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There may not be many more chances to hear about the volatile and sometimes violent civil rights movement of the 1960s from someone who was actually there – someone who was not afraid to stand up to the KKK in Greensboro, N.C., in a county that at the time advertised itself as “Klan...

HAGER CITY -- About 60 business and government leaders gathered at The Bluffs Bar & Grill at the Jan. 15 Pierce County Economic Development Corporation’s annual banquet to celebrate the past year's successes and honor two firms as businesses of the year. Named Large Business...

A group of people sat around a collection of various arm chairs, and one couch, surrounding a makeshift stage in the store's window, where different local and area people took turns reading or reciting poems into a microphone. They weren't in the library, or a coffee shop. This...

A public forum on equal justice will be held starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the River Falls Public Library, 140 Union St. Pierce County Sheriff Nancy Hove will speak about equal justice in our area communities. Also, Jeff Martin, president of the St Paul NAACP, will...

To share your River Falls area events with the Journal, please email reporters Gretta Stark at gstark@rivertowns.net or Deb Eliason at deliason@rivertowns.net. ...

When you see petite, lean, energy-exuding Maria Emmerich you may not believe she cooks pork belly for dinner. Pork belly? It’s a slab of...

About 240 people came to St. Bridget Catholic Church to enjoy this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast. Visitors enjoyed food provided by the River Falls Lions Club, heard music by the River Falls Community Gospel Choir, heard various local speakers, and a speech by a...

A 31-year-old River Falls woman was eventually arrested for drunk driving and failing to tell police about a crash at North Main and Union streets...

On Jan. 13 the City Council voted to ask for an extension on the federal licensing of the two River Falls hydroelectric dams. The license was to expire is just over three years. The extension, if approved, would push back the license expiration until December 2025. On Dec. 8...

This week's featured photo shows the community's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast, held Monday, Jan. 19, at St. Bridget Catholic Church. The photo was taken by Cheryl Maplethorpe. See more on the MLK Jr. breakfast here. You could see your photo featured on the...

Visitors to the River Falls Chamber of Commerce's Annual Award Dinner will come to the UW-River Falls University Center Ballroom dressed to the...

After Gary Hanvelt searched the woods everyday near his home for six weeks, and after he placed ads and pictures in the Journal and on Facebook--Pepper the cat just wandered back home Monday morning -- on his own, after being AWOL for six weeks. Hanvelt said he was taking out...

Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch took a trip to China about a month ago, with a bi-partisan group of politicians. She came to UW-River Falls Wednesday afternoon, to speak to a group of students and professors about her experiences in China. The fact her visit comes...