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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
It’s National River Cleanup Week.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Comments at City Council meetings, letters to the editor and word on the street generate many questions regarding the city’s plan to build a new City Hall.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
It’s no big secret that white people populate most of Pierce County.
The U.S. Census from 2000 puts the ratio at 98%.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Town of River Falls resident Dennis Zielski, chairman of the town’s Board of Parks Committee, spoke to the board about the Parks Committee’s recommendation to change the name of Jensen Park, N8117 940th St. in the South Valley subdivision, at a meeting Monday night.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
The St. Croix Valley Drug Task Force that has been at the forefront of the battle against methamphetamine trafficking is in jeopardy of being disbanded.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
It’s often said: “One good turn deserves another.” That saying couldn’t apply more to what developed outside at the home of Ariel Avestruz of River Falls on Saturday, April 26.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
The River Falls Housing Authority held an open house 3-7 p.m. last Friday to give folks a look inside its newest affordable-housing option for senior and disabled adults, Windmill Place, 914 W. Main St.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
A River Falls man was charged last month with repeated sexual assault of child.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
Within a 15-day span in March, Jonathan Nitchals went on an alleged crime spree in the City of River Falls that could land him in jail for a long time.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
A group of town of Troy neighbors warn they’ll go to court if necessary to prevent a Montessori preschool from operating in a house on their road.
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05/06/2008 12:00 AM
A 22-year-old UW-River Falls student was arrested early morning Friday for carrying a facsimile firearm.
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Pat Hook plays mock game with students prior to his trip |
05/06/2008 12:00 AM
With his students from Liberty Ridge elementary in Woodbury, Minn., glued to their televisions Monday night Pat Hooks, Roberts, faced Howie Mandel, 25 briefcase-carrying Filipino models and a mean banker on Deal or No Deal.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
After a six-month battle with melanoma and a move into hospice care Friday, local wife, mother, worker and volunteer Rachael Grover,31, died Sunday afternoon.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
Resident and local sportsman Orville “Orv” Robertson likes to hunt turkey. He uses every bit of the bird, right down to its wing bones. He even uses them to make custom turkey calls.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Holding an event outdoors leaves you at the mercy of the weather. Wisconsin weather, especially in early spring, often doesn’t cooperate.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Police Chief Roger Leque started his lawman’s career in 1974 when, fresh out of tech school, he became a Trempealeau County sheriff’s deputy.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Spring brings out busy bees working in the yard, ready to clear out the old and make way for the new. River Falls residents are no exception.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
ELLSWORTH — Though the office won’t be moved until mid-summer, the Pierce County Board voted last week to formally establish the county’s Aging and Disabilities Resource Center.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Last week’s City Council meeting yielded three proclamations from Mayor Don Richards declaring Friday, April 25, as Arbor Day; Thursday, May 1, as Silver Star Day to honor wounded military veterans; and Friday through Friday, May 9-16, as Bike (or Walk) to Work Week.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Ellsworth — The long-foreseen centralization of storage facilities for the Pierce County Highway Department is finally becoming a reality.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spot Check is a feature designed to take a quick look at ongoing issues, revisit previous stories for a short follow-up, or answer questions posed by readers.
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05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Some 20 night vandalism reports at Cudd’s Mobile Home Park, 1450 S. Wasson Lane, were filed over the weekend.
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WelLHaven Senior Apartments |
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Senior Center Board President Al Stewart, Mayor Don Richards and Chair of the City Hall Committee Del Permann, all agree that a verbal agreement in place since last week means the River Falls Senior Center has found a new home: WelLHaven Senior Apartments, 119 Union St.
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05/01/2008 12:00 AM
If she had a date and time, she could explain why Pierce County squad cars were seen at various public locations, said Sheriff Nancy Hove last week.
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05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Bill Montgomery, retired head pastor from Ezekiel Lutheran Church, addressed a large group of volunteers for the Free Health Clinic of Pierce & St. Croix Counties Wednesday night at the River Falls Golf Club. Those volunteers, totaling 170, were recognized for their dedicated service. Montgomery said the outpouring of support proves the dire prediction about “the era of volunteerism being over” was simply not true. The free clinic is now in its second year.
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Roger Rebholz, new St. Croix County Board chairman |
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Roger Rebholz was surprised to be named chairman of the St. Croix County Board of Commissioners, but not shocked. Rebholz replaced Clarence “Buck” Malick, who was chairman of the County Board for the past six years.
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04/30/2008 12:00 AM
ELLSWORTH – Paul Barkla, River Falls, was elected to his second two-year term as chairman of the Pierce County Board when newly-elected supervisors met to reorganize April 22.
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04/30/2008 12:00 AM
A home builder from Eau Claire will be challenging U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., for the Third Congressional District seat.
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04/30/2008 12:00 AM
Over 100 people attended a two-hour workshop on regional health cooperatives hosted by State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf and the St. Croix Economic Development Corp. on April 18 in Baldwin.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
The university-based Socialist Alternative group presents a free screening of the award-winning Barbara Kopple documentary “Harlan County USA” 7:30 p.m. Sunday (April 27) at Hot Spot Coffee House and Billards, 114 S. Main St.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
Jim DeBenedet and an associate from Stevens Engineering attended the River Falls Town Board meeting Monday night to discuss the town’s road plan.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
“What I’m doing here is not on the cutting edge,” said longtime rural resident and former physics teacher Milo Oppegard, “but I haven’t read much about it.”
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
“Ingram Center is another historic treasure,” said citizen Kathleen Baker at Tuesday’s City Council meeting about the building that houses the senior center, FISH used clothing store and a county’s reproductive health office.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
The St. Croix County Board is asking the state to pay its share for housing prisoners. People in custody of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the requirements of parole or probation are regularly held in county jails awaiting court action.
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04/25/2008 12:00 AM
Twelve new supervisors, nearly 40 percent of the St. Croix County Board, took office last week before new officers and committees were elected.
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