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Our View: Area is quickly becoming tourist destination

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Figures recently released showed some astounding numbers when it comes to local tourism. According to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, 2012 traveler spending in St. Croix County increased 8.87 percent to $81 million!

May 20, 2013

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Guest view: Board members have access to district records

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Additionally, this policy allows for printing and retrieval fees of such records to be waived for a board member if the records requested are necessary for the proper performance of the board member’s official duties and can be made available through reasonable expenditures of staff time and other resources.

By Tom Holland, School Board President , May 20, 2013

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Our View: Board members should have full access to records

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There is a letter to the editor in this week’s Star-Observer from School Board member Sandy Gehrke, upset about the district’s request that she pay $428.54 for copies of paperwork. Gehrke might be viewed by some as a maverick on the board, but she was the choice of the voters.

May 08, 2013

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Our View: The system worked in the Schaffhausen trial

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We believe the jurors reached a good decision when they said that while they believed Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, suffers from mental illness, he knew what he was doing when he murdered his three daughters.

May 03, 2013

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Doug's Diggings: New photos of ’65 flood

Doug's Diggings: New photos of ’65 flood Opinion
The flood of 1965 was the worst ever recorded in Hudson, cresting between 694 and 695 feet above sea level. What that means is that the river was 20 feet over its normal level of 675 feet.

May 03, 2013

Our View: Time to reform Wisconsin’s recall process

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There should be some evidence of criminal or ethical misconduct of an elected official.

April 25, 2013

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Randy's Ramblings: Grifter takes advantage of people’s generosity

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I’d rather report the news than be a part of it. Nevertheless, the line got blurred for me on Wednesday of last week.

By Randy Hanson , April 25, 2013

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DAY BY DAY: The time has come to talk openly about suicide

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At the Star-Observer, we generally don’t use the word suicide unless the person dies in a very public place, is a person in the public eye or if the circumstances surrounding the suicide endanger the public. But maybe that should change.

By Meg Heaton , April 17, 2013

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OUR VIEW: For sake of workers, hammer out a new tax reciprocity deal

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Thousands of workers who daily cross between Wisconsin and Minnesota to work are the ones penalized by the inability to compromise and negotiate.

April 17, 2013

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Letter: Disagrees with St. Croix County DA

The DA of St. Croix County is living on cloud nine. His law credentials have generated so much power that it has gone to his head. It is time for him to go. Mr. Johnson has decided to join the anti-second amendment crowd, not for gun control but for a total gun ban. Mr. Johnson, you keep your advice, I’ll keep my guns.

By Sanjeev Dhawan, Ellsworth , April 06, 2013

Letter: Dislikes mining bill

So Governor Scott Walker has signed into law SB1, the iron ore mining bill written by the Florida company Gogebic Taconite and passed by a party-line vote in the state senate and assembly.

By Thomas R. Smith, River Falls , April 06, 2013

Letter: Beware of computer scam

A word of warning — if you get any email from an outfit called “Antiviral Factory,” thanking you for your purchase of some antivirus software, do not click on the download button.

By Lee Christianson, Baldwin , April 06, 2013

Letter: Dislikes HHS music rules

The St. Croix Valley Music Educators Association (SCVMTA) is a professional organization for teachers of private lessons for piano, voice, string and woodwinds. I am writing to voice the opinion of its members in regard to the article about Hudson High School’s choral department and its inclusion of sacred music for education and performance.

By Mary Post, Hudson , April 05, 2013

Letter: Supports DA gun proposals

Not surprisingly, several writers have submitted letters opposed to St. Croix County District Attorney Eric Johnson’s proposal to enact reasonable and meaningful gun restrictions (2/25/2013). It is also not surprising that some writers are misinformed when it comes to their understanding of the Constitution.

By Matt Barnard, Hudson , April 05, 2013

Letter: St Croix County is working well

St Croix County is lucky to have a government which works the way a democracy is supposed to work.

By Dan Hansen, New Richmond , April 05, 2013

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