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Randy’s Ramblings: There are wild things in North Hudson, too
Opinion
The death of the author of the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” got me thinking about the wild things in my own neighborhood. I arrived home from church on a recent Sunday to find a turkey perched on the deck railing.
Dragon Pearl’s new owners promise the same good food
Regular diners at the Dragon Pearl Chinese Restaurant will be happy to know that the new owners don’t plan to make any major changes. The entire staff that worked for John and Helen Kwok is still at the restaurant, the menu is the same, and the recipes are the same.
RELATED CONTENTJohnson Controls building sold to St. Croix Trading Co.
A Hudson company has purchased the former Johnson Controls building in St. Croix Business Park and will be moving its operations there this summer. St. Croix Trading Co. designs, manufactures and imports area rugs from India.
RELATED CONTENTRevenue secretary says Wisconsin is poised for growth
The business climate in Wisconsin has improved significantly since Gov. Scott Walker came into office in January 2011, Department of Revenue Secretary Richard Chandler told members of the St. Croix Economic Development Corp. in a meeting last week.
RELATED CONTENT‘Miss Amara’ helps second-graders learn geography
Today’s second-graders aren’t easy to fool. “Wisconsin,” a youngster named Luke said when the students in Mrs. Julie Warren’s classroom were asked where in the world Miss Amara was. Luke was the second to volunteer an answer, and he was right.
RELATED CONTENTThe view is improved at the Lake Mallalieu Access
The Lake Mallalieu Access is more noticeable to passersby these days. The dead trees and invasive brush that partially blocked the view of the access and the lake from Second Street have been removed.
RELATED CONTENTEasy winter provided cost-savings for the city in public works, parks
The relatively snowless winter of 2011-12 was good for Hudson’s bottom line, according to a monthly report from city Finance Officer Neil Soltis.
RELATED CONTENTFirst budget approved for city of Hudson’s Stormwater Utility
The first annual budget for the city of Hudson’s new Stormwater Utility was approved by the City Council on April 23. The $193,100 in expenditures in 2012 represents about three-fourths of what the utility can be expected to spend in future years.
RELATED CONTENTRich Vanselow replaces Bernard as council president 
Alderperson Rich Vanselow is the new president of the Hudson City Council following the council’s April 17 organizational meeting.
Golf club to remain open for 2012
The Hudson Golf Club will remain open through the 2012 season, according to its owner. But the prospects for its operation after that don’t look good, unless there’s a significant increase in business this summer.
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Randy’s Ramblings: There’s a lot to like about the Affordable Care Act
Opinion
The Republican Party seems to have hitched its wagon to the idea that undoing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be a political winner in the 2012 elections. But I wonder how Americans would feel about having the benefits of Obamacare, as it is commonly called, pulled away from them if the GOP does regain the White House and total control of Congress.
Randy's Ramblings: A showdown over mining is under way in Madison
A lot has been happening downstate that folks on the western fringe of Wisconsin, under the orb of the Twin Cities media, probably aren’t aware of unless they make an effort to follow our home-state news.
RELATED CONTENTRandy’s Ramblings: Decent pay and a good nursing home are worth preserving
There they go again, to adapt a line from a former president. Three years after citizens voted 27,219 to 14,648 for St. Croix County to continue to operate a nursing home, the county board has set another referendum on the issue.
RELATED CONTENTRandy’s Ramblings: We’ll miss it when it’s gone
I can’t help but think that the city will miss the Hudson Golf Club if it really does become a school site and commercial district. Maybe I’m wrong, but I know I’ll be a little sad to see it go.
RELATED CONTENTRandy's Ramblings: The election is over; no end in sight to the recrimination
By the time this hits the press, Tuesday’s recall elections will have been decided. Well, most of them should be decided anyway. Considering the vote-counting problems that plagued April’s state Supreme Court election, there’s no certainty that the results will be cut and dried.
RELATED CONTENTRandy's Ramblings: Recent shenanigans aren’t a reason to abandon the open primary
Some conservative bloggers are gloating over the Republican Party’s use of Wisconsin’s open primary system to play shenanigans with the upcoming state Senate recall elections.
RELATED CONTENTRandy's Ramblings: A bird-watching report from North Hudson
Nature has been on riotous display in our backyard in recent weeks. The cattail-ringed drainage pond beyond the lawn — together with neighborhood bird feeders — are magnets for an amazing diversity of wildlife.
RELATED CONTENTRandy's Ramblings: Computers aren’t ready to run the world
Toyota’s trouble with revving engines reminded me of my own encounter with technology gone wild. No, my 10-year-old, four-cylinder import didn’t take off like a bat out of heck. My problem was with the phone/cable TV/Internet provider.
RELATED CONTENTRandy's Ramblings: Hudson’s green shoots of economic revival
Some of the “green shoots” of economic revival that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talked about last March on the CBS news program “60 Minutes” are sprouting in Hudson.
RELATED CONTENTRandy's Ramblings: Willis H. Miller’s bequest was so like him
I was a little surprised to learn that Willis H. Miller had a nest egg of $1 million-plus dollars. What he did with it didn’t surprise me at all.
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