Raiders claim first conference baseball title in 34 years

The Hudson Raider baseball team clinched its first conference championship since 1979 Tuesday, May 21, by sweeping a doubleheader from Eau Claire North, 4-2 and 5-3, at Eau Claire’s Carson Park. Hudson finished the season all alone in first place in the Big Rivers Conference with a record of 11-1.

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Memorial Day is for families, too, says retired chaplain

The reason for Memorial Day certainly is to honor the memories of all those who have given their lives in the nation’s wars and military campaigns, says retired Chaplain Lt. Col. Lane Stockeland. “And you honor and remember the family of that military member," he adds.

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Another HSD administrator resigns

Hudson School District’s Director of Student Services, Cory McIntyre, submitted his letter of resignation on May 16 after getting a better offer from a Twin Cities school district.

Update: City Council meeting rescheduled to Thursday night

The Hudson City Council meeting originally set for Monday evening, May 20, has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23.

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.

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After 21 years, Judy Meincke retires -- sort of

Judy Meincke began her teaching career in Hudson in 1976. That very first year after graduating from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, she took a job as a kindergarten teacher at the then Fourth Street School, now the site of Willow River Elementary.

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Neil Paulson chose technology over farming

A couple of hard winters on the family dairy farm and Neil Paulson decided to pursue another career. The epiphany came at a particularly severe moment. “I was running a manure spreader and freezing and I thought there has to be a better way than this.”

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Wisconsin fire’s wrath was swift, severe

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BARNES, Wis. — Bob Gotelaere’s outhouse was still on fire Wednesday morning when he drove around roadblocks to check his home near Ellison Lake.

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Hwy. 35 crash results in injury, citation

The commute home to River Falls at the intersection of southbound Hwy. 35 and Radio Road was slowed late Tuesday afternoon, May 14, by a car vs. motorcycle collision. The injured motorcyclist, Michael D. Fisher, Jr., 33, Hammond, was heading south toward River Falls when a 1996 Honda Accord driven by Katie L. Anderson, 20, River Falls, allegedly failed to yield from a stop sign while pulling out from Radio Road.

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Area state senator greets Dalai Lama

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls)_welcomed the Dalai Lama to Wisconsin Tuesday, May 14 during his two-day visit to Madison to give a teaching, take part in a panel discussion at UW-Madison and address a joint session of the State Legislature.

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Body found Tuesday along St. Croix River is identified

Body found along the river in Lakeland has been identified as Donald D. Marklowitz, last seen in Hudson April 1.

Houlton woman dies in Monday afternoon crash

A Houlton woman died in a two-vehicle crash at 2:12 p.m. Monday, May 13, in St. Joseph Township.

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Knudson expects some increase in state aid for schools

Gov. Scott Walker’s budget calls for no increase in state aid, but Republican legislators, especially in rural areas with declining enrollments, have heard from school administrators who say they need an increase in aid to avoid drastic cuts for their schools.

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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.

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Measure to require more job efforts from food stamp recipients advances; fallen FBI agent with Wisconsin link remembered; more state news

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Joint Finance committee members Tuesday limited a provision in Gov. Scott Walker's budget to sell public property and advanced rules to incent unemployed citizens getting food assistance to work harder at finding a job. Also, Weather Service records compare the Moore, OK. tornado to epic twisters that have hit Wisconsin and a story about two FBI agents killed in a training exercise last week -- one of whom started his career in Milwaukee.

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Big Joint Finance decisions expected today as Walker travels; Lake Superior warm-up blamed for waning Lake Trout population, more state news

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The Legislature's Joint Finance committee will decide the fate of a half-dozen signficant affecting the poor and unemployed, state assets and state workers who smoke. Read on for stories about the sale of Wausau Paper,a 2.5 degree warm-up of Lake Superior and a large industrial fire in Sauk City.

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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!

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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.

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Peek-A-Boo Boxing Gym opens in Hudson

Boyd Davis, a native of St. Louis, Mio., moved to St. Paul to box. The sport has been part of his life since he was young. “I continued to do it to stay out of trouble,” said Davis.

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Retired Packer Forrest Gregg battles Parkinson’s disease

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Former Green Bay Packers guard and head coach Forrest Gregg says his Parkinson’s disease has not gotten worse over the last year – and that, he says, is a victory.

Brewers have major league worst record for May

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Milwaukee is just 3-14 in May after losing 8 of 10 on the road to their fellow National League Central opponents. The Brewers ended a 2-8 road trip Sunday with a 4-2 loss at St. Louis.