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Mortgage burning
Members of HOPE Lutheran Church celebrated the burning of the mortgage for their land loan near Sterling Ponds on Jan. 18.  Plans are...
life / religion45 min 49 sec ago
Emergency personnel were called to a skid-steer loader that had caught fire before 9 a.m. Friday morning Jan. 30, off County Road MM in the town of Troy.
Rural River Falls vehicular blaze quickly put out
A fire on-board a skid-steer loader being used with some fence-line clean up was snuffed out by a St. Croix County sheriff's deputy before 9...
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Featured letter: Pick a diet that can work for a lifetime
A Ketogenic diet (high fat, low carb) may be effective for weight loss, for some people.  However, ample scientific evidence indicates that high carbohydrate diets are also effective for weight loss.  Several well-designed studies published in prominent journals, such...
opinion / letters18 hours 54 min ago
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Weekend Happenings, Jan. 29-30, Feb.1
To share your River Falls area events with the Journal, please email reporters Gretta Stark at gstark@rivertowns.net or Deb Eliason at deliason@rivertowns.net.   This...
life / arts and entertainment15 hours 15 min ago
Keyah Strop does her floor routine
RFGC hosts invite
The River Falls Gymnastics Club hosted its annual youth invitational Sunday, Jan. 18, with the Rockets finishing second in their division with...
sportsJanuary 29, 2015 - 5:00pm
Police beat: In which it’s wise to be wary of five-inch boot heels, wiser still to refuse shaking hands after what said hand just did
A 35-year-old local woman who came to the River Falls police station to accuse her husband of beating her and ramming her car with his truck...
news / crime and courtsJanuary 29, 2015 - 8:54am
Area cockfight arrests occurred on vet’s property
Saturday, Jan. 24, the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office raided a cockfight about seven miles north of Glenwood City. Deputies found about 20 spectators at the scene. No proof of gambling was found but it is illegal in Wisconsin to be present at a cockfight. Cockfighting is...
news / crime and courtsJanuary 28, 2015 - 2:49pm
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Hudson woman hospitalized following erratic-driving incident
PRESCOTT -- A Hudson woman was transported by River Falls/Prescott Ambulance Service to Hudson Hospital and later, Regions Hospital in St. Paul for treatment of a head injury following an eratic driving report that ended with her car in a CTH F ditch early Wednesday afternoon. Betty...
news / accidentsJanuary 29, 2015 - 9:51am
St. Paul NAACP president Jeff Martin (left) and Pierce County Sheriff Nancy Hove speak at a social justice forum held at the River Falls Public Library Tuesday evening.
Gathering at library talks social justice
A group of people gathered in the River Falls Public Library's downstairs meeting room Tuesday evening to discuss social justice. The public...
life / eventsJanuary 28, 2015 - 11:15am
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Exhibitions feature regional artists, reception tonight at Phipps
A series of exhibitions featuring oil landscapes by Laura Andrews, Minneapolis; mixed media installation by Moira Bateman, Minneapolis; original...
life / arts and entertainmentJanuary 30, 2015 - 1:53am
Who’s breeding in your neighborhood? Citizen participation needed for new bird atlas
 St. Croix Valley Bird Club invites the public to attend a presentation from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, by guest speakers Mike Reese...
sports / outdoorsJanuary 28, 2015 - 9:07am
In front, from left are: Andrea Elliott, Megan Faustini, Aarsheim, Damian Overby and Danielle Durand. In back are: Alysa Viellieux, Deanna Wronski, Ben Harris, Derek Hartmon, Mark Olson, T.J. Lee. Absent from the group were Riley Larson and Jayson Dahlby. (Journal file photo).
Days Gone By: Sledding in 2005
In 2005 students in teacher Trygve Aarsheim’s Care Group took time out to enjoy the cold and the snow with a bit of sledding at Rocky Branch...
opinion / columns12 hours 44 min ago
A clammer in a "bird dog" boat heading out from Cedar Key at low tide. (Dan Wilcox photo.)
Wild Side: Cedar Key: Where the farmers wear wet suits
Carol and I are enjoying our stay in Cedar Key, a small town on a group of islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida. After a long drive through the...
sports / outdoorsJanuary 28, 2015 - 9:16am
While they’ve been rebuilt and modernized, the two dams on the Kinni in River Falls have a long history. The upper Junction Falls Dam was first constructed in 1867. It led to the formation of Lake George, The city has had eight dams at various locations. Early ones were used for flour and logging production. Around 1900 the two remaining dams were converted to produce all of the city’s electricity. Today the two dams only produce 1 ½ % of the city’s electrical needs.
For River Falls, it’s dam right…or wrong?
On Jan. 13 the City Council voted to ask for an extension on the federal licensing of the two River Falls hydroelectric dams. The license...
news / regionJanuary 22, 2015 - 6:00am
Westside Elementary fourth grader Devin Smith reads his poem “Brotherhood.” He was one of four youth who read poetry or essays at the breakfast. Other youth to read at the breakfast included Baldwin-Woodville High School sophomore Kaitlyn Weyer, Meyer Middle School sixth grader Lauren Marsollek, St. Bridget’s eighth grader Claire Wulf, and St. Bridget’s eighth grader Rayna Dixon.
Breakfast shares ‘infinite hope’ this MLK Holiday
About 240 people came to St. Bridget Catholic Church to enjoy this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast. Visitors enjoyed food provided...
life / eventsJanuary 22, 2015 - 4:30pm

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