On The Mark: It's time to consider prison rates

Once again, husband Rod Walli and I headed out to clear the Fond du Lac Forest cross-country ski trail of annual downfalls and upstart saplings. Once again, the Willow River Challenge Incarceration Program men and Sgt. Steve Whited joined us. I introduced myself - masked just like they were - to each man and thanked him for his work.

On the trails we encountered more downfalls than usual. But we managed to get the A to B trails and the way back to the parking lot cleared. It helped that Rod brought his chainsaw. He worked his way down through dozens of poplar and pine downfalls averaging a foo...