editorials

Editor’s note: This editorial was published in the Hudson Star-Observer, the Herald’s sister newspaper. The community-wide conversation of whether to welcome Syrian refugee families to Hudson, left seemingly unresolved, was continued with a comment made by St. Croix County Supervisor...

The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution limits a president to two terms in office. There’s a reason for that. In 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to a third term as president. His fourth term began in 1945, but he died after just three months.

The Herald appreciates that people see it as a source of investigative journalism. We take pride in digging into stories, gleaning facts from a sometimes muddied swirl of confusion, emotions and perspectives. This past year there has been enough village and town government news to...

Not all New Year’s resolutions have to be ways to improve ourselves. Many resolutions focus on losing weight, quitting bad habits, taking up healthy practices such as going to the gym, maybe organizing the cavernous closet beneath your stairs, or vowing to visit aunt Edna once a...

Forget piles of glitzy gifts under a tree. Forget frustration built up from battling crowds at store checkouts, dismay over post-holiday credit cards bills and guilt over not getting to every single holiday event. This year, my family has been given a gift money cannot buy. In November,...

Is it a recent pattern that's afflicted Pierce County justice? If so, to the casual observer it's a troubling one. Last week, River Falls man Ricardo Moreno was acquitted on stalking charges. He was accused by a number of women over several months of accosting them in public, then...

“Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he asked for a declaration of war after the...

A newspaper’s job is to be as accurate and thorough as possible in an effort to inform the public about the happenings of the community, whether that’s in the realm of courts, education, government, health or features. A newspaper is record of a community’s history. A look back...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial comes from the Herald’s sister newspaper the River Falls Journal. The public defender for sex offender Cameron Doman accused River Falls police of “profiling” her client. Doman was arrested in late August for assaulting a 16-year-old boy in a...

One of President-elect Donald Trump's more G-rated, ironic tweets came two days before the Nov. 8 election: “The Electoral College is a disaster for a democracy.” Luckily for Trump, the archaic Electoral College he denounced still functions. If this 18th century voting filter...

On this Veterans Day, we should thank each and every person who ever swore an oath and donned the uniform of a soldier, Marine, sailor, airman or coast guardsman. No matter the era or where duty called you, you took a solemn oath to defend this great nation of ours. That by itself...

The Prescott Food Pantry serves a great need in the community. According to executive director Peter French, the nonprofit serves an average of 65 families each month. About 170 families qualify for help — about 500 individuals — though not all of them come to the food pantry...

How many times does it have to be said before it sinks in? Is the message trying to be absorbed by osmosis through brick walls? Do people just not get it, or do they think they’re invincible, the old “it’s not going to happen to me” mentality? A vibrant Ellsworth High School...