Board discusses teacher compensation proposal

The New Richmond School District recognizes that it doesn’t take college credits for teachers to become better educators. Now, administrators, along with a group of teachers, are working to come up with a way to ensure New Richmond’s teachers are rewarded for professional development — whether they get college credit for that development or not.

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Video project to promote New Richmond

The community will launch its first ever Facebook page on Friday and one of the first questions asked will be “What do you like about New Richmond?”

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Applications now accepted for new Fairest of the Fair

Hello everyone! I’m Heidi Feyereisen, your 2012-2013 St. Croix County Fairest of the Fair. It is that time of year again.

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Dog park voting goes well for local project

New Richmond is “barking” loud and clear for its planned local dog park.

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Bosch expands New Richmond facility

Bosch Packaging Technology, one of the leading international suppliers in processing and packaging technology, has completed the expansion of its state-of-the-art vertical form fill seal (VFFS) test facility in New Richmond.

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St. Croix parks to have open house, state parks plan free days

St. Croix County will host a County Parks Open House Day Sunday, June 2, for all park visitors.

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Eckert resigns as New Richmond varsity football coach

New Richmond varsity football coach Jason Eckert has submitted his resignation from his football post.

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Too cold to camp?; Joint Finance pulls UW funding increase; Budget committee endorses collecting DNA from suspects; more state news

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It got down to 27 degrees in northern Wisconsin this morning, but somewhat warmer temps are expected for the weekend. Lawmakers rejected a proposed funding increase, taking their anger out on the UW for imposing maximum tuition increases for six straight years while quietly sitting on $650 million in cash reserves.

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Late spring, more walleyes prompt lawmaker to back off funding threat affecting tribes; Milwaukee falls to 30th largest U.S. city; more state briefs

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Tensions between six Chippewa tribes and the DNR are expected to ease a bit after a lawmaker backed off his threat to block state funding for a cultural center in the wake of higher spearing quotas. Also, stories about how many wolves may be killed next year, the still-unexplained death of a 12-year-old, a gold-broker being sent to prison and new U.S.Census figures.

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Measure to require more job efforts from food stamp recipients advances; fallen FBI agent with Wisconsin link remembered; more state news

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Joint Finance committee members Tuesday limited a provision in Gov. Scott Walker's budget to sell public property and advanced rules to incent unemployed citizens getting food assistance to work harder at finding a job. Also, Weather Service records compare the Moore, OK. tornado to epic twisters that have hit Wisconsin and a story about two FBI agents killed in a training exercise last week -- one of whom started his career in Milwaukee.

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Give a turtle a helping hand

Starting today, you can make a difference in the lives of turtles by participating in the new Citizen-based Turtle Monitoring Project.

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