Heidi Herron
- Location
- Wisconsin, USA
- Birthday
- October 31
- Bio
- I used to write about random things on OS, the first place I ever wrote publicly. But the political unrest that began in Wisconsin early in 2011, consumed me. My posts here are now all things Wisconsin either through documentational personal posts of the continuing struggle (which only appear on Open Salon) or through cross posts first published on WIvoices.org. I founded that organization in order to feature verbatim interviews with other Wisconsinites. These primary documents bear witness to the times that we live in and return the power to the people - where it belongs. WIvoices.org.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Inside Look at a Public
Meeting on Frac Sand Mining,
WI
March 09, 2013 01:06PM - Family Called "Collateral
Damage" in Sand Mining
District
November 20, 2012 11:10PM - Election in WI Delivers
Nationally, Loses
State...again
November 07, 2012 04:08PM - Deregulate the US? Visit a
Wisconsin Mining District
October 22, 2012 11:42AM - Frac Sand Mine Planned Next to
School in WI
September 22, 2012 05:52PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “"I would characterize
Obama staffers as being
perhaps too
political...
"…”
May 16, 2013 11:41PM - “I loved the post,
learning a bit about how
things have
changed some - new
editor…”
May 16, 2013 11:28PM - “I have also noticed the
public radio has moved to a
more
capitalistic, rather
tha…”
April 19, 2013 12:27AM - “wow is it good to be
back at OS - where people
actually
comment on your
articles!…”
March 10, 2013 11:40AM - “can I live in the brown
one on the left?
so
friggen adorable ~
love
this post and r…”
March 09, 2013 04:07PM
Heidi Herron's Links
Inside Look at a Public Meeting on Frac Sand Mining, WI
(first published on WIvoices.org)
With over 100 frac sand mining and processing sites, Wisconsin is now the leading supplier of frac sand in the nation. But are companies operating in our state complying with regulations? According to a recent report, about 90% of sites visited by the WI Depa/… Read full post »
Family Called "Collateral Damage" in Sand Mining District
(first published on WIvoices.org)
Small business owner, Brenda Tabor-Adams, lives with her husband and 2-year-old son in a silica frac sand mining district between New Auburn and Chetek, WI. They are surrounded by mines. Two separate facilities are within a third of a mile and three more are within… Read full post »
Election in WI Delivers Nationally, Loses State...again
(all views are mine)
While Wisconsin progressives cheered and embraced each other for a lot of hard ground work in this election cycle re-electing the president, nothing is ever definitive in a swing state. We woke up this morning to a state government completely controlled by the Republ/… Read full post »
Deregulate the US? Visit a Wisconsin Mining District
(this PREVIEW was first published on WIvoices.org)
New Auburn, WI has 7 silica frac sand mines within a 5 mile radius, so we decided to take Jim Laskin's advice and document the area. We loaded up our camera gear and hit the road. The sand rush is transforming/… Read full post »
Frac Sand Mine Planned Next to School in WI
(first published on WIvoices.org)
Glenwood City, WI small business owner, Jim Laskin, ow… Read full post »
With the focus on Wisconsin public policy in our country right now, it is crucial that we understand how it impacts real people. Thank-you for taking the time to listen to our Wisconsin stories and to educate yourselves before you vote on these issues - they affect all of us.… Read full post »
PREVIEW: Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins Jr.
First published on WIvoices.org: Full interview to be released later this month.
We received a phone call mid afternoon on July 2 that Mr. Wiggins had time for a brief interview the following day. We jumped at the chance, cleared our calendars and planned logistics for the 3 hour
… Read full post »Election Day for Walker Recall
(all views are mine)
I don't have time to write a bunch, just a few snippets from the ground here. Turnout appears to be record everywhere. I got one of the few remaining parking spots at my polling place at 8:00 am in a city of 8000. That is a good… Read full post »
Our School Board "listened to us," says WI Teacher
(first published on WIvoices.org)
Below is the full verbatim interview of veteran teacher Meg Farrington. The Somerset School District took a collaborative approach in their educational policy over the past couple of years. The school board not only included administrators and the p
… Read full post »WI Teacher Resigns Citing Stress, Health Care, Uncertainty
(first published on WIvoices.org)
Stephanie Kline resigned from her position as an 8th grade math teacher at New Richmond Middle School in Wisconsin. Her last day of teaching is June 6, 2012. A final straw for Kline came when her 5-year-old son was refused services at her
… Read full post »A Personal Look Inside the Walker Recall
(all views are mine)
It is very difficult to believe that the culmination of the focus of 15 months of our lives will be resolved in less than 2 weeks with the June 5 recall election of Governor Scott Walker. Anyone involved in this cause has seen his/her life turned u… Read full post »
Abuse Shelter Director, “we can’t go backwards” on WI Women
(first published on WIvoices.org)
Kim Wojchik is the Executive Director at Turningpoint in River Falls for victims of domestic and sexual violence. They served 797 people in 2011 who came to them from either Pierce or St. Croix County [Western Wisconsin]. She has seen
… Read full post »(first published on WIvoices.org)
Meg Farrington (29-year veteran teacher from Somerset, WI) explains that some students are struggling with hunger in school and how teachers have “stepped up to the plate” to bridge the gap and fill the need in the community. Farrington sa
… Read full post »
As the nation looks to Wisconsin today, those of us here are all focused on the Walker recall scheduled this summer. For the zillion reasons why, I’ve written a lengthy update, not intended for the casual political observer. The politic
… Read full post »
first published on WIvoices.org
This is the 3rd (and final) part of a series of interviews from the Walker recall kick off rally in Madison, WI, November 19, 2011. Read the first part of the series HERE and the second part HERE.
These bagpipers from… Read full post »
Voices from the Rally Crowd (pt 2)
first published on WIvoices.org
Capitol in Madison during the Walker kick off rally, November 19, 2011.
This is the 2nd of a 3 part series of interviews from that day. Read the first part of the series HERE.
I stood silently on one of the
… Read full post »
(first published on WIvoices.org)
John Wolfe and Rita Platt
(photo and VIDEO of partial interview by Art Juchno)
Now that photo ID’s are required for voting in Wisconsin, Jennifer “Rita” Platt and John Wolfe drove 45 minutes from Osceola to the nearest Dept. of
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On November 19, 2011, I traveled to Madison, WI to attend the rally to begin the recall of Gov. Walker. The weather was a warm, near 50 degrees for mid-November. The crowd was lively with the regular songs, rousing speeches, local music, and the wave of protestors
… Read full post »
“Megan”, a social worker in Child Protective Services, first told her story in May when the debate of Gov. Walker’s Budget Repair Bill was still underway. Now that the bill has passed, Megan has agreed to offer an inside view of the recent changes to her
… Read full post »
Governor Scott Walker, the match that lit the progressive fire nationwide, will finally be eligible for a recall on November 15. His Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and 3 GOP Senators will also be su/… Read full post »
The Wisconsin Activist
Click HERE to watch a portion of her interview.
Duana Bremer has been the Director of Social Services for Polk, Burnett, and St. Croix counties for the last 7 years. She left a more lucrative career in sales and marketing, in order to serve the neediest people in our
… Read full post »
Photo
by Sarah Martinsen
Larry and Mania Moore are both retired teachers and residents of Wisconsin’s Senate District 10. The Moores live in Mania’s childhood home on the edge of a sleepy pond in New Richmond. With a level of foreboding, they’ve been witnessing t
… Read full post »
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