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• Hudson -- 'Deal or No Deal' contestant is back home
• Nude cell phone photos lead to trouble for Hudson High School teens
• Vandals hit North Hudson elementary

Pat Hook of Roberts has just returned from his appearance on the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal." He can't reveal anything about how he did on the program, but he does know that the program will be aired on Wednesday, May 7, beginning at 7 p.m.

Hook's wife, Brandi, said the family will be at a special screening of the show at Buffalo Wild Wings of Hudson from 7-9 p.m. at the restaurant. Anyone interested in attending should call (715) 381-6531.

The show was reportedly filmed in the Philippines. The Hooks cannot share any details of their experience, even with their sons, until after the show has aired. Pat Hook is an elementary teacher in Woodbury. Brandi (Sutter) Hook was born and raised in Hudson.

By Meg Heaton

mheaton@rivertowns.net

The information age took an ugly turn recently at Hudson High School when a so-called collage of partially naked pictures of a female student turned up in a boys locker room.

A copy of the photos was found by a teacher, and school administrators and police began an investigation.

The photos, 11 of them, were compiled into a collage and reprinted by two male students now facing misdemeanor charges for defamation of character. The two students accused of printing the collage of photos and passing them around are Tyler J. Schultz, 17, and Michael Meyer-Senty, 17.

The photos were collected from cell phone images allegedly sent by the victim herself to boys she had dated. According to witnesses interviewed by police, Schultz asked for and got the photos from several other students' cell phones, both male and female students.

The boys allegedly told police they had been wrongly accused of property damage at the girl's home, and the photos were printed in retaliation.

For more information see the May 1 edition of the Star-Observer.

By Meg Heaton, RiverTown Staff

Sometime overnight on Sunday, North Hudson Elementary School on Lemon Street North was targeted by one or more vandals.

The vandals used colored chalk to write profanity, obscenities and hate speech at 15 different locations around the school, mostly on doors and windows. The damage was discovered by a North Hudson Police officer doing a building check around 3 a.m. on Monday.

After taking photographs of the damage and detailing what was found, police notified school authorities so that they could begin cleanup prior to students reporting for school on Monday morning.

It took the school custodian more than four hours to remove the words from the building.

The police officer also found several cars in the area that had been hit by the vandals with similar damage.

North Hudson Police Chief Mark Richert said despite the fact that no permanent or costly damage was done to the school, officers are aggressively investigating the case.

They are talking with possible witnesses who may have information about who is responsible. "We want to talk to the people involved as soon as we can. If you have a conscience and want to talk to an officer about what happened, I urge you to call or come in and talk to us as soon as possible. It would be best if the people involved came forward on their own. We will continue to investigate this and will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law," said Richert.

Anyone with information on the incident can reach Richert at NHPD, (715) 386-8433.