Two council incumbents defeated; Martell write-in wins for chairman
Randy Kusilek and David Reese were knocked off the River Falls City Council in Tuesday’s spring election. Katie Chaffee, former mayor of River Falls, edged Reese for the District 3 council spot, with 232 votes to Reese’s 186. Kusilek was beaten by Diane Odeen for council at-large, 688-532.River Falls Journal, 04/03/2013
City’s manmade pond morphs into ‘Swan Lake’
“I saw this big white bird, but I was too far away,” said River Falls resident Linda Amundsen. “I had to check it out.” That was in February. Amundsen was in the parking lot at Family Fresh Market downtown.River Falls Journal, 04/02/2013
Shooting suspect at River Falls trailer court taken in
Late Saturday afternoon River Falls police were dispatched to a trailer-court home at 1450 S. Wasson Lane to deal with a 23-year-old man at his girlfriend’s who was threatening suicide. Witnesses said the man had fired a 40-caliber S&W handgun in the driveway. He later reportedly put the gun to his head.River Falls Journal, 04/01/2013
River Falls triathlon: Time to show up and try for Grace
Rather than just give to a worthy cause in some abstract way, Lynn Huiskamp decided to organize a fundraiser that was tangible and rigorous. Participants would have to work it.River Falls Journal, 03/25/2013
Luedtke recommended as new RFHS principal
An ad-hoc hiring committee, chaired by Superintendent Tom Westerhaus, has picked Kit Luedtke to be River Falls High School principal starting July 1. Current Principal Elaine Baumann is retiring.River Falls Journal, 03/20/2013
Egg hunt: Time to play, time to give
Starting 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23 in the River Falls High School commons area, scores of young kids will get ready, get set and go hunt Easter eggs in the annual event sponsored by the River Falls Lions Club.River Falls Journal, 03/20/2013
As winter ends, sounds of spring begin
Winter has its share of nasty storms, but the ones in spring and summer are preceded by the city’s warning sirens.River Falls Journal, 03/13/2013
Major night fire sweeps through apartment
Just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, local firefighters were sent to a blaze of an engulfed rental building owned by the River Falls Housing Authority at 430 Griffey St. Crews arrived to find heavy fire coming from the middle unit of the triplex.River Falls Journal, 03/11/2013
He stared death in the back of the head and lived to tell it
Bound face down late at night in the depths of a Guatemalan jungle, Jesse Bystrom, husband, father of a kindergartner, felt his 35 years of life would end with a bullet to the head.River Falls Journal, 03/11/2013
River Falls game store burglarized; no arrests yet
Burglars hit Game Quest, 1585 Paulson Road, either late Saturday night, March 2, after closing or Sunday morning. Pry marks were found to the front door.River Falls Journal, 03/04/2013
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