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VIDEO: Smoosh Bucklers repeat as Hot Air champions

VIDEO: Smoosh Bucklers repeat as Hot Air champions

The vaunted Smoosh Bucklers successfully defended their title in the Hudson Hot Air Affair Smoosh Board Championships at E.P. Rock Elementary School on Saturday.

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New technology reduces paper flow at jail

New technology reduces paper flow at jail

The St. Croix County Sheriff’s department has turned to the technological advances of a local company to streamline commissary transactions and reduce paper flow.

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Women’s club introduces 95th anniversary cookbook

Women’s club introduces 95th anniversary cookbook

The Hudson Women's Club has issued a 95th anniversary edition cookbook which will be on sale at Associated Banks, Et Cetera, Lavender Thymes, The Phipps Center for Arts, County Market, Hudson Hospital, and Keller Williams Integrity Realty.

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Somerset sisters accused of torturing man with pliers

Somerset sisters accused of torturing man with pliers

Two Somerset sisters face up to 40 years in jail for allegedly sexually torturing a teenage male with a pair of pliers and forcing him to drink urine.

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Film fest on energy presented

Film fest on energy presented

For the second year in a row, What We Need is Here, a network of non-profit organizations united to spark action to encourage sustainable living in the St. Croix Valley,

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HAA grand marshals like to heat things up

HAA grand marshals like to heat things up

For more than a dozen years members of the Hudson Vintage Neighborhood Alliance have participated in the Hudson Hot Air Affair Torchlight Parade, coming up with an interesting and always fun take on the event’s theme.

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Hot Air Affair set this weekend

Hot Air Affair set this weekend

The Hudson Hot Air Affair takes to the sky this weekend for the 23rd annual hot air balloon rally and winter festival Feb. 3-5. This year’s theme is “2012—The Year of the Dragon.”

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Quiet Phipps Foundation has huge historic impact on Hudson community

Quiet Phipps Foundation has huge historic impact on Hudson community

Newcomers to town may not be aware that the William H. Phipps Foundation has been quietly working in the background to make Hudson a better place to live since it began in January of 1946.

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Red Cross seeking ‘heroes’

The American Red Cross Northern Minnesota Region is seeking Heroes Awards nominations. The Red Cross Heroes Awards recognize everyday people who perform extraordinary acts to further our life-saving mission.

County awarded federal juvenile program funds

St. Croix County Health and Human Services has received a $50,000 federal grant the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance (OJA) announced last Friday.

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Town of St. Joseph caucus results are in Press Pass Archive

The Town of St. Joseph held pre-election caucuses Thursday night, Jan. 12, to determine who will be listed on the ballot April 3. During the upcoming election, both first and third supervisor positions will be up for election.

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Two unopposed in Troy Press Pass Archive

Incumbent Jason Kjos will run unopposed for his current position of fourth supervisor, and citizen David Hense will be running unopposed for the position of second supervisor.

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Open water rare for this time of year Press Pass Archive

Open water rare for this time of year

The St. Croix River is largely open water this January, which is rare and the result of the unseasonably high temperatures.

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Fair weather feathered friends

Fair weather feathered friends

Diane Bauer took these photos of birds playing in a bird bath on her deck in the town of Hudson. Temperatures hovered in the low 50s for a couple of days in early January — these photos were taken Jan. 10.

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Burton Field ice rink opens Friday Press Pass Archive

The Burton Field warming house will open on Friday, Jan. 20 with attendants on duty seven days a week, weather permitting. Hours are Monday-Friday, 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 9 p.m.

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