The Raider varsity boys basketball team will compete in the state tournament this weekend. Members are, from left, front row, cheerleaders Jackie Willman, Emily Roenfanz, Kim Brown, Leslie Zappa, Kelly Schnobrich and Jessica Wolf; middle row, Joel Reinke, Josh Barta, Justin Martin, Paul Metzger, Nate Miller, Brady Krueger and Jeff Johnson; back row, Coach Tim Scharfenberg, Derrick Hagen, Tim Carlson, Josh Glampe, Chris Klemp, Brian Fodroczi and assistant coach Jason Swavely.

Hudson High School's boys basketball team did what it's been planning to do since this time last year.

It is said that on St. Patrick's Day, everybody is either Irish or wishes they were. It is also said Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is honored for driving the snakes off the island.

Allison Glenn Helmen

An 18-month-old Hudson girl died Sunday after being struck by a pickup in the parking lot of a Burnsville, Minn., restaurant.

It appears that City Attorney William Radosevich will soon undergo a performance evaluation like other Hudson city officials.

Gerry Johnson, seated, and Jim Miller played together on a Hudson High School basketball team that almost made it to the state tournament in 1970. Their sons, Jeff Johnson and Nate Miller, have made it to Madison.

A Miller-Johnson duo playing guard for Hudson High School's boys basketball team is nothing new.

Temperatures rose and snow melted away during the weekend, making things balmy enough for this couple to stroll through the moonlight - and the lamplight - along the not-so-frozen St. Croix River. Many people took to Lakefront Park as the ice receded.