Schools

The Somerset School District, in collaboration with the Somerset Police Department, is in the process of updating its District Emergency Management Plan to include the ALICE program. ALICE is an acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate and is designed to provide...

UPDATE: Students arriving at New Richmond Middle School on the morning of Monday, Jan. 11, were greeted by staff members sending them home. The school was closed for the day for the day due to a water main break. The following message was sent out to the district at 3:51 p.m. declaring...

A former teacher is hoping to block the New Richmond School District and its superintendent from releasing his personnel file from the 1980s and ’90s. Thomas Woznicki of Newton filed a petition in St. Croix County Circuit Court naming New Richmond School District Superintendent...

The St. Croix Central school board accepted the retirements of six staff members Monday night with a combined 165 years of experience to the district. “After 25,000 lectures, I don’t have much more to say,” said Jim Ehlers, high school social studies, after 35 years, as he...

According to a message on the St. Croix Central School District website, all St. Croix Central schools will start two hours late on Tuesday, Nov. 11, due to icy road conditions. There is not yet any indication whether New Richmond or Somerset schools will be closed or open late. This...

If New Richmond Superintendent Jeff Moberg was to make a New Year’s resolution, one of the top things he would set forth to do this year would be to communicate to the community how important literacy is to succeed in school and life as a whole. In an effort to increase the...

If St. Croix Central High Schools students play their cards right this year, they could go home every day without any homework, and student athletes won't fall behind in any of their late-day classes due to leaving early for competition. New to the school schedule this year is a ninth-period...