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    August 28, 2016
    Girl ScoutsKristen Schneider (left) and Emilee Hansen are shown with Dick's Fresh Market owner Lisa Weiss. The girls' project involves placing healthy recipes they've collected around Dick's for customers to take and use.
    Scout award recipients learn about birds, food and themselves
    Recently a group of 14-year-old girls could be seen using a post driver to install signs along the White Pathway, and Kinnickinnic Pathway by...
    lifestyle/foodAugust 28, 2016 - 6:00am
    August 19, 2016
    "When Pigs Fly" will kick off the free events on Saturday morning, Sept. 17. Kids picked up the plush pigs at last year's kick off event next to City Hall. (Submitted photo)
    Bacon Bash grows, will feature new events this year
    The annual River Falls Bacon Bash festival is back by popular demand. Last year more than 16,000 flocked to the two-day event. It’s now billed...
    community/eventsAugust 19, 2016 - 5:00pm
    August 12, 2016
    Magna Ressler of Mann Valley 4-H was allowing people to pet this Blue Silky chicken outside the rabbit and poultry barn Friday morning at the Pierce County Fair. (Herald photo by Sarah Young)play button
    WATCH: Friday fun at the Pierce County Fair
    ELLSWORTH -- The Pierce County Fair kicked off Friday with junior horse and open dairy judging, followed by junior and open goat judging. Check...
    community/eventsAugust 12, 2016 - 4:35pm
    August 5, 2016
    Some West Wind managers and employees are shown with Leone and Pechacek. From left are: Adam Randall, executive chef; Lois Cernohous, dining room manager; Eddie Miller, bar manager; Sue Davis, catering sales; Leone; Pechacek; Betty Brueske, catering sales director; Darren Graves, general manager; Emily Knapp, catering sales. (River Falls Journal photos by Gretta Stark)
    New West Wind owner will continue ‘Pechacek legacy’
    The West Wind Supper Club is changing hands after 35 years under Pechacek family ownership. But it’s a familiar hand. With owner Kevin Pechacek...
    businessAugust 5, 2016 - 5:00am
    July 27, 2016
    Heather Sweeney and 18-month-old daughter Sydney enjoy some food at the annual River Falls Municipal Utilities customer appreciation event.play button
    RFMU thanks customers with food, fun in the sun
    Both food and sunshine were plentiful at the annual River Falls Municipal Utilities customer appreciation event held last 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Thursday,...
    community/eventsJuly 27, 2016 - 3:03pm
    July 11, 2016
    What does “local food” mean to state consumers?
    Wisconsin consumers widely agree that “local” food means food grown in Wisconsin, according to a new statewide survey conducted by faculty affiliated with UW-Extension, UW-Madison, and UW-River Falls. Food from Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota, meanwhile, is not considered...
    news/educationJuly 11, 2016 - 5:08pm
    July 8, 2016
    Kristen Garza is shown outside of her new store, 22 & Co. located at 146 W. Division St. (River Falls Journal photos by Gretta Stark)
    New store has grand opening just in time for River Falls Days
    Kristen Garza has been using her more than 15 years of interior design experience as she puts together her new store 22 & Company -- set...
    businessJuly 8, 2016 - 3:49pm
    June 30, 2016
    Broz Sports Bar and Grill general manager Derrick Arntz is shown after receiving this year’s Relay For Life Burger Battle award. From left are Craig Hofland (is it 2B Marketing), Relay For Life Senior Community Manager Kellie Burrows, Arntz, Broz bartender Paige Cook, and Terry McKay (ReMax/Synergy). (River Falls Journal photo by Gretta Stark)
    Battle for No. 1 burger is all for good cause
    Relay For Life again offered a tasty way to raise money for the American Cancer Society this summer with the Burger Battle. Relay For Life Senior...
    community/eventsJune 30, 2016 - 4:00pm
    June 27, 2016
    Sam Cain stands in her shop 3 Schweet Sisters, in Riverwalk Square, 127 N. Main St. She sells cupcakes and cakes, for special occasions, and for people who stopy by for a treat. Behind Cain is a corner of the shop set aside for people who come in to try wedding cakes. (River Falls Journal photos by Gretta Stark)
    New 'Schweet” shop offers something for everyone's palate
    Sam Cain has cooked up a sweet new business for herself in Riverwalk Square. She bakes cakes and cupcakes at her business called 3 Schweet Sisters,...
    businessJune 27, 2016 - 6:00am
    June 21, 2016
    Wisconsinites take 'local' labels seriously, new UWRF study shows
    In recent years it's become more and more popular to buy “organic,” “natural” and “locally grown” food. However, there aren't actually laws defining what exactly those terms constitute. A new study published by UW-River Falls along with the UW-Extension and UW-Madison...
    news/educationJune 21, 2016 - 3:33pm
    June 11, 2016
    LeAllan and Mary Jo Huppert, along with sons Will, Adam and Nick, will host the Pierce County Dairy Breakfast Saturday, June. 18 on their farm west of Ellsworth on Hwy. 10. (Submitted photo)
    Meet your hosts for the Pierce County Dairy Breakfast
    ELLSWORTH -- With a statewide initiative to promote the dairy industry in June, Pierce County is doing its part by hosting a “Dairy Breakfast...
    community/eventsJune 11, 2016 - 10:00am
    June 6, 2016
    Students in Adam Nirmaier’s art class at Ellsworth High School painted model cows to be sold at the annual Pierce County Dairy Breakfast Saturday. The cows were left over from the Cow Parade held in the county in 2006. They will be part of a fundraiser, with proceeds going to the Hunger Prevention Council to buy milk. (From left): Barkat Sikder, Maddie Largay, Angela Novek and Bailey Balzer. (Herald photo by Bill Kirk)
    Pierce County Dairy Breakfast will be June 18
    ELLSWORTH -- With a statewide initiative to promote the dairy industry, Pierce County is doing its part in hosting a Dairy Breakfast. The 2016...
    community/eventsJune 6, 2016 - 2:44pm
    May 17, 2016
    Shown from left: EMS workers Oscar Palomino, Kelly Bibeau, Andrew Turner, EMS Director Jeff Rixmann, Lacey McAleavey, Dave Rogers, Jim Wolfe, and RFHS students (front, from right) Deb Ottman(instructor), Brenna Nowak, Connor Weinzirl, Briaanna Hughes, Mariana Gomez, Eric Rhoads, Olivia Milano, Emily Greenwood, Jacob Brant, Grace Kleinbrook, Hunter Olson; (back, from right) Nicole Swanson, Joel Johnson, Nathan Wolf, Tim McGrane, Sophia Naranjo Mata, Sid Freeman, Logan Lombard, Jared Worley, and Thomas Scott.
    River Falls High School students cook up chow for ambulance crews
    Representatives of the River Falls EMS Department show up to River Falls High School on the first and third Wednesday of each month -- not because...
    news/educationMay 17, 2016 - 9:38am
    April 6, 2016
    The Rush River Ramblers play at The South Fork Cafe during the 2015 Roots & Bluegrass Festival. This year's festival will again bring many bluegrass bands to River Falls and offer people many chances to listen to or play music. (Submitted photo)play button
    New contest added to annual bluegrass festival in River Falls
    The River Falls Roots and Bluegrass Festival has been setting toes tapping for years, and organizers hope to fill the city with foot-stomping...
    community/eventsApril 6, 2016 - 1:09pm
    March 31, 2016
    Due to growing interest, UWRF may bring back food science major
    By Lisa Erickson, Falcon News Service UW-River Falls is considering bringing back the food science major that was dropped five years ago. Despite...
    news/educationMarch 31, 2016 - 4:34pm
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