New Richmond News

Conner Simon’s Christmas light display is no simple, ordinary arrangement. It was a year in the making. Simon, a 14-year-old Somerset High School freshman, decorated his family’s home in the Town of Star Prairie with more than 10,000 Christmas lights this season and programmed...

“We want that shelter built yesterday, but there’s only one chance to launch a capital campaign, and it must be done right,” said St. Croix Animal Friend’s secretary Vicki Donatell. The SCAF Board of Directors is aware the public is wondering what is taking them so long...

At the start of this school year, New Richmond High School counselor Shannon Bartlett was approached by a small group of students who expressed a desire to put together a club or group that helped create positive peer connections and to create a safe, accepting and open environment...

A Hammond student at UW-Stevens Point was among 40 students honored with the 2013 Chancellor's Leadership Award on Friday, Dec 13. Hannah White, daughter of Donnie White and Connie Buelow, is a senior who majored in wildlife ecology research and management with a minor in conservation...

MADISON -- Hundreds of Wisconsin public school unions have decided to stay in business for one more year, even with their very limited bargaining powers. Voting ended Thursday for about 400 unions that represent teachers, support staffers, and school office employees. State officials...

After his father’s death in November, Eric Nelson, 40-year-old son of Citizen of the Year award winner Stuart Nelson, felt like doing something in his memory while also helping to raise money for one of his dad’s biggest passions. “My dad had a deep passion for learning...

MADISON -- Policy analysts say Wisconsin's slow job growth has been a thorn in the state's side for the entire 2000's -- and all the political spin and finger-pointing won't change that. Dale Knapp of the Wisconsin Taxpayers' Alliance says the increase in jobs under Republican Gov....