City Council: Sweeper comes, oil goes
The City Council worked quickly through its meeting Tuesday night, first recognizing a crowd of about 40 Northern Star Council Boy Scouts from local troops 459 and 54 who were there to help earn merit badges for citizenship and communication.
RELATED CONTENTTown of River Falls: Damaged fence leads to heated accusations
At last week’s River Falls Town board meeting, Chairwoman Diana Smith explained steps she took regarding damage to a fence said to be caused by a town employee while mowing last summer.
RELATED CONTENTKinnickinnic: Residents concerned about new quarry
At last week’s Kinnickinnic Town board meeting, Kraemer Company employees Richard Marino and Roger Osegard were present to discuss the proposal of a new quarry which may affect home owners. Marino said he has worked for Kraemer for 30 years.
RELATED CONTENTNew Master Mason
The brothers of River Falls Lodge raised Lenny Austin, a fellowcraft of the River Falls Lodge, to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on Tuesday, March 2.
RELATED CONTENTCub Scouts donate
Cub Scout Pack 148 of Hudson used a portion of their fundraising efforts to donate $1000 to Feed My Starving Children, a non-profit hunger relief organization.
RELATED CONTENTWorld Day of Prayer today
PRESCOTT—Women, men and children in more than 170 countries and regions will celebrate World Day of Prayer this Friday.
RELATED CONTENTKCs give to food cause
The combined Knights of Columbus (KC) Councils of St. Croix and Pierce counties presented a check in the amount of $2,500 to the United Way of St. Croix Valley Food Resource Center (FRC).
RELATED CONTENTClifton: Mobile internet may come to Pierce County
High speed mobile internet may be a reality soon in Pierce County, according to Zoning Specialist Brad Roy of Pierce County’s Department of Land Management.
RELATED CONTENTNYC trombonist to perform at UWRF this Saturday
Trombonist-composer Michael Davis will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday as part of the UW-River Falls jazz ensemble, presented by the UWRF RADD jazz series.
RELATED CONTENTMarch concerts
The St. Croix Valley Symphony Orchestra will present "All Tchaikovsky" featuring March Slav, Capriccio Italian, and Variations on a Rococo Theme with cellist Karl Brusen at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 8 at Abbott Concert Hall on campus.
RELATED CONTENT‘Things come out of my head’
John Swenson was a town of Kinnickinnic farmer for decades, but many people will recall that his named appeared often on the Journal’s editorial pages.
RELATED CONTENTPreconceptions differ from real River Falls 
Eighteen-year-old Camelia Amour of Brittany, France, has been a part of the town of River Falls Mike and Jodi Kleinbrook family since her arrival late last August.
RELATED CONTENTLetter: Cutting Japanese an unwise decision 
I thank the numerous citizens who spent many hours of their time on the strategic planning effort for the River Falls School District. As a parent of a daughter in the Japanese program, I was pleased to see identified the importance of foreign language and expansion of languages into the K-12 curriculum.
Letter: Foreign languages: Why drop one, add another? 
We have long had an outstanding Japanese language and culture program — and an excellent Japanese teacher — in our school district. Yet administrators are proposing to cut both under the pretense of budget savings.
Letter: How we learn 
Teachers. Really, how important are they?
