Have happy hope in hops
Sep. 23, 2020
In a profession full of uncertainties, one thing we can rely on is farmers finding a way to over-produce any commodity, including hops.
In a profession full of uncertainties, one thing we can rely on is farmers finding a way to over-produce any commodity, including hops.
Equalized property values increased statewide in Wisconsin by 5.6% to $613.1 billion in 2020, the second-largest yearly percentage increase in more than a decade.
All told, agencies have already requested a net increase of $755 million in general purpose revenue for the 2021-23 budget.
Thanks to our trash man, I look forward to every Wednesday so we’ll have a fresh clean start for the week to come. Thank you, thank you and thank you.
Lucy Ripp is the newest member of the reporting staff of The (Monona/Cottage Grove) Herald-Independent and McFarland Thistle.
Ripp grew up in Cambridge before attending UW-Eau Claire, where she worked as a journalist and media assistant for the university. She also served as a marketing and social media intern for UW-Madison during the summer of 2017. She graduated in 2019 with her bachelor’s degree in communications.
Karin Henning is the newest member of the Mount Horeb Mail advertising staff.
She fills the role vacated by Marc Mickelson, who left the Mail this month after 20 years with the company.
Wisconsin’s gross property tax levies saw their largest percentage increase in more than a decade on last December’s bills, but robust growth in property values caused tax rates to decrease statewide for the sixth straight year.
A new poll question about how readers plan to vote in the 2020 election is now available to be used by WNA members.
Paula Jean DeWitt, who with her husband co-owned the (Glenwood City) Tribune Press Reporter and the Colfax Messenger, died Monday, Sept. 14, at her home, following a 22-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 75.
The DeWitts purchased the Glenwood City Tribune and later added the Boyceville Press-Reporter in 1984, which they merged with the Tribune to form the Tribune Press Reporter. In 1995, they added the Colfax Messenger, which they purchased from longtime owner and publisher Lyle Christianson.
Suddenly the calendar turned to September and I asked myself, “Where did the summer go?”
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