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It's a little shocking to be this far into July already. The summer is flying! That means that if you haven't registered yet, you should get to the library as soon as possible and get started with the adult summer library program. There's one more Book Club in a Bar coming up on Aug....

During the fall of 2016, staff at the River Falls High School began to notice leaks in the piping serving the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Since that time, more than 150 leaks throughout the HVAC piping system have occurred, along with resulting problems...

Have you ever noticed when perusing the TV guide how many weird names have been hung on many of our modern-day actors? "Benedict Cumberbatch." How's that for a matinee idol moniker? But that's it for the new Brit who dominates historical drama on BBC productions. Or Renee Zellweger?...

River Falls is lacking in several amenities that you might expect in a town and college of its size. So I've done my share of debating. What's lacking? For starters.

Last week, I told Journal readers about how I taught my beautiful Illinois-bred wife how to talk, Wisconsin-style, even if she didn't know her respondent from Adam. As readers may recall, Ruth got so good at talking to strangers that I very seldom get to talk to the love of my life,...

The Library will be closed on Tuesday, July 4. Have a safe and happy holiday! Upcoming programs • At 6 p.m. Thursday, June 29: Family Bookmaking - Make a stab-bound book with the Minnesota Center for Book in the Library lower level. Registration required. • At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,...

Here's something interesting that I've noticed: people don't take time to browse the bookshelves much anymore.

Ah, what is so rare as a day in June, sitting on our screened porch watching students walk their dogs up and down Sixth or Walnut? Students walking their dogs? That can't by right! Students don't have dogs. They're too impecunious to feed them, have no time from their studies to...

Summer is here! It's cool in the library. If you need to escape the heat, come on in, read the paper, work on the community jigsaw puzzle, catch Facebook at one of the public computers, or browse the shelves. Every day is sunny at the library! A reminder that the library is closed...

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley recently commented on the President's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey: "The president is the CEO of the country. He can hire and fire whoever he wants," she said. Of all of President Trump's appointees, Ambassador Haley is one of my...

Years back, I promised readers to never again complain about how the city ignores my diatribes about the miserable conditions of the sidewalk in front of our house on Walnut Street. The sidewalk gets worse and worse, one paver juts out 2 inches over regulation.

"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society," Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said 90 years ago. Taxes pay for much of the goods and services we take for granted, such as roads, fire and police protection, consumer protections, schools, parks, and our social safety...