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The Wisconsin gun deer season in the special western Wisconsin metro zone recently closed. River Falls is part of the metro zone. In all cases hunters certainly must know their target and what lies beyond, but non-hunters who enjoy the outdoors should be aware of hunting dates...

Michael Page (last week’s letter writer), a proponent of a ‘free’ Kinnickinnick River, asks us to imagine the Kinni without dams, and asks whether we would dam it today. I love wilderness, too, but to see a cascade, Willow River State Park is close enough for me. I’m...

River Falls is a place where I’ve always felt safe. It’s a community where people watch out for each other. It’s with this thought that I decided to write and urge the bars downtown to consider changing certain policies. Some friends and I were playing trivia downtown on...

The federal health insurance exchange, called the Health Insurance Marketplace, provides most Wisconsin residents with financial assistance when purchasing insurance. If you are still without health insurance, please take action now! If you don’t purchase insurance by the...

The foundation is being set for River Falls High School wrestling to be a dominant team in western Wisconsin as well as the entire state once again. I coached with two Hall-of-Fame caliber coaches in Spring Valley’s Carter Turner and our own River Falls Dave Brandvold. With...

Thank you to the kind couple (as well as others who stopped to help) who waited with me until help arrived when I was stuck in a snow drift on Radio Drive Friday evening, Feb. 21. You were on your way to dinner at Kilkarney Hills Golf Club and felt it more important to wait with...

Holding people accountable with heartfelt passion takes courage. That is exactly what the volunteers of the St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program do each time they share their talents, knowledge and personal stories. In 2013, SCVRJP documented 3,236 hours of volunteer...

It was gratifying, as a military veteran, to see increased numbers of residences, businesses and government offices flying/displaying the U.S. flag on Veterans Day. Just a thought to add: Perhaps a good gift idea for the holiday season would be to purchase a flag and/or the mounting...

We are writing to you about a hate crime that has been occurring in Martell. Stop signs have been defaced with Nazi Swastikas. Not only is destroying public property a misdemeanor, but the swastikas enhance the punishment with jail time and a $10,000 fine. Wisconsin Statutes are...

The annual Christmas Gift Shop, sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary Unit 121 River Falls, will be held at Freeman’s Drug Store from Nov. 2 through Nov. 27 and is again seeking donations of new items for hospitalized veterans at the Minneapolis VA Hospital to give as gifts...

Some people say that reading real books is a thing of the past. The annual AAUW Book Sale seems to prove otherwise. During two weeks in October, $1,400 was raised for scholarships and fellowships, thanks to the generous people at Funktion Junktion in downtown River Falls...

When the Meyer Middle School building was the high school, there were a number of trees planted on the east side in memory of students who had passed away. As the years have passed the plaques by the trees have been lost, broken or the inscriptions have worn away. While it may...