Run, sleep, repeat
The team, “Six of one; half a dozen of the other,” made up of runners who either live or work in River Falls, competed in the 193-mile Great River Ragnar Race over the weekend. The relay race began in Winona, Minn., Friday morning and ended at Boom Island in downtown Minneapolis Saturday afternoon.
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Carol and I took a walk along the South Fork of the Flambeau River with our friends John and Jane Barko from Trempealeau last weekend.
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The City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a community preparedness plan to deal with the seemingly inevitable coming to River Falls of the emerald ash borer.
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Trygve and Vicki Aarsheim were visited by a bear at their home along Hwy. 10 near Ellsworth Thursday. The bear wasn’t afraid to come right up to a fence bordering the property in the Town of Salem. The Aarsheims photographed the animal early in the afternoon.
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A project to stabilize the foundations of Glen Park’s suspension bridge has begun, according to City Engineer Reid Wronski.
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Nearly 700 riders from Wisconsin and Minnesota took part in the third annual Border Battle Bike Races Sunday, Aug. 8 at Whitetail Ridge Corporate Park, and thanks to a number of River Falls participants, Wisconsin retained bragging rights and the traveling trophy that goes to the winning state.
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When I first came to Wisconsin in 1970, I was attracted to the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage like a moth to a light bulb. The flowage is a jewel of a place; one of the wilder areas in Wisconsin.
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Aquatic ecologist Robert DuBois says dragonflies migrated north earlier this year in order to reproduce. Now nymphs are emerging to return to the south.
Signs warn of Kinni’s long, remote ride
Around midnight on this past July 4th weekend Rob Chambers woke to a faint calling. It was very warm and his cabin windows were open. A barely perceptible voice repeated, “We need help.”
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Like his town of Clifton neighbor Rob Chambers, retired Dayton’s cabinet maker Steve Cochrane has rescued stranded Kinnickinnic River travelers. Those rescued, he says, were either unprepared, ill equipped or both.
RELATED CONTENTMen escape after truck, trailer slide into Mississippi River at boat launch in Hastings
For good friends Randy Johnson and Jim Hunt, Monday morning was supposed to be spent floating on the St. Croix River and catching walleyes. Instead, the two Farmington men escaped tragedy, then spent the new few hours watching from shore as crews fished their truck and trailer out of the water.
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The annual fall session of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Hunter Safety Education Course in River Falls is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Meyer Middle School, 230 N. Ninth St.
RELATED CONTENT Whitetails Unlimited fundraising event scheduled, deadline Aug. 26
Whitetails Unlimited is sponsoring the Western Wisconsin Banquet on Thursday, September 2 at Kilkarney Hills in River Falls. This event will feature a two-meat buffet, auction and prizes including firearms, outfitter packages, hunting and outdoor equipment, artwork and collectibles. Proceeds will go toward local youth hunters education programs and outdoor conservation projects.
RELATED CONTENT‘Everts Point’ to be dedicated
PRESCOTT—Friends of Freedom Park announce the dedication of “Everts Point,” overlooking the confluence of the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers.
RELATED CONTENTUPDATE: Hudson drowning victim identified
Less than an hour after they were summoned to the scene of a presumed drowning Monday evening near the swimming beach downtown Hudson, divers found the man and attempted to resuscitate him but he was later pronounced dead.
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