Editorial

The Village of Hammond needs to do something quickly to attract its best and brightest citizens to serve on its boards and commissions instead of chasing them out the door one by one. Sandy Brecht resigned as a village trustee Monday night. The reason she gave was the fact that nothing...

Lynnete McCarty has been working for years on bringing a skateboard park to the youth of New Richmond. Things were looking up this autumn when an anonymous donor offered to put up $40,000 for a skate park if it were built by the end of the year and if it were built in the Paperjack...

According to Merriam-Webster.com, the word transparent has two meanings: able to be seen through and easy to notice or understand. Transparency is a key attribute for just about any organization, especially those that serve the community and people in need, such as the Five Loaves...

The first of seven scheduled Green Bay Packers TV blackouts occurred last Sunday against the Detroit Lions. With the team’s poor showing in a 19-7 defeat, some are probably glad they missed the game on TV. Packers blackouts for western Wisconsin viewers are nothing new. They’ve...

Brace yourselves. The New Richmond News will look a little different next week. Don’t worry. You can still expect all the same coverage of local government, law enforcement, education, sports, business, community affairs and viewpoints. It’ll be in a more modern font and a little...

New Richmond Fire & Rescue desperately needs a new ladder truck. It won’t be cheap, but it will be worth it. Fire Chief Jim Vander Wyst began making pleas to replace the ladder truck five years ago, but the issue has been put on the back burner by both City Council and the...

If seeing is believing, the members of the New Richmond City Council should have no problem believing the city’s department heads when they come looking for taxpayer money this budget season. Last month the City Council spent consecutive Monday evenings on little field trips to...

If area residents find themselves in an emergency, whether it be from an armed assailant or a massive chemical fire belching toxic smoke, they can have confidence that local police, firefighters, medics, dispatchers and other front-line emergency personnel have their backs. In an...

It’s time to come to terms with the fact that a new city library likely won’t be built at the Glover Park site where the Friday Memorial Library now sits. The debate is over, and $500,000 of grant money is on the table. It appears to be a done deal that the city’s new library...

This week’s front page includes two articles about aviation in New Richmond, underscoring the importance of the city’s airport. The first article is about how the New Richmond Regional Airport is celebrating its 50th anniversary by hosting an event featuring multiple World War...

This week’s edition contains two articles involving volunteer first responders who answered the call of duty. The big front page story is about an intense warehouse blaze that volunteer fire crews from New Richmond, Somerset and Roberts/Warren fought all night long. The owner...

After more than 15 years of discussions and study, the city appears to finally have chosen a site for a new community library. Though it’s far from certain, the June 30 joint meeting of the New Richmond City Council, the New Richmond School District Board of Education and the New...

Celebrating America’s Independence Day with fireworks is long-standing tradition. Nothing says summer like gazing skyward at explosions of blue, green, orange, yellow, purple, pink and red just after dusk on a warm evening. It’s a time to remember how thankful we are to live...

In October, a headline read “Revenue head holds out little hope for quick return of tax reciprocity.” In this week’s edition, a headline reads “Income tax reciprocity talks reopened with Minnesota.” Talks broke down late last year as Minnesota demanded $6 million to reinstate...

The City of New Richmond put on a party — complete with disc golf, pickleball and free root beer floats — to unveil its new park plan. After our initial review of the document, we understand why. The 61-page document has plenty to offer in terms of the past, the present and the...