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Sunshine Week calls attention to open government
By Gene Kemmeter Newspapers and media outlets across the nation observe Sunshine Week from March 10-16 to stress open government is good government and the importance ... -
US birth rate dips below replacement rate
By Gene Kemmeter Births in the United States dipped to a 30-year low in 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this year, ... -
Winter continues to make residents flexible in order to survive
By Gene Kemmeter Oh, the delights of winter. The 50-degree days in December. The lack of ice for fishermen. Now, in February, it’s snow that can’t ... -
Efforts of ancestors reveal reasons for nation’s growth
By Gene Kemmeter The Wisconsin Public Television series “Finding Your Roots” recently broadcast an episode featuring the ancestors of three members of the U.S. Congress, former ... -
City might finally see development on Lullabye site
By Gene Kemmeter After more than 25 years of trying, the city of Stevens Point may finally have a development on the former Lullabye Furniture Co. ... -
Foxconn situation reiterates reality of ‘too-good-to-be-true’
By Gene Kemmeter Work is in progress on the site of the new $10 billion Foxconn project in southeastern Wisconsin in Racine County. The project is ... -
Spanish influenza took its toll in Portage County
By GENE KEMMETER Special to The Gazette Stevens Point and the rest of Portage County experienced a season without a Christmas celebration in 1918. The city ... -
Are America’s ethics slipping because of role models?
By Gene Kemmeter The New Year will greet us next week, but how “new” will it be? Likely, it will be more of the same. Yet ... -
More reports paint foggy picture for climate’s future
By Gene Kemmeter A number of reports from the U.S. and international agencies in recent months say climate change is having an increasingly larger economic impact ... -
Hull man had experience of lifetime at JFK’s funeral
By Gene Kemmeter Special to The Gazette Fifty-five years ago on Nov. 22, 1963, U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, sending the ...
