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    March 4, 2016
    With flu bug still going, hospitals post restrictions
    Starting Friday, March 4, Allina Health is implementing restricted visitor guidelines to protect all patients and staff due to influenza as the...
    News/regionMarch 4, 2016 - 8:16am
    February 29, 2016
    St. Croix and Pierce Counties closing costs again among state's lowest
    For the second straight year, a new study lists St. Croix and Pierce counties among those with the lowest closing costs in Wisconsin when compared to property values. St. Croix County’s average closing costs were again the state’s fifth-lowest in a study conducted by the New York-based...
    News/regionFebruary 29, 2016 - 10:41am
    February 24, 2016
    Falls dam, 2014. Submitted photo.
    Kinni Friends invite all for a ‘Dam Decision’
    A free screening of the new documentary film “The Dam Decision” will be shown at the Falls Theatre, 105 S. Main St., Thursday morning, Feb....
    News/regionFebruary 24, 2016 - 2:23pm
    February 22, 2016
    Newborn piglets at the Mann Valley Farm. About half the piglets born at the farm have died since the outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. (Photo by Natalie Howell, Falcon News Service)
    Swine disease strikes UW-River Falls farm; annual auction canceled
    By Natalie Howell, Falcon News Service A swine disease has broken out at Mann Valley Farm, one of the two laboratory farms run by UW-River Falls,...
    News/regionFebruary 22, 2016 - 4:21pm
    January 26, 2016
    Dave "Swanee" Swanson plows the ice road connecting North Hudson to Bayport in January 2010. "I don't wear my seat belt when I'm plowing," Swanson said. That's because if his truck breaks through the ice, he wants to be able to exit quickly. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)
    For decades, he was the ‘Ice Road’ king
    North Hudsonite Dave “Swanee” Swanson was a godsend for Andersen Corp. workers who live in Wisconsin. As soon as the ice on the St. Croix...
    News/regionJanuary 26, 2016 - 11:19am
    January 13, 2016
    Wisconsin Farmers Union commends passage of Cookie Bill through Senate
    MADISON -- Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) Government Relations Director Kara O’Connor thanked the Wisconsin State Senate for passing SB 330, also known as the “Cookie Bill,” through the Senate on Tuesday. “Wisconsin Farmers Union would also like to thank Sen. Harsdorf (R-River...
    News/politicsJanuary 13, 2016 - 3:22pm
    December 21, 2015
    The season’s first snowfall in the Hudson area played a role in a multi-vehicle crash that forced a St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department vehicle down a steep ditch on Trout Brook Road.. (Hudson Star-Observer photo by Mike Longaecker)
    The risk on the roadways
    A week before Thanksgiving in 2013, Rolando Ontiveros-Contreras was riding shotgun in a 2000 Honda Civic cruising west on Highway 64 in rural...
    News/regionDecember 21, 2015 - 10:59am
    December 8, 2015
    River bridge deck construction wrapping up for the season
    St. Croix Crossing river bridge deck construction is nearing winter shut-down for the 2015 construction season as the temperature becomes too cold for the contractor to place additional segments. Epoxy, a strong adhesive used to join segments, cannot be applied when the temperature...
    News/businessDecember 8, 2015 - 12:56pm
    November 23, 2015
    What was he doing in Spring Valley? Authorities search for clues in suspected murderer’s alleged visit
    UPDATE: SPRING VALLEY -- How a man accused in a Michigan homicide got to Spring Valley and allegedly ditched an SUV before stealing a government truck there remained a mystery late last week. Spring Valley Police Chief John DuBois said Friday that an investigation into a burglary...
    News/crime and courtsNovember 23, 2015 - 8:12am
    November 21, 2015
    The top photo shows the remaining small stream. What’s left of the dam is visible in the lower left corner of the photo.(Photos by Mike Demulling, manager of the New Richmond Regional Airport)
    Willow River State Park lake has different look
    These aerial photos show just how little water is left in the Little Falls Lake at the Willow River State Park. The water was first lowered...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 21, 2015 - 5:32am
    November 11, 2015
    Eight members of HOPE Lutheran Church in River Falls attended the final service at Eidskog Lutheran, a church in rural western Minnesota that closed recently and donated most of it church furnishings to HOPE Lutheran. From left, are local couples Nancy and Dave Peters, Carolyn and Dick Jackson, Verna and Roger Tweiten, Karen and John Hamilton. (Submitted photo)
    Minnesota church’s legacy lives on in River Falls
    Small-business closings across the country are common. When the accountant and attorney say 'the time has come,' typically employees...
    News/regionNovember 11, 2015 - 2:27pm
    September 23, 2015
    Jobless rates still very low for Pierce and St. Croix counties
    The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced the preliminary August unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties...
    News/regionSeptember 23, 2015 - 2:33pm
    September 22, 2015
    Front row, from left: Jim Hines, Larry Riemenschneider, Roger Keller, Jerome Fussy,Barry Ausen and Vern Engebretson; back, Bob Peirson, Jerry Wilkens, Larry Wiegand, Jack Thomas, Ed Swenson, Bob Hering, Mike Kastens,and Jerry DuBois. Submitted photo.
    St. Croix Valley Shrine Club elects officers for 2015-16
    The officers who will lead the St. Croix Valley Shrine Club for the next two years were elected at the club's annual meeting held Sept. 16 in...
    News/regionSeptember 22, 2015 - 8:16am
    September 14, 2015
    United Way kicks off 2015 campaign
    United Way St. Croix Valley will launch its 2015 Campaign on Sept. 14. The annual fundraising appeal, which funds United Way initiatives and local nonprofit programs and services serving Pierce, Polk and St. Croix county residents, will run through Nov. 13. “We enjoy a wonderful...
    News/regionSeptember 14, 2015 - 11:33am
    August 17, 2015
    Wisconsin authorities said water safety will remain a focus in the coming weeks on waterways like the St. Croix River, shown here. (Hudson Star-Observer photo by Mike Longaecker).
    Authorities urge continued vigilance on waterways
    Safety continues to be a focal point on Pierce and St. Croix county waterways as summer enters its home stretch. St. Croix County Sheriff’s...
    News/regionAugust 17, 2015 - 12:39pm
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