Stick $40,000 into the dirt and pray: Cash cropping in the La Crosse River valley
Bill Heider is on his hands and knees under the corn planter. It’s the fifth of May, and he ought to have his corn in the ground by now, but he’s just getting started. Winter stuck around like a hired hand waiting for an invitation to supper. Near-record snowfalls clung to the northern slopes into March. Hard freezes in April, and then chilly rains turned the fields into swamps and kept the sun from warming up the soil to a hospitable temperature for corn seeds.

• Onalaska police round up stray bull
• Questions, answers about the ‘green’ jail controversy
• West Salem considers charging for fire calls
• Johnson to announce candidacy Monday
• For Goodness’ Sake: Air conditioners, exercise equipment sought

 

 

Presidency isn’t hereditary
Why do the Clintons, both Hillary and Bill, seem to think that they have to totally destroy Sen. Barack Obama in the primary contest?

• Outrageous oil profits
• Don’t kill Sparta’s geese
• Let area hunters kill the geese
• Pork ban doesn’t go far enough
• Stop torturing prisoners