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Highway bridge now surfaced

Workers in hardhats finished pouring concrete for the new overpass at Hwy. 35N and Radio Road earlier in April. Water was sprayed over the freshly poured 8.5-inch concrete surface to help it solidify without cracking. Ramps, roundabouts, grading, lighting and signage still remain before the $11 million two-year project is completed Aug. 1.

River Falls Police sergeant earns FBI training credentials

Jon Aubart of the River Falls Police Department stands at the FBI Academy entrance earlier this year. Aubart, promoted to sergeant in 2001, oversees the RFPD’s Investigative/Youth Services Division. He also serves on the Pierce County Board. He and his wife Sue, head bank teller at First National, live in the town of River Falls.

Dioramas offer a 'peep' at spring

Talia Thompson poses with her diorama "The Princess and the Peep." She was one of three first-place winners in the "youth up to 5th grade" category.

Winter rules

River Falls’ Kevin Kramolis practices his putting on the snow-covered practice green at Troy Burne Golf Club before the Hudson Golf Invitational Wednesday morning, April 16. Seventeen high school teams from Wisconsin and Minnesota were waiting for the temperature to climb above freezing and the greens to clear before taking part in the first area tournament of the season. (River Falls Journal photo by Bob Burrows)

Egg hunting event draws large crowd

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