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Over the past few months there has been a lot of talk about the pros and cons of providing tax incentives in order to attract the multinational company Foxconn to Wisconsin. I am pleased to say that this week the Legislature gave final approval to legislation that will mean Foxconn...

Last spring, the St. Croix Central School Board set a goal that reads as follows; "Be a Top 10 school district in the state as measured by the School District Report Card by the year 2020." Currently our School District Report card score is at 76.3 and in order to be in the Top 10...

Editor's note: A Mike Darrow column from the summer of 2016 was mistakenly reprinted in the Aug. 31 edition of the News. This is the correct column. The News apologizes and regrets the error. On behalf of Mayor Fred and the entire City Council, we want to thank the Doar family, distinguished...

The library is a great place to learn new things, pick out fabulous books to read, participate in monthly activities, and how to get to know your community better. At the Hammond Community Library we have services for faxing, scanning, printing, free computer use, free WiFi, a Kodak...

Steve Gall RiverTown Multimedia Publisher Anne Jacobson RiverTown Multimedia News Director If reading your community newspaper evokes any sort of emotion in you, more often than not, we've done our job.

Bond reform TO THE EDITOR Earlier this month, a drunk driver killed a Good Samaritan helping another motorist on the side of the road. That drunk driver had four prior drunk driving convictions. That drunk driver was free on signature bond, as he was facing his fifth drunk driving...