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Habitat needs to tell its plan TO THE EDITOR Serving as a director on a nonprofit board is a huge responsibility — one takes a pledge to exercise duties of care and loyalty, to direct and protect all the assets of the organization through good governance, transparency and accountability....
 opinion/letters July 26, 2017 - 5:00am
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Man charged in Pierce County with ninth OWI
A man whose Minnesota driving privileges had been canceled was drinking vodka and hand-rolling a cigarette when he nearly struck a squad car...
 News/crime and courts July 25, 2017 - 1:00pm
19-year-old Nick Raehsler grew up in River Falls and says that he has always been an entrepeneur. Raehsler started Klass, a cosmetics line in 2014. (Submitted photo)
Not yet 20, River Falls caring entrepreneur soars with global outlook
One of the best things about owning a business for Nick Raehsler is being able to help people. "To be successful, I believe you have to help...
 News/business October 6, 2016 - 6:00am
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Willow River State Park receives rare opportunity
Thanks to an AmeriCorps Volunteer grant, the Friends of Willow River and Kinnickinnic State Parks, Inc. is offering a full time paid position designed to expand volunteer participation in park activities. The search is on for the right person. Could it be you? Someone you know?
sports/outdoors July 25, 2017 - 5:00pm
Despite being attacked by something -- perhaps a fish -- in Island Lake on Wednesday afternoon, 11-year-old Maren Kesselhon was doing well on Thursday. "She's not too shaken," said her father, Ryan Kesselhon of Duluth. Ryan Kesselhon photo
'She could feel her foot in its mouth': Minn. girl bitten 25 times in lake, possibly by muskie
DULUTH, Minn.—Ryan Kesselhon couldn't figure out what was happening to his 11-year-old daughter, Maren. One minute, Maren had been peacefully...
 News July 20, 2017 - 7:52pm
A look toward Emerald Sky Dairy from the edge of the Enerson's property. Chad and Mary Enerson put plans for a new home on hold after learning of the dairy's plans and subsequent manure spill. John R. Russett / RiverTown Multimedia
Counties face limits to livestock oversight
In recent years, Wisconsin lawmakers have eased regulation on the largest animal feeding operations in the state. Recently proposed changes to...
 News/region July 25, 2017 - 5:00pm
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Drinking beer to benefit habitat? See how this southwest Minnesota brewing company is benefiting wildlife one beer at a time
BRAINERD, Minn.— In this week's Northland Outdoors TV episode, we feature northeast South Dakota veteran trapper John Almquist who for 50 years,...
 sports/outdoors October 10, 2016 - 11:41am
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NORTHLAND OUTDOORS: Prairie chickens making a comeback in western Minn.
BRAINERD, Minn.—In this week's Northland Outdoors TV episode, we examine the plight of the prairie chicken, which is making a comeback...
 sports/outdoors October 17, 2016 - 12:04pm
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Scouts work on merit badge
Over 20 Boy Scouts from River Falls Troop 54 worked on their snow sports merit badge on March 6 at Trollhaugen in Dresser. Pictured are, from...
 Life/Family March 16, 2016 - 9:06am
Try these 4 innovative Thanksgiving leftover recipes
FARGO — For many, the joy of Thanksgiving is linked to food. Cooks spends hours – even weeks – before the holiday preparing a meal that...
 Life/Food November 24, 2016 - 5:00pm
River Falls' Sam Barr is tagged on the helmet before he can reach home plate for the final out of the game in the Fighting Fish's 7-6 loss to the Twin Cities Saints Wednesday night, June 15, at First National Bank of River Falls Field. (River Falls Journal photo by Bob Burrows)
Fish rally falls one run short
Bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, nobody out, down by one. That's the situation the River Falls Fighting Fish found themselves in Wednesday...
 sports/amateur June 16, 2016 - 3:46pm
UPDATE: Man arrested on rooftop allegedly drove 120 mph in St. Croix County pursuit
Authorities from Wisconsin and Minnesota were tracking a man suspected in a high-speed St. Croix County pursuit when the trail tapered off at...
 News/crime and courts January 5, 2017 - 10:38pm
Spotted at UFO Days, two extraterrestrials take in the 2016 action. File photo
UFO Days promises fun for all in Elmwood
While Elmwood may not actually see little green men in flying saucers, that won’t stop the fun of the annual four-day UFO Days festivities...
 News/Upcoming Events July 25, 2017 - 3:00pm
River Falls' Sam Barr beats the tag to go from first to third on a base hit by Josh Eidem in the second inning of the Fighting Fish's 4-2 loss to the Haugen Knights Friday night, July 21, at First National Bank of River Falls Field. Barr was left stranded in the inning, one of 12 runners left on base by the Fish. Bob Burrows / RiverTown Multimedia
Crunch time for Fish
For the first time since their inaugural season of 2008, the River Falls Fighting Fish enter the final week of the regular season without a guaranteed...
 sports/amateur July 25, 2017 - 12:00pm
Wayne and Lilibeth Hanson frequently have lunch at the Hudson Senior Center where they have many friends who wish them well in their new life together in Hudson. (Star Observer photo by Meg Heaton)
Inseparable: Town of Troy couple find a love worth waiting for
It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day story that’s been a long while in the making. After years of living the single life, Wayne Hanson found...
 Life/Family February 13, 2016 - 7:00pm

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