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Former teacher remembered for lifelong service

Bob Heebink (left) talks with his “co-authors” of the neighborhood block party, Vince and Pam Kaiser. The three got together and planned the second annual block party for July 27, 2009, in Heebink’s backyard. Heebink was celebrating his 50th year of service with the New Richmond Kiwanis group on July 31, 2009, — the same day as his 90th birthday. (Photo by Julia Ybarra-Young)

Heroin forum starts community conversation

New Richmond Police Chief Mark Samelstad offers support to Karen Hale as she exits the stage at the New Richmond High School auditorium during the city’s drug forum on Feb. 26. (Photo by Micheal Foley)

Local family uses talents to heal in the Philippines

John Santer brings a young Filipino child back to surgery during his medical mission to Catarman, Northern Samar, from Feb. 1-7. (Submitted photo)

Ohio man accused of sexual assault of NR teen

Tyler Scott Nye, 22 (St. Croix County Jail photo)
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(From left) Randy Kieckhofer, Carrie Swenson, and Jackie, Michelle and Barb Kieckhofer braved the below zero wind chills Saturday, March 1, at the fourth annual Somerset American Legion Bar Stool races. Last year, Jackie and Michelle took second place in the women’s Powderpuff Division. (Photos by Sarah Young)
Ready, Set, GO!
The fourth annual Somerset American Legion Bar Stool Races were a huge success, despite below zero wind chills. The Arctic air didn’t dampen...
life / eventsMarch 7, 2014 - 11:06am
Perla Hernandez, a senior at Somerset High School, had about a dozen of her original works on display as part of an independent study art project at the Somerset Fine Arts Festival at Somerset Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 27. She used computer graphics, watercolor crayons, colored pencils, glitter and multiple other media. (Photo by Sarah Young)
Somerset art at its finest
life / eventsMarch 7, 2014 - 10:53am
Lowell Peterson and one of his nesting boxes for bluebirds. (Submitted photo)
Buds Garden Club hosts bluebird talk
The Buds Garden Club of Somerset is holding its monthly meeting March 10 at the Somerset Town Hall. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. and the public...
life / eventsMarch 7, 2014 - 10:49am
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Somerset Middle School honored February Students of the Month at a breakfast in their honor Tuesday morning. (Front row, from left): Fifth-graders Aleah Britton, Julia Weldon and Chris Weyer. (Back row, from left): Sixth-graders Stevie Haigh, Leah Bauer and Kaine Lee. (Photos by Sarah Young)
SMS lauds students of the month
:Aleah Britton is respectful, responsible and kind. She works hard and puts forth tremendous effort in all she does. Aleah genuinely cares...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 10:47am
Leland Johnson, Roberts 2004 “Good Neighbor,” and his wife Kathleen on a family trip to Carthage, Mo., in 2011. Johnson passed away on Feb. 17. (Photo submitted by Jean Johnson)
Roberts loses ‘Good Neighbor,’ beloved friend
One of Roberts’ most beloved “Good Neighbors” passed away on Feb. 17 from complications after heart surgery at United Hospital at the age...
life / familyMarch 7, 2014 - 10:39am
(From left) Senior Lady Panther basketball players Brooke Kopacz, McKenzy Johnson and Kayla Pabst were recognized at the Panther girls game against Plum City at SCC High School Thursday, Feb. 27, during Coaches Against Cancer and Senior Night. (Photo by Sarah Young)
A sea of pink at Central
It was a sea of pink in honor of Coaches Against Cancer night Thursday, Feb. 27 when the Lady Panthers basketball team beat Plum City 47-43. The...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 10:35am
School board approves academy of virtual education
At its monthly learning session Monday night, the St. Croix Central School Board approved the establishment of a full-time virtual charter school beginning with the start of the 2014-15 school year. High school principal Glenn Webb reviewed several changes to the contract between...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 10:27am
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(From left) Fourth-graders Katie Larson, Kaitlyn DeLong, Brianna Nabors, Sydney Burgess and Cassie Gulich made jumping rope look easy at the Jump Rope For Heart event at St. Croix Central Elementary on Friday, Feb. 28. (Photo by Sarah Young)
Jump, jump, jump
The St. Croix Central Elementary School gym echoed with the beat of jump ropes thumping the floor on Friday, Feb. 28, as this year’s Jump Rope...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 10:25am
St. Croix Central Class of 2014 Valedictorian Melissa Schmidt-Landin (left) and Salutatorian Andrew Hanson both have big plans after graduation. (Photo by Sarah Young)
Shooting for the stars
St. Croix Central High School has announced the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2014. Melissa Schmidt-Landin has been named as...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 10:21am
Five design concepts for a new library are on display at the New Richmond Civic Center, the Friday Memorial Library and the Community Commons, along with a comment box. The City Council will discuss the site of a new library at its meeting on Monday, March 10. (Photo by Micheal Foley)
City seeks public input on site options for new library
The City of New Richmond and the Friday Memorial Library Board of Trustees invite the public to a community meeting to be held on March 10, at...
news / governmentMarch 6, 2014 - 11:08am
Middle school students (from left) Julia Grabowski, Alexis Cran, Renee Goulet, Jade Berget and paraprofessional Karen Campeau (center) work in the middle school greenhouse as part of a project for the Greenhouse Club where they planted more than 1,500 seeds over three days after school. (Photo by Jordan Willi)
Middle school students sprout seeds for spring
Although spring and warmer weather might still be a few weeks away, the New Richmond Middle School’s Greenhouse Club is already preparing to...
news / educationMarch 7, 2014 - 9:51am
Boy dumps bleach on puppy -- mom charged with felony; Lawmakers suggest Common Core alternative dead; More state news briefs
A Fond du Lac woman is due in court Tuesday on seven criminal charges connected with the poisonings of two of her family's puppies. Prosecutors said Amanda Farr, 30, did not seek help after learning that her 10-year-old son spilled bleach on the dogs last month. The six-week-old...
news / crime and courtsMarch 7, 2014 - 8:41am
St. Croix Health Center Nursing Home Activity Director Cindy Prokash (left) and Wisconsin Secretary of Health Services Kitty Rhoades (right) laugh along with nursing home resident Grace Bentley while she listens to her iPod during a visit Rhoades made to the New Richmond nursing home on Friday, Feb. 28. (Photo by Jordan Willi)
Kitty Rhoades visits New Richmond nursing home
Wisconsin Secretary of Health Services Kitty Rhoades was impressed by the progress Activities Director Cindy Prokash and her staff at St. Croix...
newsMarch 6, 2014 - 11:00am
Middle school Family and Consumer Education students (from left) Shelby DesJardin, Erik Moberg, Colleen Rogers, Truth Lowe, Meagan Jewell and Nevaeh Brewer assemble St. Croix County Medication Disposal Program bags, which contain information for citizens to learn how to safely dispose of their unused medication. (Submitted photo)
Students assemble medication disposal kits
Young students rarely get the chance to make a contribution to the community while they are at school, but when Family and Consumer Education...
news / educationMarch 6, 2014 - 12:38pm
WITC’s campus administrator Joseph Huftel and Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke joke around in WITC’s media center during her visit there Tuesday, Feb. 25. (Photo by Sarah Young)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate tours WITC
Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke made a stop at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) in New Richmond on Tuesday,...
news / politicsMarch 6, 2014 - 10:15am

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