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    April 29, 2015
    Hepaticas flowering in our woods last week. Their flower show is over for the year now. (Carol Wilcox photo)
    Wildside: It's finally spring again
    Last Sunday was a fine day in the neighborhood. Despite a cool start in the 40s, the sun came out in a clear blue sky. Walking through our woods...
    sports/outdoorsApril 29, 2015 - 8:35am
    April 23, 2015
    Grow to Share to share growing space
    Grow to Share community gardens and The Community Gardens have often been confused for each other. Grow to Share is a non-profit community...
    lifestyle/foodApril 23, 2015 - 12:58pm
    April 17, 2015
    UPDATE: Be aware of areawide burning ban being enforced
    After battling four grass fires Thursday night, April 16, River Falls Assistant Fire Chief Mike Moody wants to stress that there is still a burning...
    newsApril 17, 2015 - 9:03am
    April 16, 2015
    Jim Higgins built and installed seven bluebird houses at Kelly Creek Preserve. He'll install more in the future.
    $0 down 100% interest leads to housing boom
    The first set of “single family seasonal condos” went up along the roadway at Kelly Creek Preserve to accommodate tenants that have been...
    newsApril 16, 2015 - 6:00am
    April 15, 2015
    River Falls Assistant Fire Chief Mike Moody
    Burning ban back in place
    River Falls Assistant Fire Chief Mike Moody has announced a burning ban effective immediately, for the city of River Falls and the following...
    newsApril 15, 2015 - 4:03pm
    April 7, 2015
    Burning ban lifted
    Effective immediately, the burn ban that was implemented on April 2 in the City of River Falls, and the following townships; River Falls, Kinnickinnic, Clifton, Pleasant Valley and Troy has been lifted. Fire Chief Scott Nelson announced the ban had been lifted Tuesday afternoon,...
    newsApril 7, 2015 - 1:12pm
    April 6, 2015
    River Falls firefighters battle a fire in a Troy Township farm field late Wednesday afternoon, April 1, in windy conditions.
    Burning ban still in place
    A burning ban announced Friday, April 3, by Fire Chief Scott Nelson, is still in place, despite rain Monday, April 6. Nelson said the burning...
    newsApril 6, 2015 - 12:54pm
    April 3, 2015
    Burning ban announced
    Fire Chief Scott Nelson has announced a burning ban, effective immediately, for the City of River Falls and the following townships; River Falls,...
    newsApril 3, 2015 - 9:01am
    March 20, 2015
    Safety concerns at a Willow River State Park dam will result in a water drawdown of Little Falls Lake. It will likely impact water recreation at the park for at least two years. (Hudson Star-Observer photo by Meg Heaton)
    Willow River lake to be drained amid concerns
    Safety concerns at a dam in a popular western Wisconsin state park will leave a lake there emptied for at least two years beginning as soon as...
    newsMarch 20, 2015 - 10:00am
    March 19, 2015
    Some Peterson-style nest boxes ready to set out for returning bluebirds. The design is from “Woodworking from Wildlife,” 1992, by Carrol Henderson of the Minnesota DNR. (Dan Wilcox photo)
    Wild Side: Bluebirds are looking for housing
    A few weeks ago we saw eastern bluebirds along a pasture fence line where mules were grazing in northern Florida. Male bluebirds are elegant...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 19, 2015 - 9:52am
    March 13, 2015
    UW-River Falls Prof. Brad Mogen works with several of his students as they do a lab project working with the DNA of the Nosema fungus, which affects bees. Mogen also serves on the River Falls Town Board.
    University’s research aims to ‘Bee’ healthy
    UW-River Falls professors Brad and Kim Mogen have made their plans for spring break (March16-20). As many of their students may do, the Mogens...
    news/educationMarch 13, 2015 - 6:00am
    February 20, 2015
    The Dixie Mainline trail runs parallel to the coast for nine miles north of the town of Suwannee, Fla. The trail goes through cypress swamp and crosses several tidal creeks. (Dan Wilcox photo)
    Wild Side: Wild blank places on the map
    --Dan Wilcox, outdoor columnist Aldo Leopold once wrote, “Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?”...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 20, 2015 - 10:23am
    February 19, 2015
    A River Falls utility worker replaces a high-pressure sodium street light with a new LED streetlight. The city is in the process of converting two types of street lights to LEDs.
    Lighten up, River Falls! Can do
    Over the past year, River Falls has been getting brighter and greener one streetlight at a time. The city started switching out the standard...
    newsFebruary 19, 2015 - 6:00am
    January 30, 2015
    Emergency personnel were called to a skid-steer loader that had caught fire before 9 a.m. Friday morning Jan. 30, off County Road MM in the town of Troy.
    Rural River Falls vehicular blaze quickly put out
    A fire on-board a skid-steer loader being used with some fence-line clean up was snuffed out by a St. Croix County sheriff's deputy before 9...
    newsJanuary 30, 2015 - 10:45am
    January 28, 2015
    A clammer in a "bird dog" boat heading out from Cedar Key at low tide. (Dan Wilcox photo.)
    Wild Side: Cedar Key: Where the farmers wear wet suits
    Carol and I are enjoying our stay in Cedar Key, a small town on a group of islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida. After a long drive through the...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 28, 2015 - 9:16am
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