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Sandy Griswold was named Hudson Chamber of Commerce Community Volunteer of the Year in 2002. She received the award from the previous year’s winner, Roy Sjoberg. Her efforts included work with Community Action, Rotary, the SMART Mentorship Program and other initiatives that benefited young people in the community. Star Observer file photo
Sandy Griswold, right, with Roy Sjoberg

Community activist Sandy Griswold succumbs to cancer

As word of the death of Sandy Griswold spread earlier this week, friends and co-workers said the Hudson community had lost one of its best assets. Griswold, 63, died of leukemia at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St Paul on Monday.

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Mayor takes library move lead

Halfway through a report on the Hudson Area Library Foundation’s plan to relocate the library to the Nuclear Management Co. building, Hudson Mayor Dean Knudson announced that the heads of the municialities involved would be taking the lead on the issue.

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In-Forum Web IconMunicipalities question library foundation’s role in proposed NMC building purchase

Update: Deputy demoted after arrest

A St. Croix County deputy has been demoted and suspended without pay following an OWI arrest last week.
Jaclyn Her, fifth-grade orchestra member from North Hudson Elementary. Photo by Margaret Ontl
Jaclyn Her playing the violin

Hudson named a ‘Best Community for Music Education’

The Hudson School District has been named one of the nation’s “Best Communities for Music Education.” Hudson was named for its commitment to provide quality music education programs for its students.

Hudson's St. Croix EMS expected to finish 2008 in the black

Hudson City Council members' worries about the financial condition of the local ambulance service were eased somewhat at their May 5 meeting.
Officer Brent Ellwanger
Officer Brent Ellwanger

HPD’s new officer is already decorated hero

Before Brent Ellwanger was a full-time member of the Hudson Police Department, he was already a decorated officer, having earned both a Medal of Valor and a Purple Heart in the line of duty.

Taser halts runaway horse

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Department may have found a new use for a TASER gun.
Realty agents Cindy Otten, left, and Laurie Larsen have teamed to sell the numerous repossessed, bank-owned houses on the market. A sale is pending on the one behind them, located on Riverside Drive in North Hudson. They say it will sell for $100,000 less than it would have three years ago. Photo by Randy Hanson
Realty agents Cindy Otten, left, and Laurie Larsen

Agents find a niche selling repossessed homes

Realty agents Cindy Otten and Laurie Larsen are making the best of a bad situation. With dozens of repossessed homes on the market because of the mortgage meltdown, Otten and Larsen have found a niche in selling them.

Drug task force funding is drying up

The St. Croix Valley Drug Task Force that has been at the forefront of the battle against methamphetamine trafficking is in jeopardy of being disbanded.

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Jeanna Viramontes founded and opened Reform Physical Therapy LLC in the Business Center at 226 Locust St. in Hudson. Photo by Margaret A. Ontl
Jeanna Viramontes, owner of Reform Physical Therapy LLC

ReForm Physical Therapy teaching people how to heal

Shhhhhhh! Hudson’s newest physical therapist wants to take the silence out of pelvic floor problems for both men and women. While most think of this as strictly a problem for women, men can suffer from it as well.
Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls

Senate narrowly passes budget fix; Harsdorf votes no

Wisconsin News
All 15 Senate Republicans and one Democrat voted against the budget repair deal, but the measure still passed -- by one vote -- and now goes onto the Assembly.

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Minneapolis firefighter charged with Burnett County killing

Wisconsin News
A Minneapolis firefighter is due in a Wisconsin courtroom this afternoon, on charges that he killed his girlfriend’s former boyfriend.

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Our View: Nude photos are cause for concern

There are a number of things that disturb us about the distribution of nude photos of a Hudson High School girl as reported in last week’s Star-Observer. The incident itself is disturbing, but secondly what is most disturbing is the conclusion that “this is what teens do these days.” To some, apparently, this sort of event somehow falls within the realm of “reasonable.”
 

Track teams face postseason starting Tuesday at EC North

With weather starting to get better, and allowing quality practice time, the Raider track teams moved into postseason starting Tuesday afternoon, May 13 with the Big Rivers Conference meet at Eau Claire North.
Abby Singerhouse stretches for a low throw while playing first base. Photo by Joe Winter
Abby Singerhouse stretches for a low throw

Softball team ends tough week by taking a title

The Raider softball had some fine individual performances, and they ended a difficult week, where they played seven games, by taking the Robbinsdale-Cooper championship.

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Lindstrom needs only 83 pitches to cream metro team

South Saint Paul went south when facing the Raider baseball team, but Chippewa Falls simply refused to fall. Hudson beat the team from Minnesota 6-1, but lost to the squad from western Wisconsin 3-2.

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Brewers rally against Dodgers; Gagne gets save

Wisconsin Sports
Eric Gagne returned to his closer’s role last night, as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 at Miller Park.

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Rebirth of the Cheese League? Rams pick Concordia site

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Wisconsin will again host three NFL training camps.

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Internet ATV safety course now available

Operators of all terrain vehicles now have a convenient online method to receive ATV Safety Certification through an Internet Web page introduced by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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