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July 19, 2013
St. Croix among counties designated by FSA
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack designated 48 counties in Wisconsin as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by excessive rain, excessive snow, and multiple periods of thawing and refreezing resulting in in winterkill that occurred beginning Jan. 1 through...
news / regionJuly 19, 2013 - 8:23am
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July 5, 2013
4-H group prepares for first fair
The Tri-River 4-H group is preparing for the St. Croix County Fair, its first fair since the group formed in August of 2012. "The St. Croix County Fair is always a highlight of the 4-H year and of the summer for 4-H members and leaders," said Tri-River 4-H leader Ann Mitchell. Mitchell...
life / familyJuly 5, 2013 - 9:11am
June 20, 2013
Farm bill fails in House
The U.S. House this afternoon defeated 234-195 a farm bill that would have funded agriculture and nutrition programs for the next five years. The defeat came after House Speaker House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., had agreed to support the bill...
news / politicsJune 20, 2013 - 1:17pm
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June 8, 2013
St. Croix County Fair premium books ready
The St. Croix County Fair premium books have been mailed to all open class, senior citizens and school exhibitors that entered in the 2012 St. Croix County Fair. For open class, senior citizen and school exhibitors, you will find an entry blank with your name and exhibitor number...
June 8, 2013 - 7:42am
June 7, 2013
Rodeo raises cash for fairgrounds
The St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo will be bringing top notch Ram Rodeo to St. Croix County Fairgrounds & Fairplex, Glenwood City, Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, with 7:30 p.m. performances. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m.
arts and entertainmentJune 7, 2013 - 7:43am
April 11, 2013
Hesselink elected to FSA committee
The St. Croix County Farm Service Agency presented Richard Hesselink with his Certificate of Election to the St. Croix County Committee at its...
April 11, 2013 - 11:04am
March 23, 2013
Team sorting tests skills of young, old alike
Outside a fresh layer of snow and a cloudless blue sky made it feel more like January than mid-March, while inside the arena at Rimoe Ranch just...
outdoorsMarch 23, 2013 - 8:22am
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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...
February 9, 2013 - 9:32am
January 18, 2013
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...
business / January 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...
January 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.
November 3, 2012 - 10:05am
August 16, 2012
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...
August 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...
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...
celebrationsJune 14, 2012 - 12:04pm
May 24, 2012
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...
May 24, 2012 - 11:32am
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