Country Cousin Summer Time!!...
Summer seems to finally be here. The storms continue, with afternoon or early evening rains coming in like monsoons, but the sun has been shining sometimes and we had at least one nice evening. Now, if the mosquitoes would just let up"¦.
Speaking of storms, wouldn't you think we'd run out of trees ready to be blown down? Not so! The brief storm that blew in at about 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 brought another round of blocked roads and severe power outages, mainly in the Crivitz, Athelstane and Port...
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From our readers Dear Editor:
Re: Healthcare Bill Worse Than Ever
Republicans hoisted their new Trumpcare 2.0 up the flagpole this week, hoping they could get 50 Republican Senators to rally around it. Unfortunately, it is even worse in many ways than the bill they refused to even vote on before July 4th.
The revised bill is considering a "Cruz Amendment' which allows insurance companies to sell stripped down insurance plans which cover very little but at a much lower price. This would force people with pre-existing condit...
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From My Window The Great Stench Hunt
By Jane Thibodeau Martin,
Recently I came home after running an errand and asked my husband, "What is that stench?" The house had a pronounced unpleasant odor, sort of like stagnant sewer water. "What smell?" he said. This is not an uncommon discussion at our house " while I don't think my sense of smell is unusually good, it's apparently ten times better than his is.
Since he had no idea for the source of what "I" could smell, I launched into my normal "stench d...
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Country Cousin Weather Warnings...
Hopefully the severe storm season is over in TIMESland for this year. Hopefully the Monsoon Season also will soon be over. Enough rain already! Groundwater is replenished. So is surface water. Mosquito larvae that have been high and dry for decades have had their chance to hatch and multiply. Bats and night birds should be happy. Humans not so much.
Weather keeps showing its schizophrenic Wisconsin nature. On a recent day, had to turn on the air conditioning to keep the place livable. Turned it off bef...
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From our readers Dear Editor:
Once again I must say "thank you" to the many, many people who came together to make the śth"Annual Logging & Heritage Festival" so successful. Inspired by hope, the flourishing of dedicated people, once again, came together to showcase Marinette.
We set out to make this a fun, free, family event for our citizens, and we succeeded. Our Festival is non-profit and every penny is spent to make this happen. We work on strictly donations and corporate sponsorships each year.
Foremost, I have to ...
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