HISTORY

Days Gone By: May 2, 2013

20 YEARS AGO, MAY 6, 1993 River Falls Hospital’s Sharon Whalen and Cheryl Passe were named chairs of the annual River Falls Days celebration. Theme for this year is “Best of the West.”

By Pat Hunter, archivist , May 02, 2013

Letter: We want to connect you with our vital heritage

The history of River Falls is all around us, you only have to look. As we age, our memories and experiences become integral to whom we are as individuals and society as a whole.

By River Falls Historic Preservation Commission, Jeanne Zirbel, chair; Jayne Hoffman, Betty Most, Kirby Symes, Heidi Rushmann, Cate Sering, Katie Chaffee, council representative , May 02, 2013

Her artwork, club highlight rich history

Local 95-year-old Roberta Saulsbury said she feels honored to receive a national award for her paper-cutting art from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), even more meaningful to Saulsbury since she helped establish the local branch in 1976, called the St. Croix-Chequamegon chapter.

By Debbie Griffin , April 30, 2013

Woodworking: Immigration pundits: Learn from Grandma Elsie Moren

Serendipity — The making of pleasant discoveries by accident. —Oxford Dictionary

By Dave Wood, columnist , April 25, 2013

Octagon House opens for the season May 1

The Octagon House Museum opens for the 2013 tour season Wednesday, May 1. With this year’s theme of “One House, One Family, One Hundred Years.”

April 25, 2013

Days Gone By: 2003

10 YEARS AGO, APRIL 17, 2003 The Wildcat opener on the new baseball fields at the high school was one to remember.

April 19, 2013

Days Gone By: April 3, 2003

With the 2003 Iraq invasion beginning the war was hitting home. The River Falls Journal was putting together a special on area soldiers, beginning with local flyer U.S. Navy Lt. David “Raz” Rasmussen, a 1990 River Falls High School graduate, serving aboard the USS Kitty Hawk flying a FA-18 hornet over Iraq. Thanks to modern technology, the interview with editor Phil Pfuehler was done via email between flights.

By Pat Hunter, archivist , April 05, 2013

"From Denmark to Wisconsin" author at RFPL April 9

AAUW member Helen Stoltz-Wood will discuss the “how to” of her family history book “From Denmark to Wisconsin: One Family-Two Ships 1641-2011” on Tuesday, April 9, at the River Falls Public Library at 7:30 p.m. at the River Falls Branch of AAUW’s monthly meeting.

April 02, 2013

Days Gone By: 1973 St. Bridget's Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders for St. Bridget’s included, front, left to right: Renee Huppert, Cheryl O’Connell, Rita Betlach; second row, Terry Cotter and Lori Gregor; standing in back is Carol Sylla.

March 22, 2013

Days Gone By: 1973 St. Bridget’s Basketball Team

In March 1973 St. Bridget Parochial School’s basketball team included, front row, left to right, Gary Poulin, Ted Ammann, Bill O’Connell, Joe Zappa; back: Bruce Lenzen and Chris Rohl.

By Pat Hunter, archivist , March 22, 2013

Days Gone By: 1963

March 14, 1963: Cold feet, aching limbs end result for hikers: A weary group of eight was the remainder of a party of ten who began an eight-mile hike down the Kinnickinnic river to check out the possibility of building another dam to generate more power for the city. Jim Young, Wes Johnson, Mayor Spike Hoffman, Dick Fox, Dr. R.A. Pennington, Bruce Pennington, Lyle Zastrow and Stan Hofstedt, utilities department manager, completed the journey.

By Pat Hunter, archivist , March 14, 2013

Days Gone By: 1952

Back in 1952 Bernie (Mrs. Harvey) Probst started a scrapbook for her new baby daughter Mary Jo (now Nelson), who is also known as the “saver of the old hospital arch” written about last year.

By Pat Hunter, archivist , March 08, 2013

River Falls students learn about the civil war

Students from Meyer Middle School and the River Falls High School toured the River Falls Public Library's Civil War exhibit.

March 01, 2013

Days Gone By: 1973 Basketball Cheerleaders

In 1973 River Falls High School varsity basketball cheerleaders included, front row, left to right: Roxanne Obermueller, Karen Benson and Shelly Haskins; back: Sue Page, Sheila Stafford and Alison Haskins.

By Pat Hunter, archivist , February 25, 2013

Days Gone By: Feb. 14, 2013

10 YEARS AGO, FEB. 13, 2003 In downtown business news, former UW all-American “Woody” Fangmeier opened Innate Chiropractic at 650 S. Main St.; Scott Reuter’s “No Job Too Small” STR Construction got its start, Jerae and husband Pete Hanson were bringing the bar business back to the old Corner Saloon spot at 126-128 N. Main St., most recently housing “The Booth” a youth center now to be called “The Hoosegow;” St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity received a $6,000 grant from Edina Realty Foundation; and Cellular One at 209 N. Main Street offered 3,600 minutes a month for $24.99 plus a free Nokia 5165 cell phone with a one or two year contract. The plan also included 600 anytime minutes, free unlimited mobile-to-mobile, and free nationwide long distance.

By Pat Hunter, archivist , February 18, 2013