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March 16, 2024

Big changes are coming to WisCommunity. Soon. You may have noticed that there have been fewer articles lately, which is largely because I have been working on a new website. .We will leave this site that is full of features that are never used (due to years-old plans that never happened) and will be moving to a new site built on much newer technology that will be moe maintainable in the long term. For those of you who care, it will be a move from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10.

What would you like to see on WisCommunity?

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February 17, 2024

Update -- the poll on what you would like to see on WisCommunity is closing soon.  Please get your answers in. I want to know how to serve you all better. 

WisCommunity is moving

January 2, 2024

You may have noticed that the site has been down a little in the last couple days --- the site is being moved from a server in Texas to one in Illinois. And to a newer environment, so there have been a few glitches along the way, but they are now mostly ironed out. 

Be prepared for a major upgrade to a new WisCommunity -- it will take a while, but we are upgrading to a whole new design and layout in 2024. And moving from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10. 

Vacation

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March 29, 2022

Posting will be slow for the next two weeks. I will be taking a vacation to the west coast and will only be writing on occasion. Things should return to normal around April 15. 

The truth about St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2022
A man dressed as Saint Patrick blesses the crowd in Dublin as the parade makes its way through the Irish capital in 1998.

WisCommunity is on vacation, so are COVID statistics

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June 15, 2021

You may have noticed a slowdown in news on WisCommunity - Your editor is currently taking a vacation i California to visit an old friend. I will be back on the 20th 

It's always something - and then there's the weather

February 5, 2021

So it's the tech week from - er - heck here. Beyond the normal pile of slightly-unexpected tech issues, at the moment our VPS supplier tells us they're having some internet stability into our data center. I've noticed a few periods when we've dropped off the web, which has made life interesting. Add that to the fact that I had to fix 2 different laptops this week, power outages in the area, and a quick drop into the deep freeze starting tonight, it's been quite a week.

Oops again

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February 2, 2021

Well, it's been a week of surprises. I've been trying to shape up some of the behavior of the web site in preparation for doing a complete site upgrade and tuning the server performance. In the process, I managed to forget that I'd left the server in an odd mode while I was debugging something, and the upshot is that this morning it completely ran itself out of memory. The technical term in the system administration for this is "Httpd faw down go boom".

What's up at WisCommunity in January 2021

January 24, 2021

So many projects, so little time. Once in a blue moon, I write a little article to let readers know what is going on here, and what you will see coming in the future. 

Who Are We?

January 23, 2021

WisCommunity is published by Steve Hanson, who is the primary employee at the moment. We are working on expanding our staff and may be taking on an intern and perhaps a part-time employee soon. WisCommunity is involved in a consortium of concerned citizens of Dunn County working toward building a more sustainable news environment.

WisCommunity Mission Statement

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January 23, 2021

WisCommunity brings you community-based news about Dunn County, Wisconsin. Our news is the information you need to engage with the community and to understand more deeply what is happening in your home.

Airing of the Grievances 2020

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December 29, 2020

Yes, it's late for Festivus - but the airing of the grievances happens all year long. For a change I'm going to write about them. Don't worry, some time between now and New Years I'll talk about the things in 2020 that I am happy about.

Thankful

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November 26, 2020

This Thanksgiving I am, despite the very odd year we have all had, thankful. I'm still here. I have two daughters who came into my life in a non-traditional way, and we're still a family, though we are half a country apart today. Next year for sure. Still, I cannot help but think of the many chairs at the Thanksgiving table that are empty today, some of them permanently.

Live Streaming of School Board meetings to be suspended

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November 12, 2020

Many of our readers have been following the live streams of the Menomonie School Board meetings. We've been providing this live stream because we think that schools are important to the public, and because the school board is one of the very few government entities that has been meeting in person rather than virtually since the pandemic started.

Back to Normal

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November 4, 2020

Normal in this case is referring to the website, not to anything else. Like many of you, I stayed up late last night - just long enough to hear the President of the United States threaten democracy. And to see that the election is going to be with us for some time in the future. I intended to leave the site in election mode until the national elections seemed clear, but that is clearly far off in the future, and there are other things to talk about in the interim.

Happy Halloween and enjoy that extra hour of sleep!

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October 31, 2020

It is going to be a Halloween like we've never seen before. Only small stabs at Trick or Treat. No big organized parties. No costume parades. Please try to stay home and be safe tonight even though -yes, it's sad. I am going to watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show Live Stream tonight - last year I went out with friends to have a few drinks and some food, and to dress up a little. There's no denying, life is different and at the moment I don't see it getting better any time real soon.

What's Up at WisCommunity?

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October 27, 2020

It has been quite a while since I last wrote a community update. But life has been crazy here, and something else always gets in the way. Today I am fixing this.

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