Money

Though they have asked to borrow $5 million from the State Trust Fund, St. Croix County supervisors voted 15-3 to limit the draw on that loan to $3,707,099. The resolution adopted March 1 says the draw and another $50,000 from the jail improvement fund will be spent this way: ●...

In an effort to get the Willow River Bluffs development back on the tax rolls and to allow for a parcel of property to be developed as was its original purpose more than a decade ago, the New Richmond City Council recently approved a resolution asking that St. Croix County sell the...

The state Health Services Department has recovered $40 million in overpayments to Medicaid health care providers since 2011, according to a report released Monday by the agency's inspector general.

Wisconsin political leaders give their condolences after the death of former First Lady Nancy Reagan.

OEM Fabricators is closing its Baldwin plant, resulting in the elimination of 34 jobs.

It was all about back to the future at the Monday, Feb. 22, New Richmond City Council work session as board members considered important issues such as roads, the library and safe routes to school. But it was the council’s look toward how city streets would connect to the Hwy. 64...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Wisconsin House Republican Jim Sensenbrenner has asked the FBI to stop making local police swear to secrecy, when they use Stingray devices to round-up cell phone numbers. The devices track cell activity by suspected criminals but in the process, they locate cell-numbers...

Development of a day reporting center at the St. Croix County Jail could assure that those out on bond or on probation are being monitored as the judges assume they are, say those championing the project. “This is not done widely throughout the state. We’re really on the cutting...

The New Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of New Richmond join forces to co-host a “State of the City” breakfast as part of the “Eggs and Issues” informational sessions offered periodically throughout the year.

The case of James Gavin headlined Monday’s Board meeting Gavin originally applied for an operator’s license to work at Rustler’s Bar and Grill. The license was originally denied by Police Chief Rick Coltrain as terms of his probation called for him not to work in a bar. Toward...

MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin's best-known independent poll has Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in a virtual tie as the April 5 presidential primary gets closer. A new Marquette Law School poll released Thursday gives Sanders a 44% to 43% edge, and he has a 30-point lead among...