead firefighters are missing....

With spring upon us and warm weather ahead, it’s a recipe for one of Wisconsin's summer activities – road construction! It's time for drivers to pay extra-special attention. We often joke about it, but road maintenance and road construction is serious business and drivers need...

Pierce County Treasurer Phyllis Beastrom has had the reminder in her email signature for months. Wisconsin now requires a photo ID to vote. If you don’t provide a photo ID, you will not get a ballot. The April 5 elections consist of the presidential primary and local elections...

At the time last week’s newspaper came out on newsstands, family and friends were still looking for 23-year-old Marya Christiansen, who had been missing for four days after failing to return home from a night out with friends. Law enforcement agencies and hundreds of volunteers...

It’s many people’s worst nightmare: someone you love is missing and you don’t know where he or she is. The family and friends of 23-year-old Hager City woman Marya Christiansen are going through that nightmare. Pierce County Sheriff Nancy Hove said Christiansen was out drinking...

How completely disturbing, was the phrase used to describe it. We’d have to agree. An out-of-town visitor was present in East End Park Friday to celebrate a happy occasion: sending the Ellsworth wrestlers off to the state team competition. The wrestlers, in local celebrity fashion,...

Being polite is not just something we should teach our children. Practicing what we preach would be good too. It’s astounding the number of adults who don’t say thank you, you’re welcome, return a phone call or an email. Are you the person who doesn’t return a smile or warm...

What if the water from your tap came out of your faucet brown? Your first step would be to call your local water utility. Around here, the water utilities are owned and operated by our municipalities. But what if you had to call an out-of-state corporation to report your water troubles?...

The Herald reported last week that Prescott Police Chief Gary Krutke was asked by Prescott mayor Dave Hovel to remove “In God we trust” stickers he had placed on Prescott police cruisers. The story has sparked heated back-and-forth debates on the Herald’s Facebook page and pages...

The year 2016 seems to be the year of referendums in Pierce County. Voters in Ellsworth, Spring Valley and Prescott school districts will face referendum questions at the polls this year. Possibly Plum City voters as well. Each district is asking a completely different question. Learn...

Trump, Clinton, Cruz, Sanders…Yes, there’s no avoiding a presidential election year with the nonstop campaigning. Those names above and many others, including those running for Congress, school board, state Assembly, city council, county board and more will appear on ballots during...