editorials

The death last week of pedestrian Florence Carlson got local people talking again about the safety – or lack of safety – at North Main and Union streets. A few combined for a letter to the editor and others lit up the Journal’s Facebook page: Debra Bowers: “My Aunt Claire...

With school out, families and people traveling and scattered for summer vacations, Aug. 12 is one lousy time to hold an election. Few of us are paying much attention to the noises from political campaigns. But like it or not, Wisconsin has moved up its partisan primary from September...

At first Patti Miller had to rub her eyes. The social services director at Kinnic Heath and Rehab on East Division Street had walked outside...

Rose Rude, who’s chaired organized efforts for the last handful of Easter Egg Hunts, believes most of us are dreaming of spring. With the winter we’ve had, that’s a pretty fair assumption. We can only hope spring, unlike last year, isn’t delayed until early May, when yet...

As we ring in 2014, we also ring in another seasonal outbreak of influenza. While this area has yet to be hard hit, we’re reminded by health officials not to wait before taking precautions to maintain our good health. According to Mary Boles, River Falls Clinic manager of support...