education

A 17-year-old River Falls High School student was arrested this morning, March 3, for allegedly calling in a bomb threat that forced the high school to be evacuated Friday morning, Feb. 28. According to River Falls Police Sgt. Jeff Sather, police picked up Kyle R. Schultz...

UW-River Falls will host the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering’s Camp Badger Exploring Engineering July 6-12 on its campus....

David Grambow was recommended for promotion to the position of assistant superintendent for system improvement at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. With the approval of the School Board, Grambow will begin his new position July 1. His boss, Superintendent Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten...

Hudson Police Officer Mark Crimmins finished his career with the Hudson Police Department on Jan. 31 after close to 30 years. He joined...

For 15 years students and teachers from E.P. Rock Elementary and people from throughout the community have come together to make the “Stand...

Fundraising has started in earnest for a welcome center at YMCA Camp St. Croix that will also serve as a conference center, year-round classroom...

Local businessman John Knutson has been the Junior Achievement volunteer in Lisa Dumont’s fourth-grade class at Saint Patrick School. Through the (JA) program, Knutson has been teaching students about entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs use resources to produce goods and services...

Camryn Letcher placed the stethoscope on the rubbery surface and listened. “I heard a heartbeat,” the Hudson High School freshman said. “It was really weird because it felt like it was alive, like I was listening to a real person.” The patient simulators at Chippewa Valley...

With close to 200 girls turning out, this year’s Women in STEM event, held at Hudson Middle School last week, drew twice as many interested students as last year. More than 30 exhibitors participated including many local businesses and manufacturers as well as some from the...

Gregory D. Fuchs of Cornell University, a 1991 graduate of Hudson High School, will be a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on researchers in the early stages of their careers. “The impressive...