Columns
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Condo boards can terminate leases for repeated violationsOct 24, 2025 3:00 am - A unit in our condominium association is leased by an owner to a person who has a long history of ignoring and violating the rules. The board has levied fines that the owner pays, but the violations continue.
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Strong cheese: Wisconsin’s Division III league might have too much balanceOct 23, 2025 8:32 pm - Six of the eight football teams in the Wisconsin Division III conference are ranked, which might be a problem.
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The state may be ready for playoff football expansion, but not district schedulingOct 23, 2025 5:31 pm - This may sound like a rerun, but a proposal has been submitted to the IHSA to expand the football playoffs and eliminate conferences in the regular season.
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Tweets, reality TV and confused excitementOct 23, 2025 3:02 pm - Columnist Jim Slusher: I wonder if you can guess which part of this phrase, which I noticed while reviewing X one day, got me to click on the link that followed: “that is not how you use an exclamation mark, kim kardashian.” That’s right. It was “exclamation mark.”
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D.C. attackers go free, showing limits of Trump crime crackdownOct 23, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: A prominent Washington, D.C., juvenile case shows that it is a good thing that Trump decided to highlight the issue of crime. It eats away at quality of life in cities around the country.
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Bag man: Meet tough-talking Tom Homan, crime fighterOct 23, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:
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A favorite son of Aurora has a dayOct 22, 2025 7:24 pm - Kenny Battle -- former NBA player, member of the “Flyin’ Illini” and West Aurora’s third-place team in 1984 -- was honored by an Aurora proclamation.
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Opening a restaurant is a scary business: real-life horror storiesOct 22, 2025 10:12 am - If you want some real Halloween thrills and chills, try opening a new restaurant. Here are some real-life horror stories from Izzy Kharasch’s life as a restaurant whisperer.
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Sarley: Why goose hunting is fairly easy to do around hereOct 22, 2025 10:00 am - Goose hunting is relatively easy, and you don’t have to go far to do it, writes Outdoors columnist Steve Sarley.
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Impress your guests this fall with caramel-glazed ginger applesauce cakeOct 22, 2025 5:42 am - Spoiler alert: This recipe for Don Mauer’s version of Ruth Reichl’s Gingered Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze is not low-calorie, low-fat, or low-carb. It is just ... well ... sensational.