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    February 9, 2013
    St. Croix County plans land sale
    St. Croix County will see the end of the county farm era when 552 acres of former county farm land is sold at auction Feb. 23. The auction will begin at 11 a.m. at Gibby's Lanes, 546 North Shore Drive in New Richmond. The sale will be conducted by Hager Auction Services with the...
    newsFebruary 9, 2013 - 9:32am
    January 18, 2013
    Chuck Polfus has retired and sold his interest in Frontier Ag & Turf to partner Greg Christenson. He's pictured in a 1949 Chevrolet truck that was completely restored by Mick Anderson of Johnson Motors in New Richmond.
    Polfus retires from Frontier Ag & Turf
    Chuck Polfus elected to retire from Frontier, Inc. (formally Polfus Implement) on Dec. 31, 2012. For more than 70 years, the Polfus family has...
    businessJanuary 18, 2013 - 9:53am
    January 11, 2013
    Richard Hesselink elected to FSA county committee
    The Farm Service Agency (FSA) in St. Croix County has announced that COC member Richard Hesselink has been elected to the St. Croix County Committee to represent producers in the county. The FSA county committee system, established in the 1930s, gives local farmers a voice in how...
    newsJanuary 11, 2013 - 7:35am
    November 3, 2012
    FSA voting begins Nov. 5
    Bob Forrest, St. Croix County executive director of USDA's Farm Service Agency, announced that ballots for the 2012 FSA county committee elections will be mailed to eligible voters Nov. 5. The deadline for eligible voters to return ballots to the St. Croix FSA offices is Dec.
    newsNovember 3, 2012 - 10:05am
    August 16, 2012
    Volunteers demonstrate antique threshing machinery at Farm City Day.
    Doornink family rolls out welcome mat
    The Doornink family and Jon-De Farm Inc. hosted the 2012 version of St. Croix County's 2012 Farm-City Day on Aug. 11. The event marked the 31st...
    newsAugust 16, 2012 - 1:20pm
    July 7, 2012
    Rabb to serve as FFA vice president
    Gabes Rabb of the New Richmond FFA Chapter was elected to a year of service as the 2012-13 Section 2 State FFA Officer during the 83rd Wisconsin FFA Convention held in Madison. Rachel Sauvola is Rabb's advisor. Her parents are Larry and Twila Lengyel. Rabb joined the FFA as a seventh-grader...
    news/educationJuly 7, 2012 - 4:38pm
    June 14, 2012
    St. Croix County Fair exhibitors' deadline nears
    The entry deadline for exhibits at the St. Croix County Fair is June 17. In 2011 a two-year fair book was printed and will be used again for 2012. It is the fair book with the yellow cover. All open Class and Senior Citizen entry blanks were mailed to last year's exhibitors and...
    newsJune 14, 2012 - 12:04pm
    May 24, 2012
    The Friends of the St. Croix County Fairplex accepted a $2,500 check thanks to the America's Farmers Grow Communities grant program. Pictured (left to right) are - Kyle Mitchell, winning farmer who designated the gift for the Fairplex; Matt Cranston, Precision Ag/Countryside Cooperative representative; and Chris Libbey, president of The Friends of the St. Croix County Fairplex.
    Donation helps pay off Fairplex dairy barn project
    With more than 250 head of cattle being shown at the St. Croix County fair annually, the Dairy Project is the largest 4-H animal project at the...
    newsMay 24, 2012 - 11:32am
    May 17, 2012
    Henk VanDyk won't be relaxing much in an easy chair now that he's retired from his long-time law practice. The New Richmond native still plans to keep busy operating a dairy operation in rural New Richmond.
    Attorney gives up the law for the land
    After nearly 40 years of practicing law, Henk VanDyk is retiring from his downtown New Richmond practice. VanDyk said he is ending his legal...
    businessMay 17, 2012 - 9:58am
    April 20, 2012
    A couple vintage tractors take their turn in the field along County Road C in the Town of Star Prairie.
    Plow Day held near New Richmond
    The Osecola FFA Alumni organization conducted their annual Plow Day event near New Richmond on Saturday. Vintage tractors along with various...
    newsApril 20, 2012 - 9:00am
    January 14, 2012
    Sarah Rushfeldt
    State honey queen crowned
    The Wisconsin Honey Producers Association has announced that Sarah Rushfeldt has been selected as the 2012 Wisconsin Honey Queen. Rushfeldt...
    newsJanuary 14, 2012 - 8:17am
    December 1, 2011
    St. Croix County committee voting deadline nears
    Bob Forrest, executive director of the St. Croix County Farm Service Agency, urges farmers and other agricultural producers to vote in the FSA county committee election by Dec. 5, the deadline for casting ballots. The St. Croix County Committee 2011 election is for Local Administrative...
    newsDecember 1, 2011 - 11:44am
    August 6, 2010
    Preparations for the 2010 Farm City Day at J-C Croes Farm/Croes Udder Dairy began on Saturday with the St. Croix Valley Collectors Association of antique tractors coming to the farm of Jerry and Charlotte Croes, Deer Park, to cut and bundle oats to begin the threshing process for the event that will take place Saturday, Aug. 14 at the farm. The association will have many antique tractors, a thresher and baler on hand that day to show how the process of harvesting took place years ago.
    Croes family hosts Farm City Day
    Cows, calves, pigs, chickens and much more is what you'll see at Croes Udder Dairy and J-C Croes Farm when you attend St. Croix County Farm City...
    sports/outdoorsAugust 6, 2010 - 4:26pm
    July 22, 2010
    Ryan Sterry
    Ag agent hired for St. Croix County
    They are big shoes to fill, but Ryan Sterry is up to the challenge. Sterry has been hired as the St. Croix County University of Wisconsin-Extension...
    newsJuly 22, 2010 - 1:28pm
    July 9, 2010
    Jody and Mike Lenz are pictured on the farm with their children Claudia, Malcom and Jonas.
    Local CSA support continues to grow
    As Jody Lenz pointed out the laying hens that are part of Threshing Table Farm, her daughter Claudia chimed in with the exact number. "67. I...
    newsJuly 9, 2010 - 2:48am
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