Hudson-based Erickson's Diversified has sold its grocery business to Nash Finch, a Minneapolis based company. The sale includes all of Erickson's 18 grocery stores in Wisconsin and Minnesota, along with the corporate office headquarter (right photo) in Hudson.

At right is Erickson's Hudson grocery store, City Market.

A long-standing Hudson business, Erickson's Diversified, was sold Monday to Nash Finch Co., a Minneapolis-based food wholesaler and retailer.

District Superintendent Ronald Bernth surveys the scene from Vine Street as police, firefighters and ambulance workers search Hudson High School for a bomb Friday morning. Photo by Randy Hanson

If the person or persons who called in bomb threats to Hudson High School Friday and Monday mornings think it's a joke, the humor is lost on most of the city.

When parishioners at St. Paul's Episcopal Church gathered for worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, there was no altar up front and no piano to lead the signing.

Cokie Roberts recalls pestering her mother every time she saw a sign like "William Jones & Sons." As a child, Roberts, coanchor of ABC's "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts," wanted to know why there weren't any signs that said "Mary Jones & Daughters."

The Education Foundation of Hudson is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of person or persons involved in the recent bomb threats at Hudson High School.

The Raider softball team trounced River Falls in a pair of games last week, but when traveling to Bloomer, were courteous enough as guests to keep the doubleheader sweep somewhat close.