St. Croix County District Attorney Eric Johnson said Monday that no charges will be filed against the 17-year-old boy who allegedly made threats to shoot principals at Hudson High School on Nov. 5.

Andy Hoffman had Santa's ear last weekend when Santa came to his Hudson home in Kelley Fine Art and Frame Gallery. Santa has been in Hudson every weekend since Thanksgiving courtesy of Kelley and Lavender Thymes. Andy is the son of Deb and Bill Hoffman.

What changes have taken place in education as the current century comes to a close, and what path will it follow in the next millennium?

Judge Conrad A. Richards has established roots in Hudson, a place where he started his professional career in 1962 as an afterthought on his way from a job interview in the Twin Cities.

In one of the more unusual civil cases in local history, St. Croix County Judge Eric Lundell awarded $5.4 million Wednesday, Dec. 15, to the estate of Jane Neumann to be paid by her husband, James Neumann.

Apparently some students have been smoking in the boys' and girls' bathrooms in the west end of Hudson High School, which caused the lavatories to be locked up and provoked discussion at last Tuesday's school board meeting.