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JIMMY JABBER Death isn't funny, but Twitter and Kim Jong Il changed that
North Korean leader Kim Jong Ils death wasnt violent like the ones experienced earlier this year by fellow world-famous bad guys Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi. The 69-year-old communist wasnt ov...
Posted on 12/20/11 at 1:00 AM
CONFESSIONS OF A (FORMER) FAT GIRL When one door closes, another one opens
I am going to share with you, my dear readers, my last column for the newspaper, which is in today's issue, February 11. Enjoy. Here it is: As I sat down to my computer, fingers poised upon my keybo...
Posted on 2/11/11 at 7:02 AM
Arts Minded: The birds are singing and spring fever is abound 
When, I ask you, have you heard more bird songs and seen more ducks and geese dancing on the Kinni in early March?
By Phyllis Goldin, columnist , March 22, 2012
Working Mom's Musings: Our town: There’s a whole lot to love
As I was walking with my oldest daughter to the St. Patrick’s Day festivities downtown, she said something that got me thinking: “I love living in a small town. We can walk to all these neat places and things.”
By Jillian Dexheimer , March 21, 2012
Days Gone By
Ten years ago on Feb. 2, 2002, Shannon Hills and firefighter “Sketch” Gustafson tied the knot at the River Falls Fire Hall in front of truck #7. This truck also happened to be Sketch’s “proposal” site. St. Croix County Court Judge Ed Vlack performed the honors and the wedding party included, from left: Faye Holland and Sherry Finch, Shannon, Sketch, Matt Knott and Bill Dravis. According to Dravis, Fire Chief Tom Foley’s marriage on a fire truck in Glen Park is the only other time fire trucks were involved in wedding vows.
By Pat Hunter, archivist , March 15, 2012
Woodworking: Gone but not forgotten; the memory lives on
A Journal reader named Art Dolan phoned the other day and had a message for all of us, said I should remind other Journal readers, too, so here goes.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 15, 2012
All that Jazz in River Falls
What’s the cool connection between New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago, New York and River Falls?
By Phyllis Goldin, columnist , March 08, 2012
Book Report: For these two titles, you may end up reading without a break
“Death on Cache Lake,” by Dan Woll and John W. Lyon (Romeii LLC, $14.99), is available in bookstores, at Amazon.com, Kindle, bookstores and on a website at www.danwoll.com.
It’s a humdinger of a thriller, told with great style and, unlike many thrillers, with a sense of purpose.
March 08, 2012
Wood Working: We should all be such snobs
“Is the degree you’re receiving today as good as those receiving degrees from Harvard, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California Berkeley, Stanford? What kind of degree are you receiving today? Is it better or worse? My answer may be no for a year or two, then yes for a lifetime.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 08, 2012
Days Gone By (March 1, 2012)
By Pat Hunter , March 01, 2012
Wood Working: This humble food has influenced world history
A few years ago a kind reader from Hudson called to inform me that I had bollixed up a famous quote about her hometown, which happened to be Boston.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 01, 2012
Working Mom's Musings: We got talent galore!
Since I began working here, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people.
By Jillian Dexheimer , March 01, 2012
Wild Side: Deepest, darkest Pierce County
Most of Pierce County has been dissected by streams, leaving high rolling uplands and “coulee” valleys with steep sides. The slopes are steeper and the valleys are deeper in the eastern and southern parts of the county. I call that territory “deepest, darkest Pierce County” because the sun doesn’t shine for long in winter in many of those valleys.
By Dan Wilcox, outdoor columnist , February 29, 2012
Book Report: Take a spin with this Beetle
I well remember the late 1950s when I was finally in the market to buy a car. Suddenly, all manner of teeny little cars were appearing on the market.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 17, 2012
Days Gone By (Feb. 16)
By Pat Hunter, Archivist , February 16, 2012
Wood Working: With time and determination, you become territorial
In Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man,” there’s a tune a salesman sings in the first act called, “You’ve Gotta Know the Territory.” Meredith Willson wasn’t kidding, which we found out on a recent car trip to Florida.
Yes, you read that correctly. We DROVE to Florida, all the way to the Keys.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 16, 2012
Book Report: Detective gets at China’s underbelly
Here’s a book I wish I could have read five years ago, just before I took my first and probably last trip to China.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 10, 2012
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