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Mail was stolen from a mailbox in the 1500 block of Laurel Avenue at about 8:15 a.m.

Second Street in downtown Hudson will be closed from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28 - the day after Memorial Day, it was announced at Thursday night's meeting of the Hudson City Council. Police Chief Marty Jensen said that a large crane will be brought in and used in the renovation...

The Hudson Police Department is asking people to be on the lookout for a woman who approached three 11-year-old children in a suspicious manner as they were walking home from E.P. Rock Elementary School at about 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. The woman is said to have offered the children...

Hudson School District's Director of Student Services, Cory McIntyre, submitted his letter of resignation on May 16. McIntyre has been recruited for the position of Director of Special Services with Independent School District 622 which serves North St. Paul, Maplewood, and Oakdale...

The body found on the shore of the St. Croix River in Lakeland, Minn., on Tuesday, May 14 has been identified as Donald Duane Marklowitz Jr., 55. According to the Washington County Sheriff's office, Marklowitz was last seen in Hudson on April 1. The exact cause of death is still...

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Department was investigating an apparent turkey hunting accident Tuesday morning in the town of Somerset. Jerry Cusick, 53, Stillwater, a Washington County, Minn., Sheriff's Commander, was shot by another hunter when he was scouting a turkey hunting...

Ten Hudson runners are listed as having participated in the Boston Marathon. The event was rocked by a series of bomb explosions Monday afternoon. It was not immediately known if any of the Hudson participants were near the blast. The entry list came from the Boston Marathon web...

Jessica Schaffhausen took the stand for most of the morning Thursday and continued in the afternoon in the trial of her ex-husband, Aaron Schaffhausen, convicted of killing their three daughters. Jessica Schaffhausen, 33, answered questions by public defender John Kucinski in the...

A River Falls man pleaded guilty to homicide and arson charges in the deaths of his three young daughters Thursday afternoon, March 28, in the first phase of the murder case. Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, Minot, N.D., pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and...