Spring forward this weekend
Get ready to turn manual clocks forward by an hour prior to 2 a.m. Sunday, March 14, when daylight-saving time begins.
RELATED CONTENTSajan goes public, stays local, targets growth
Submitted photo Angel and Shannon Zimmerman started Sajan as a home-based business and grew it into a publicly-held company.
RELATED CONTENTWoman charged with stealing from RF computer business
Charges were filed last week against a Hammond woman accused of stealing $3,705 from a River Falls business while she worked there in early 2009.
RELATED CONTENTHudson bank records judgments of $7 million against developers
Even after the bank bought the property, area development companies and a North Hudson man owe over $7.2 million in four foreclosure judgments.
RELATED CONTENTJudge puts stop to Stillwater bridge plan
This was not the news supporters of a new river crossing at Stillwater wanted to hear.
RELATED CONTENTCampus News
Several area college students have earned accolades or degrees in their selected fields of pursuit. Here's a listing of some of them.
EDC honors top businesses
Submitted photo The St. Croix Economic Development Corporation chose the 2009 Businesses of the Year at the recent EDC awards banquet. Left to right: Brent Niccum, NCCM Company; Chetan Patel, SMC Ltd.; Larry Knegendorf, Baldwin Telecom, Inc.; and Ken Heiser, Associated Bank.
RELATED CONTENTRaffle offers chance to see Bon Jovi live
The River Falls-based Sexual Assault Response Team holds a raffle drawing 1 p.m. March 24 for a package deal to see the rock band Bon Jovi in concert during its upcoming tour coming to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
RELATED CONTENTArmored-car robbers behind bars
Debra Ann Wiegand, 30, Hammond, was sentenced to five years in prison and 15 years’ extended supervision the morning of March 8 on a felony conviction for one count of armed robbery-party to a crime.
RELATED CONTENTBattered, bruised and mixed up
Police arrested a 22-year-old UW-River Falls student for battery late Saturday night, but no one’s been able to sort out what happened and why. Heavy drinking likely contributed to the conflicting accounts and blurry memories. Neither the college student arrested nor the young man who had his nose split open by a blow to the face could explain.
RELATED CONTENTUPDATED: Dog that bit young girl found
River Falls Police asked for the public’s help in locating a brown, male, pit-bull mix dog that bit a 6-year-old girl in the evening hours of March 4. The owner reported March 6 that he had found the dog.
RELATED CONTENTOnline scam targets renters
Employees of WESTconsin Realty alerted the Journal to a scam that plucks home-sale ads from the free site, Craig’s List, and presents them as a (fake) rental.
RELATED CONTENTBowen to retire as UW-RF athletic director
UW-River Falls athletic director Rick Bowen announced Wednesday he will retire at the end of the 2009-10 school year. His last day will be June 21. Bowen, 65, made the announcement at an athletic department meeting. Bowen has been a key component of UW-RF athletics for more than 20 years as a coach and administrator.
RELATED CONTENTUpdate: Cat feces used to start trailer blazes; teen boy accused
River Falls police say evidence points to a 16-year-old local boy as the one who set three recent minor blazes at Cudd's trailer court, 1450 S. Wasson Lane. The boy, who lives in a nearby apartment complex on Cemetery Road, allegedly set fire to cat feces inside a paper bag and left it on the porch of one trailer home.
RELATED CONTENTUW-RF Army ROTC cadets dominate podium
Three UW-River Falls Army ROTC cadets competed in the Olympic-style military skills competition referred to as German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge last month at Camp Atterbury, Ind., in order to earn the Department of the Army award.
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