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Tuesday night results: Wildcat girls fare better than boys
The River Falls girls’ basketball team and the St. Croix Valley Fusion girls’ hockey team both advanced in their respective playoff brackets while the Wildcat boys’ hockey team saw its season come to an end with a 3-2 loss to Hudson in a sectional semifinal.
The third-seeded Wildcat girls’ basketball team defeated No. 6 Superior, 40-29, in a regional semifinal and the Fusion blanked Webster, 9-0, in a girls’ hockey sectional semifinal.
By Bob Burrows , February 25, 2009
Friends embrace Speer as she fights cancer
As it does for many women, Lisa Speer’s battle with breast cancer started with a lump that she knew hadn’t been there before.
By Judy Wiff , February 24, 2009
Sounds of the Caribbean? Physics in Español
Matt Vonk travels to the Caribbean for a semester this July, but it won’t be to lie around on the beach.
By Debbie Griffin , February 20, 2009
Wildcat skaters advance; boys hoops winners
The Wildcat hockey team defeated Amery, 10-4, Thursday night at Wildcat Centre to advance to the WIAA sectional semifinal round Tuesday in Hudson.
In Rice Lake Thursday night, the Wildcat boys basketball team edged the Warriors, 48-47, to improve to 14-4 overall, 7-4 in the Big Rivers Conference.
By Bob Burrows , February 20, 2009
Award-winning citizenship grew from humble beginnings
“You don’t even know when you do it,” said this year’s Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Henry Dreistadt about serving others. “You just do it.”
By Debbie Griffin , February 19, 2009
Troops prepare for yearlong deployment (VIDEO)
Local troops’ loved ones and community supporters filled the big Riverview Ballroom at the UW-River Falls University Center last Wednesday to honor the soldiers of River Falls-based D Company, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, who leave this month for Iraq.
By Debbie Griffin , February 19, 2009
‘One Acts With Snacks’ begins Friday in River Falls
The River Falls Community Theatre will present “One Acts with Snacks” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 20, 21, 27 and 28, at the River Falls Golf Course. Doors open at 6:30 with live music each night at 7 p.m.
February 18, 2009
Colorful lessons
Ideally, the River Falls Wood Technics class at Chippewa Valley Technical College builds a home every year and sells it to finance the next year’s project.
By Debbie Griffin , February 13, 2009
City Hall, motel nearing completion
“We’ll be open in July,” said developer representative and investor for Martinsen Land and Investments John Garden about the Best Western hotel his company is building at the corner of Main Street and Cascade Avenue.
By Debbie Griffin , February 13, 2009
False alarms cost same as real ones
A wood-burning stove triggered a false alarm Tuesday evening last week after a passerby noticed smoke coming from behind Melgard Monument, 266 Radio Road, just before 6 p.m. The driver became concerned and called 911, reporting the smoke as a possible structure fire.
By Debbie Griffin , February 13, 2009
Journal earns state awards
GREEN BAY — The River Falls Journal was among several dozen state newspapers honored last month for editorial and advertising content at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.
February 13, 2009
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