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Council tables library site issue

More than 100 people crammed into the council chamber at the New Richmond Civic Center on Monday, March 10, for a host of presentations and a community forum about where to build a new library. (Photo by Micheal Foley)

NR principal leaving district to teach in Saudi Arabia

Starr Elementary Principal Andrew Hoeppner is leaving the New Richmond School District to teach at an international school in Saudi Arabia with his wife and their children. (Photo by Jordan Willi)

Removal of iconic awning changes New Richmond skyline

An 11-ton section of roof is hoisted from the roof of the former County Market building about noon Monday as renovation continues to transform the retail space to new quarters for St. Croix Health & Human Services personnel and some other smaller departments.

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)

Ohio man accused of sexual assault of NR teen

Tyler Scott Nye, 22 (St. Croix County Jail photo)
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Spring and summer clothing needed
NR principal leaving district to teach in Saudi Arabia
Senate vote opens possibility of shorter school year; Harsdorf offers measure to modify DNA protocols; 13 more state stories
Council tables library site issue
Removal of iconic awning changes New Richmond skyline
Senate vote opens possibility of shorter school year; Harsdorf offers measure to modify DNA protocols; 13 more state stories
MADISON -- Wisconsin senators agreed Tuesday to let schools open for less than 180 days a year, as long as they achieve their required class hours. They also approved a loan program so middle-income folks can afford propane during big price-spikes like the one in January, but minority...
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Along with the clothing items the Five Loaves Clothing Center also has a selection of small knick-knacks and other non-clothing items, such as silverware and other dinnerware. (Photo by Jordan Willi)
Spring and summer clothing needed
With Spring appearing to finally be on its way, Mary Jo Johnson and her staff of 11 volunteers at the Five Loaves Clothing Center are looking...
life1 hour 32 min ago
(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
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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
St. Croix County forecast as fastest growing to 2040; town of Richmond ranks 7th statewide in growth
St. Croix is likely to its place as the fastest-growing county in Wisconsin based on a 30-year study to the year 2040 from the Department of Administration. DOA projects St. Croix County’s 2040 population at 119,010 for an increase of 41.1 percent and a numeric increase of 34,665,...
news / regionMarch 10, 2014 - 4:17pm
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
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
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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
(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
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
The New Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that it has accepted the resignation of Executive Director Lisa Woletz. Her last day with the Chamber will be March 14. She will then begin as vice president of marketing for First National Community Bank in New Richmond. (Photo by Micheal Foley)
NR Chamber director resigns, takes bank marketing job
The New Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce has lost its executive director.  Lisa Woletz, who took over the job in January 2013, will...
news / businessFebruary 27, 2014 - 1:01pm
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
John Santer brings a young Filipino child back to surgery during his medical mission to Catarman, Northern Samar, from Feb. 1-7. (Submitted photo)
Local family uses talents to heal in the Philippines
Over a week’s time, Susie and John Santer, along with their daughter Billie Jo Germain, saw thousands of people come through the doors of the...
life / healthMarch 6, 2014 - 11:19am
(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
Trailblazer President Chris Stevens rides his prized Arctic Cat through the woods on a local trail outside New Richmond. (Photo by Tom Lindfors)
Snowmobilers enjoying best winter in years
This winter has tried the patience of even the most diehard fans of winter. Well, almost. If you have commuted between New Richmond and Star...
lifeMarch 6, 2014 - 10:41am

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