Opinion

The Friends of the Black Earth Library would like to thank all who donated pies, and who purchased pies, at our 10th Annual Silent Pie Auction at the Concert in the Park on Tuesday, July 26 at the Veterans Park in Black Earth. Great weather, great band, great fun! We appreciate your support.

Gary Olsen

Caring for Hydrangea

“A dead hydrangea is as intricate and lovely as one in bloom.”

―Toni Morrison

Thor: Love and Thunder Review

Big Tech is Trying to Cancel Local News 

By David Chavern

Facebook and Google have become the de facto regulators of news and speech – deciding what content people see and when.

It was so hot in Raleigh, North Carolina last week that it seemed like you could hear the sun. It was like a movie in which the sun was a character, and I was talking about it, only to pause mid-sentence and gasp: “He’s standing right behind me, isn’t he?!” We were visiting my little sister, who recently gave birth to her first child.

Send Mike Bare to the State Assembly

By Fred Wolf

Wisconsin Central Stock Farm

Curtis Wood Haseltine owned the large farm covering the Mazomanie marsh from 1848 until his death in 1897. It was organized as the Wisconsin Central Stock Farm from 1893 until about 1910.  

Impressive Epic

Readers who raved about the Pulitzer prize-winning book about World War II - “All the Light We Cannot See” waited eagerly for Anthony Doerr’s next work.  Seven years later in 2021, the wait was over and his ambitious novel “Cloud Cuckoo Land” was published.

In the July 14 edition, the article “Black Earth purchases land for substation” was incorrect. The Village of Black Earth chose to “pursue” property for the substation project. The Star News regrets the error.

Top Gun: Maverick Review

By Cody Amble