Hudson Star Observer

A Fond du Lac woman is due in court Tuesday on seven criminal charges connected with the poisonings of two of her family's puppies. Prosecutors said Amanda Farr, 30, did not seek help after learning that her 10-year-old son spilled bleach on the dogs last month. The six-week-old...

The second-seeded Hudson boys basketball team couldn’t overcome a 9-point halftime deficit against No. 1 Marshfield Thursday night and fell to the Tigers, 67-45, in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal game at Chippewa Falls. Marshfield led 18-7 at the end of the first quarter...

The River Channel, the cable television community access channel for Hudson and North Hudson, is airing interviews with the candidates for the Hudson City Council. Mary Claire Potter conducted the interviews for the Western Wisconsin Journal program. They will air every Friday...

Several local people are scheduled to be part of a feature on the Oprah Winfrey network Sunday night beginning at 8 p.m. The show, Oprah Prime, is featuring the growing heroin problem in Wisconsin and contains interviews with Hudsonites Karen Hale and Sherri Hole who both lost...

A proposal from a St. Croix County Board member to prohibit retailers from providing free plastic bags for customer purchases has, at the least, stalled out. In a report presented to the board Tuesday, the county’s Community Development Department instead recommended “a positive...