Birds are bullies too

His name was Billy and he lived across the street from our family in the Milwaukee suburb of Hales Corners.

Ramon De Vere Hansen dies at 97

Ramon De Vere “Ray” Hansen, former owner of the Waushara Argus, died on Feb. 11, at Good Samaritan Center, Olathe, Kansas. He was 97.

Following his discharge from the U.S. Navy in June 1946, he attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, graduating with honors in 1949. Hansen purchased the Waushara Argus in Wautoma, in October 1959, selling the newspaper in 1964 before moving to Kansas and marrying Donna Delight Toepper the following year. Throughout their 56-year marriage, the couple owned community newspapers in Kansas, Arkansas and New York.

Sunshine Week set for March 10-16

WNA members are encouraged to write and share editorials, stories and columns about the importance of openness to your community. 

This tale stinks

I was outside at dawn recently getting some chores done when I was hit with one of the smells of the country – a malodorous whiff left by a mammal in the mephitidae family.

Just waiting around

As hurried and busy as life seems these days, we still spend plenty of time waiting. Estimates are that we can spend an average of six months of our life waiting.

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