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Mom's plea: Make this Troy intersection safe

Tiffany Walrack has taken on the task of trying to make the intersection of Tower Road and Old Hwy. 35 safer. Her family was involved in a serious accident in 2010 and drivers continue to run stop signs at the intersection.

Daddy Daughter Dance a night to remember

Adam Dunham danced with daughters 8-year-old Olivia, left, and 6-year-old Elaina, right at the Daddy Daughter Dance Saturday, March 1. The Dunhams were three of around 638 dads and daughters to attend the dance, according to Community Education Coordinator Monique Squire.

Going digital, River Falls library morphs into the unknown

River Falls Library Director Nancy Miller says making sure the local library stays relevant in the digital world means constantly reinventing what was a more or less traditional model. As for talk of becoming a paperless society, Miller jokes that her desk would seem to show otherwise.

Larson a D-1 semifinalist at state wrestling meet

River Falls's Sebastion Larson pushes back against Pulaski's Levi Van Lanen in the 182-pound quarterfinals.
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65th Anniversary
Ruth and Doug Joosten, formerly of River Falls, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at Pine Ridge Gardens at Christian Community Homes...
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Falcon women win WIAC hockey title
The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team claimed the inaugural WIAC championship by defeating UW-Stevens Point, 5-1, in the WIAC Tournament title...
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Wildcat gymnasts place third at state
The River Falls High school gymnastics team finished third at the WIAA Division 2 State Championship Tournament in Wisconsin Rapids Friday night. Whitefish Bay won its third state title in the last four years with a score of 144.5. Mount Horeb took second with 141.582 while defending...
sports / high schoolMarch 8, 2014 - 9:49am
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Fusion goaltender Carlie Christensen makes one of her 42 saves in Friday
Fusion fall in OT in state semifinal
Onalaska scored four unanswered goals, including the game-winner four minutes into overtime, to defeat the St. Croix Valley Fusion, 4-3, in a...
sports / high schoolMarch 7, 2014 - 6:00pm
As temperatures go down, the cost of heating homes goes up. Some people in River Falls are having a hard time covering those costs, according to Ronna Ellis of the Assistance and Resource Center, Inc. (ARC), an organization that provides short-term financial assistance to River Falls and Ellsworth residents
Heating bills lighten wallets; help is available
As winter temperatures have plunged, heating bills have risen. And as the bills pile up, many people may not know where to turn. The first...
life / familyMarch 7, 2014 - 12:21pm
The UW-River Falls Western Equestrian Team recently won a regional championship. Front, from left are: Coach, Janie Huot, Elizabeth Kieffer, Hannah Miller , Kayla Gosz, Angie Esselman, Carissa Beeksma, Miranda Christenson, Bailey Fernau, Cara Ericksen, Alie Leonhart , Hannah Space, Katie Nelson; (back, from left): Taylor Asplin, Hannah Symbal, Emily Lehmann, Claire Wojnowiak, Mary Winkel, Markie Maletzke, Michelle Anderson, Jade Baerg, Kayla Mack and Caitlin Finger.
UWRF equestrians win regional championship
The UW-River Falls (UWRF) Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Western Equestrian Team won the 2013-14 Regional Championship (Zone 7,...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 11:34am
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Competitive marshmallow madness strikes library … again
Anyone who thinks those pastel marshmallow chicks and bunnies are just a  beautiful body without a brain should stop by the River Falls...
life / eventsMarch 7, 2014 - 10:23am
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Weekend Happenings: March 7-9
This week in River Falls: Friday: St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra concert: At noon, at the Abbott Concert Hall in the Kleinpell...
life / eventsMarch 7, 2014 - 8:02am
Shown, at regionals, from left: Middle school math teacher B.J. Stokes and Zoller.
State math competitor
Meyer Middle School eighth grader, Jari Zoller, finished 20 out of 132 individual contestants in the 31st MATHCOUNTS state competition held on...
news / educationMarch 6, 2014 - 8:00am
Woodworking students get leg up in chair business
The Reniassance Academy has bought a new machine that allows teacher Kyle Stapleton to bring his class into the modern era of woodworking. The new CNC machine works through a computer. Stapleton and his students can program the machine to cut out wooden parts for the Adirondack chairs...
news / educationMarch 5, 2014 - 5:16pm
River Falls shoplifters go into denial
A 28-year-old local mother with three recent shoplifting citations was a retail theft suspect again – this time at Dollar General, 302 N. Main...
news / crime and courtsMarch 4, 2014 - 4:56pm
Don’t trash them, don’t hoard them, says Anne Jilek, because your unneeded eyeglasses are needed by others far away. Collection buckets for glasses are found at numerous places throughout River Falls. (River Falls Journal photo by Phil Pfuehler)
With your help, the eyes have it
Anne Jilek said says the answer is an emphatic yes to those asking if there’s still a local collection of eyeglasses that gets distributed...
life / healthMarch 6, 2014 - 4:03pm
Jeff, Katie, and daughter Ellie Mikla were part of the volunteer crew that helped paint new quarters for the River Falls Gymnastics Club at N8234 945th St. this past weekend. Submitted photo.
RFGC moving to new quarters this month
Starting March 22 the River Falls Gymnastics Club will be running classes at their new location N8234 945th St., south of River Falls....
sports / amateurMarch 4, 2014 - 12:45pm
Team members include, in front, Landon Wilkens. Second row from left, Bennett Edelman, Max Rotsaert, Ethan Hull, Wyatt Tschida and Grady Nygaard. Third row, Grant Magnuson, Austin Harer, Zackary Nye, Conner Brown, Cole Evavold and Teddy Norman. Back row, head coach Jason Hull and assistant coaches Dave Tschida, Sam Nye, Nate Nygaard and Troy Edelman.
Squirts off to state
The River Falls Youth Hockey Association’s Squirt A team has qualified for the Division 3 State Championship Tournament in Sheboygan March...
sports / amateurMarch 4, 2014 - 8:00am
Burning stove embers may have caused rural home blaze
River Falls firefighters were sent to a house fire at 83 170th St., town of Pleasant Valley, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 5. The homeowner,...
news / accidentsMarch 5, 2014 - 4:22pm

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