Category: Columns

  • Save your local drive in!

    My hometown didn’t have much of anything. One stop sign, two grocery stores, two butcher shops, a handful of beauty shops and taverns and lots of churches. Town pretty well closed up at 5 p.m. and if there was a heavy snow and the farm kids couldn’t get into town, school closed for a day…

  • Where’s the Indian Head Test Pattern when you need it?

    I subscribe to Time Warner for my television viewing pleasure. I really don’t have a choice, that’s the cable provider offered in my community. I hate paying to watch my own TV but it is what it is. I do like being able to watch the Chicago stations like WGN though, as well as Milwaukee.…

  • Farewell and good luck Dave

    After serving the Village of Twin Lakes for 12 years, village administrator Dave Cox has left the building. A farewell reception was held July 6 at village hall. Fighting the brutal heat, many friends and business acquaintances came to shake Dave’s hand and wish him well. Dave will leave big shoes to fill in the…

  • How dare you!

    By Annette Newcomb Editor   A friend of mine has MS, multiple Sclerosis. It’s an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. From what I learned by going online. MS is caused by damage to the myelin sheath, the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells. When this nerve covering is damaged, nerve signals…