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Heroin in Hudson: one family's story
It is a story this Hudson family never thought they would be telling -- the addiction of their son to heroin. But what they have learned over the past nine months has convinced them that their experience is just another case of what is becoming an epidemic for middle class America.
Monday, May, 20, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Community
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It is a story this Hudson family never thought they would be telling -- the addiction of their son to heroin. But what they have learned over the past nine months has convinced them that their experience is just another case of what is becoming an epidemic for middle class America.
Monday, May, 20, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Community
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Hudson-based Procentive pioneered software as a service
Now the company founded by Randy Zimmermann and Jeff Burton has a new 6,300-square-foot building in St. Croix Business Park East, bringing it some well-deserved attention.
Wednesday, May, 15, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Business
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Now the company founded by Randy Zimmermann and Jeff Burton has a new 6,300-square-foot building in St. Croix Business Park East, bringing it some well-deserved attention.
Wednesday, May, 15, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Business
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Bill limiting junk-food purchases with food stamps passes Assembly; Heroin use spikes in mid-Wisconsin; more state news
Wisconsin News
The state Assembly has voted to make Wisconsin the first state to force food stamp recipients to spend most of their benefits on healthy food. Marathon County sheriff’s official Gary Schneck said heroin use in the Wausau area has jumped rapidly in the last three years, and it started when drug-makers added time-release coatings to painkillers like OxyContin to cut down on their abuse.
Wednesday, May, 08, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin News
The state Assembly has voted to make Wisconsin the first state to force food stamp recipients to spend most of their benefits on healthy food. Marathon County sheriff’s official Gary Schneck said heroin use in the Wausau area has jumped rapidly in the last three years, and it started when drug-makers added time-release coatings to painkillers like OxyContin to cut down on their abuse.
Wednesday, May, 08, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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City and shop battle in court over definition of drug paraphernalia
The case boils down to whether pipes commonly used for smoking marijuana and other drugs are drug paraphernalia if they haven’t been used to consume illegal drugs.
Saturday, May, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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The case boils down to whether pipes commonly used for smoking marijuana and other drugs are drug paraphernalia if they haven’t been used to consume illegal drugs.
Saturday, May, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Prep work starts for Stillwater Bridge – really; Farm planting start is slowest in 30 years; more state news
Wisconsin News
Dock walls are being built to accommodate the construction equipment that will help install the foundations for the new bridge over the St. Croix River. The long winter has Wisconsin farmers off to their slowest spring planting start on record.
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin News
Dock walls are being built to accommodate the construction equipment that will help install the foundations for the new bridge over the St. Croix River. The long winter has Wisconsin farmers off to their slowest spring planting start on record.
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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$200 million deal closed during governor’s trade trip; Milwaukee cop pleads no contest to strip searching men; more state news
Wisconsin News
Wisconsin’s governor returned home from a trade mission Monday and already has a $200 million transaction completed. Wisconsin-grown ginseng will be sold to one of China’s largest medicine companies.
Tuesday, April, 23, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin News
Wisconsin’s governor returned home from a trade mission Monday and already has a $200 million transaction completed. Wisconsin-grown ginseng will be sold to one of China’s largest medicine companies.
Tuesday, April, 23, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Lawmakers mull criminalizing resale of food stamps; new Walker-driven protest rules termed 'totalitarian'; permit OK'd for 5,300-cow farm, more state news
Wisconsin News
A bill that would make it illegal to sell a person’s food-stamp benefits was endorsed Thursday by a state Assembly committee – and it’s up for a vote Friday by a Senate panel. Also, new rules about protests near the Capitol appear aimed at silencing 'Solidarity Singers', plus stories about three people killed in a West Allis house fire, an update on storm-related power outtages and a former Antigo coach and principal sentenced for selling pot to teachers.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin News
A bill that would make it illegal to sell a person’s food-stamp benefits was endorsed Thursday by a state Assembly committee – and it’s up for a vote Friday by a Senate panel. Also, new rules about protests near the Capitol appear aimed at silencing 'Solidarity Singers', plus stories about three people killed in a West Allis house fire, an update on storm-related power outtages and a former Antigo coach and principal sentenced for selling pot to teachers.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Police officers tell of finding children’s bodies
Two of the officers first on the scene the day the children were killed were among those who testified Thursday afternoon in the Aaron Schaffhausen trial.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - River Falls Journal - News
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Two of the officers first on the scene the day the children were killed were among those who testified Thursday afternoon in the Aaron Schaffhausen trial.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - River Falls Journal - News
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Utilities still toil to undo storm-related outtages; Ryan favors some facets of Obama budget; researcher charged with formula theft, more state news
Wisconsin News
Wisconsin utilities made a lot of progress Wednesday in restoring electricity but about 8,500 customers were still in the dark this morning, after a second day of heavy rains, sleet, ice and light snow. Also stories about lawmaker reactions to President Obama's proposed budget, details on a Chinese researcher accused of stealing a drug formula and an update on the sentence doled to a teen whose driving killed three friends.
Thursday, April, 11, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin News
Wisconsin utilities made a lot of progress Wednesday in restoring electricity but about 8,500 customers were still in the dark this morning, after a second day of heavy rains, sleet, ice and light snow. Also stories about lawmaker reactions to President Obama's proposed budget, details on a Chinese researcher accused of stealing a drug formula and an update on the sentence doled to a teen whose driving killed three friends.
Thursday, April, 11, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Prescription painkillers can lead to addiction
Heroin is becoming a primary drug of choice in the Hudson area based on the clients they are seeing at Programs for Change, the drug treatment program for Hudson Hospital and Clinic.
Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Heroin is becoming a primary drug of choice in the Hudson area based on the clients they are seeing at Programs for Change, the drug treatment program for Hudson Hospital and Clinic.
Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Heroin in Hudson: not just in big cities anymore
When baby boomers think about heroin and who uses it, it is unlikely that young adults in Hudson come to mind. But that’s exactly who is using the drug these days according to Hudson police.
Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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When baby boomers think about heroin and who uses it, it is unlikely that young adults in Hudson come to mind. But that’s exactly who is using the drug these days according to Hudson police.
Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Book Report: A new Scandinavian thriller takes the stage
I’m way behind in my coverage of the Scandinavian thriller surge in world publishing, not having even read a Stieg Larsson thriller, so I’ll try to make it up by reviewing a finely wrought thriller by first-time Swedish author Alexander Soderberg. It’s “The Andalucian Friend,” (Crown, $26), translated by Neil Smith.
Thursday, April, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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I’m way behind in my coverage of the Scandinavian thriller surge in world publishing, not having even read a Stieg Larsson thriller, so I’ll try to make it up by reviewing a finely wrought thriller by first-time Swedish author Alexander Soderberg. It’s “The Andalucian Friend,” (Crown, $26), translated by Neil Smith.
Thursday, April, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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OUR VIEW: Hudson’s dark underbelly - heroin
Opinion
We know, and often brag, about the wonderful community in which we live - but it has its dark underbelly also. In the past couple of years there have been four deaths locally, and eight or nine deaths within a few miles of Hudson.
Thursday, April, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Opinion
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Opinion
We know, and often brag, about the wonderful community in which we live - but it has its dark underbelly also. In the past couple of years there have been four deaths locally, and eight or nine deaths within a few miles of Hudson.
Thursday, April, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Opinion
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Walker may stop appointing judges in Dane Co.; synthetic drug use prompts tribal 'emergency' declaration; more state news
Wisconsin News
Since his endorsement appears to be a pox on candidates put before Dane County voters, Gov. Scott Walker says he probably won't make appointments when judgeships open in the future. Also, the Mississippi shipping season is at least two weeks late -- and counting due to thick ice on Lake Pepin. Plus stories about the Milwaukee Archdiocese releasing records about abusive clergy members, a counterproposal to school vouchers and a turkey hunting preview.
Thursday, April, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin News
Since his endorsement appears to be a pox on candidates put before Dane County voters, Gov. Scott Walker says he probably won't make appointments when judgeships open in the future. Also, the Mississippi shipping season is at least two weeks late -- and counting due to thick ice on Lake Pepin. Plus stories about the Milwaukee Archdiocese releasing records about abusive clergy members, a counterproposal to school vouchers and a turkey hunting preview.
Thursday, April, 04, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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GAB pulls in $400,000 selling voters’ names; Farmland values still climbing; Rowboat used to rescue downed pilot; more briefs
Wisconsin News
Wisconsin’s elections agency made almost $400,000 in the last two years by selling information about the state’s registered voters -- including names, addresses and voting participation records. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says farmland values in the Wisconsin jumped by 11% last year with some land selling for over $10,000 an acre.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Wisconsin’s elections agency made almost $400,000 in the last two years by selling information about the state’s registered voters -- including names, addresses and voting participation records. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says farmland values in the Wisconsin jumped by 11% last year with some land selling for over $10,000 an acre.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Brewers open season in Milwaukee against Colorado Rockies
Wisconsin Sports
Most national predictors don’t have the Brewers finishing higher than third in the National League Central, but team owner Mark Attanasio says the Brewers have the potential to surprise folks with the top offense in the National League from a year ago, and starters which all have ERAs under four.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Sports
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Wisconsin Sports
Most national predictors don’t have the Brewers finishing higher than third in the National League Central, but team owner Mark Attanasio says the Brewers have the potential to surprise folks with the top offense in the National League from a year ago, and starters which all have ERAs under four.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Sports
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SOS for Youth faces troubles of its own
The name SOS for Youth is ironic given the financial crisis the teen acting company is facing. In a March 6 letter to supporters, SOS Executive Director Sue Oberg said the company needed to raise $36,000 by April 1 or it would be forced to suspend its shows and disband its cast of young people.
Friday, March, 29, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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The name SOS for Youth is ironic given the financial crisis the teen acting company is facing. In a March 6 letter to supporters, SOS Executive Director Sue Oberg said the company needed to raise $36,000 by April 1 or it would be forced to suspend its shows and disband its cast of young people.
Friday, March, 29, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - Entertainment
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Will you be among 1 in 5 to vote Tuesday? State slips again with job creation, more state briefs
Wisconsin News
If trends hold true, just one in five Wisconsin voters will vote Tuesday to decide a Supreme Court seat and some 6,700 other local contests statewide. Also, the ALCU alleges schools in Barron and Beloit violated Title IX by separating boys and girls into single-sex classrooms and officials from states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes will gather in late May to discuss common issues, plus more state news.
Friday, March, 29, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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If trends hold true, just one in five Wisconsin voters will vote Tuesday to decide a Supreme Court seat and some 6,700 other local contests statewide. Also, the ALCU alleges schools in Barron and Beloit violated Title IX by separating boys and girls into single-sex classrooms and officials from states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes will gather in late May to discuss common issues, plus more state news.
Friday, March, 29, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Man charged with cocaine delivery a potential juror in murder case
A Hudson man facing felony cocaine charges was bound over for trial Thursday, March 28. Defense attorney John O’Boyle informed Judge Edward Vlack that Andrew D. Erickson is on the panel of some 150 potential jurors in the Aaron Schaffhausen murder case.
Thursday, March, 28, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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A Hudson man facing felony cocaine charges was bound over for trial Thursday, March 28. Defense attorney John O’Boyle informed Judge Edward Vlack that Andrew D. Erickson is on the panel of some 150 potential jurors in the Aaron Schaffhausen murder case.
Thursday, March, 28, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Hudson man charged in cocaine bust
Andrew D. Erickson, 25, 1325 Front St. S., was ordered to post $1,000 cash bail and a $5,000 surety bond March 22 on two counts of felony delivery of cocaine and misdemeanor charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
Thursday, March, 28, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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Andrew D. Erickson, 25, 1325 Front St. S., was ordered to post $1,000 cash bail and a $5,000 surety bond March 22 on two counts of felony delivery of cocaine and misdemeanor charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
Thursday, March, 28, 2013 - Hudson Star-Observer - News
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