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Cops seize pipes at Left of Center

Police are calling some 25 pipes seized at the adult entertainment story illegal drug paraphernalia.

Hudson High School science teacher gets Nobel award of her own

Teachers can’t always be sure of the impact they have on students but Hudson High School science teacher Vickie McLaughlin got a pretty good indication from one of hers. McLaughlin has been named a 2012 Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Society of High School Scholars.

• Vickie McLaughlin

Holland is new Hudson school board president

Tom Holland was elected president of the Hudson Board of Education at the May 8 meeting. Holland, who was re-elected to a third term, has served on the school board since 2006 and was most recently the board vice president.

• Tom Holland

Hudson High School comics will perform at Friday Night Stand Up 6

While Hudson High School is known for the musical and theatrical talents of many of its students, there’s another, smaller group that is also gaining some notoriety – not for the notes they sing but the laughs they get.

• HHS comics, from left, Shea Van Gelder, Emerson Korum, Tucker Millett and Karl Wertheimer

Willow River Elementary school gets well for research

Almost the entire student body of Willow River Elementary turned out to watch McCullough and Sons Well Drilling of Forest Lake, Minn., sink a research well on the cinder lot adjacent to the school.

• Teacher Kevin Knoke, left, with well driller David McCullough
• Willow River Elementary students gathered to watch well drilling
• David McCullough, right, and Jon Hokenson of McCullough and Sons Well Drilling

Big Brothers, Big Sisters: 40 years of connecting with kids

When bowlers hit the lanes on Friday for the annual Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Bowl for Kids’ Sake fund-raiser, they will be supporting an organization that has a 40-year history in western Wisconsin and more than a dozen years in the St. Croix Valley.

• Big Sister Donna Mae Stohlman with Little Sister, Talia

School board gets a look at 3 site plans for St. Croix Meadows

Each of the plans included a 10-acre parcel in the northwest corner of the property that the district would sell for compatible commercial use or for use by the City of Hudson.

From Hudson High School seniors to freshmen, Flip It Forward makes impact

When Hudson High School senior Alec Vanasse got into some trouble on campus earlier this year, he agreed to find a way to “give back” to his school to make up for it.

• Students “break the ice” at a “Flip It Forward” session
• Alec Vanasse, left, and Zubin Bhakta
• Students are asked to “cross the line if ...”

Women and men turn out to protest ‘War on Women’

More than 100 women and men turned out in a cold rain on Saturday to protest what they call a “War on Women.”

• About 100 demonstrators braved the elements to draw attention to women’s issues
• PHOTO GALLERY: Women and Men protest on April 28

HMS students catch NASA’s eye again

Students in Chris Deleon’s technology education class at Hudson Middle School have once again caught the attention of scientists at NASA.

• Hudson Middle School students Andrew Potter, left, and Marco Zink

Columns

Day by Day: ‘Miss Representation’ is must-see for families

Opinion
I don’t usually do reviews in this space but I’m making an exception for the film “Miss Representation,” which will be screened at the Hudson High School auditorium on Thursday, May 31, at 6:30 p.m. The showing is free, and it should not be missed.

Day By Day: Let’s get this turning 60 over and done with ASAP

Opinion
I’m thinking about my friend Sandy who is turning 60 this week. She’s about three weeks older than me and I’m wondering how she is taking this birthday.

Day By Day: Confessions of the worst vacation planner ever

It’s been awhile since the Heatons took a family vacation and it should tell you something that nobody has complained about that fact. The duty of planning our trips has always fallen to me over the years and I have tried everything to ensure a good time and the most bang for our buck.

Day by Day: Come Christmas, there’s some Scrooge in all of us

The Christmas column falls to me this year and it is pressure I just don’t need. On the other hand, it might be just the thing to shake me loose from the tension of all those little things left to do and the knowledge that a lot of them won’t happen and to appreciate, instead, the bigger picture.

Day By Day: This year, it is all about the silver linings

Considering I have earlier referred to this year as my “annus horribilis,” it is kind of interesting that the Thanksgiving issue column would fall to me. Turns out after taking stock, it hasn’t been such a bad year after all.

Day By Day: Wall Street protest isn’t something to fear

What’s that old phrase – “paranoia runs deep in the heartland?” It appears to be running in the pages of this newspaper as well -- at least in this space.

Day by Day: If you have your health, you must not be over 50 yet

I know it is only the end of September but I won’t be sad to see the end of 2011. What was it Queen Elizabeth called it when Charles and Diana very publically spiraled into a couple off Jerry Springer -- her “annus horribilis.”

Day By Day: Come Tuesday, only the insiders will count

You’ve read some interesting things in this space over the summer. By some accounts our district has been invaded by everything from illegal migrant workers to union organizers to out-of-state liberals and conservatives of the most rabid kind.

Day By Day: If I were graduating from high school this year…

First off, I don’t think I’d want to be 18 again. The first time around wasn’t that great. I was just out of all-girls boarding school and didn’t know if I wanted to be Barbara Walters or a nun.

Day By Day: Geriatric pregnancy - What man thought that up?

In a world awash with weird labels, I have found a new favorite —“geriatric pregnancy.” A young friend, better than 20 years my junior, recently told me about a tour she took of a prominent hospital where they were escorted through the geriatric pregnancy department.