LIFESTYLE

Variety show featuring circus acts in River Falls June 30

On Sunday, June 30, the River Falls Youth Hockey Association is hosting a variety show at the River Falls High School Auditorium at 3 p.m.

June 18, 2013

River Falls Days buttons on sale, great way to get discounts on events and raffle chance

The 2013 "Homegrown – Life on the Kinni" themed button for River Falls Days is available for purchase for $3 at area banks, Family Fresh Market, Dick’s Fresh Market, the Chamber office and other local businesses.

June 17, 2013

Remembering what this war was all about

Members of the Spring Valley Wisconsin Royalty visited the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 331 Memorial Helicopter on display at the Team Oil Travel Center in Spring Valley, Saturday, June 15, 2013.

June 17, 2013

Former Viking to read from his new children's book

Alan Page, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and former Minnesota Viking football player, along with his daughter, Kamie Page, will read from their new children’s book "Alan and his Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky."

June 17, 2013

Days Gone By: Rita and Keith Bennett 1963

In a series of long-ago June brides, another couple — Rita Hauth and Keith Bennett, exchanged their vows on June 15, 1963, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church.

June 17, 2013

Benefit for ex-Ellsworth resident with cancer June 22

A former local resident who’s been diagnosed with cancer will be the subject of a benefit this month.

By Bill Kirk , June 14, 2013

Rock and Roll show benefits free clinic, three shows set

A “Rock and Roll Review” will be presented from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, at the Lakefront Band Shell. The show, part of the free Hudson Concert Series, will be hosted by one of Hudson’s early guitar players Rod Knox, and will support the Free Clinic of Pierce and St. Croix County. Three shows will be presented including “New Band” playing grassroots rock, Tommy Bentz Band playing original blues and rock, and host Rod Knox with studio recording players.

June 14, 2013

Book Report: 'Up North' loaded with history

I’ve always had a weakness for ongoing fictions that grow with the years. When I was a kid I liked “Gasoline Alley” because Skeezix grew up and his father got fat. Recently I’ve been watching reruns of the entire Walton’s dramatic series. Normally, when a TV cast member died, the producers killed her off and went on with it. But in “The Walton’s” when Ellen Corby (Grandma) suffered a heart attack in real life, the writers wrote it into the script and Corby kept right on going, even though she could no longer talk. When Will Geer (Grandpa) died, they buried him and went on with the show.

By Dave Wood, columnist , June 13, 2013

June is Dairy Month, celebrate with breakfast at Rolling Acres farm

Randy and Lori Larson of LoRan Rolling Acres farm south of Plum City, will be hosting this year's June Dairy Breakfast in Pierce County on Saturday, June 22, from 7-11 a.m. Bring your appetites to enjoy Dad's Belgian Waffles, sausage, deep-fried cheese curds, Flat Pennies Ice Cream, cheese samples, milk and coffee.

By By Amy VanDeBrake, Pierce County Agriculture Educator , June 13, 2013

Free tours for Dad at the Octagon House

The St. Croix County Historical Society will offer special Father’s Day tour of the Octagon House Museum on Sunday, June 16, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Families are invited to take a guided tour and fathers are admitted free when accompanied by a child of any age.

June 13, 2013

Join a band, the community band, rehearsals start this week

The St. Croix Valley Community Band rehearsals begins Thursday, June 13, at Hudson Middle School. Open to anyone interested in building community through music, the group rehearses Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7-9 p.m. Four concerts are slated throughout the St. Croix Valley and provide a rich variety of musical styles.

June 10, 2013

Lisa Fasbender benefit June 22

Friends and Coates RV co-workers of Lisa Fasbender, formerly of Prescott area, are organizing a fundraiser on Saturday, June 22, to help Lisa with medical costs associated with her treatment for Stage 4 Breast Cancer.

June 10, 2013

Rhino's Foundation gives to cancer stricken families, next event golf tourney at Clifton Hollow

More than 20 years ago, a young man nicknamed Rhino had a physical to join the United States Armed Forces. He was notified that he had failed the physical because he had cancer, something he had not realized. He was in and out of remission, said his friend Brad Vier, and was struggling to pay for things.

By By Rebecca Rudolph, rrudolph@rivertowns.net , June 07, 2013

"Dirty Shorts" kicks off concert series Thursday night

The Dirty Shorts Brass Band from the Twin Cities will open the Concert in the Park series on the Lakefront Park band shell at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 13.

June 07, 2013

Book Report: Breaking barriers on many stages

Back in the 1920s and 1930s, when most black women worked as domestics, scrub ladies and washerwomen, one young black woman born in 1895 in Washington, D.C. would spend her life on the world political and cultural stage.

June 07, 2013