Locals help deliver Walker recall petitions to Madison

Town of Troy resident Nan Lambert and Barb Greub of River Falls were chosen to represent St. Croix and Pierce counties, respectively, when the call went out for a person from every Wisconsin county to help hand-deliver 3,000 pounds of petitions seeking the recall of Gov. Scott Walker and other state-level officials.

• Barb Greub, Pierce County, totes a box of petitions
• Nan Lambert, St. Croix County, wears warm winter clothing and a big smile
• Talk about this topic

Plan includes retirement; historian bids farewell

Two valued and longtime members of city commissions retired this month, Ellen Smith (top) and Audrey Alton (bottom).

• Commissioners retire
• Talk about this topic

A view from the sky

On Jan. 20, River Falls resident, Karl Blazevic, got off of work early and took his radio controlled airplane above the River Falls Hospital.

• View from a plane
• Talk about this topic

Criminal Justice Council asking for public's help to improve county resources

The Pierce County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is asking the public's help on how to improve services and resources in the county.

• Talk about this topic
• Pierce County

Highway drivers collide

A two-vehicle accident just before 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, on Hwy. 35 at Radio Road drew emergency personnel from River Falls and the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Dept.

• Accident at Radio Rd.
• Talk about this topic

Senator says: Finally, the forces of reason and progress are coming together

If you pay attention to the news from Washington, D.C., you might believe that Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything. But I went to Washington willing to work with anyone who will acknowledge a problem and help develop real solutions. A case in point is the bipartisan agreement that has now been reached on replacing the Stillwater lift bridge.

• Sen. Ron Johnson
• Talk about this topic

Ag department announces specialty-crop grants

Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Protection (DATCP) announced Jan. 19, it is accepting applications for funds available through the 2012 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

• Specialty-crop grants offered
• Talk about this topic

Phillips appears on felony charge

A man who allegedly led Minnesota and Wisconsin sheriff’s deputies on a chase in a reported stolen car incident Jan. 12, appeared in St. Croix County Circuit Court Jan. 20 on a felony charge.

• Talk about this topic

Yes, keep your tire inflated but, more important, drive with a tire

River Falls police arrested a 47-year-old local woman for driving impaired due to prescription drugs at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. She was driving erratically and her car was screeching. The arresting officer noticed she was driving on the metal rim on the driver’s front side where a tire should be.

• Police Beat
• Talk about this topic

Facebook bomb threat lands man in jail

Wisconsin News
Seth Schumacher, a 19-year-old Dane County man, awaits criminal charges after he allegedly made bomb threats on Facebook.

• Talk about this topic

Briggs & Stratton announces job cuts

Wisconsin News
The Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton says it will cut 690 U.S. jobs, and cut 77 more in the Czech Republic due to a falling demand for its lawn-and-garden products.

Poll shows most voters OK with new ID law

Wisconsin News
A new poll shows that about two-thirds of Wisconsin voters are okay with showing photo IDs in order to vote.

• Talk about this topic

Editorial: Wisconsin is again on top

We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1! Unfortunately we’re not talking about the Wisconsin Badgers football team or the Green Bay Packers. The sad truth is this: Of all 50 states, Wisconsin is number one in binge drinking.

• Talk about this topic

Manor named WIAC Player of the Week after snapping UWSP 29-game run

The UW-River Falls men’s basketball team bounced back from a last-second loss at UW-Superior last Wednesday night to defeat No. 11 UW-Stevens Point, 82-75, in overtime Saturday in Stevens Point. The win gave the Falcons a regular season sweep of the Pointers and snapped UWSP’s 29-game home winning streak.

• Shane Manor
• Talk about this topic

Boys’ skaters erupt against Huskies

Two nights after a goal-scoring party at home against Eau Claire North last Thursday, the Wildcat hockey team came up one goal short in a 4-3 loss at Big Rivers Conference co-leader Rice Lake last Saturday, Jan. 21.

• Wildcat freshman Mason Woiwode
• Talk about this topic

UWRF softball clinics Feb. 4-5

The UW-River Falls softball team will host a pair of clinics Feb. 4-5, at the Knowles Recreation Center on campus.

• Softball Clinics
• Talk about this topic