Residents of the village of Baldwin said in a May 18 referendum that they support the establishment of an Indian casino at Hudson if it means substantial property tax relief for them.

Gerald Heikkila is retiring at the end of the school term. He has been a teacher at Hudson High School for 31 years.

Hudson Medical Center, Western Wisconsin Medical Associates and HealthPartners have formalized a contract between Hudson Medical Center and Regions Hospital in St. Paul. In a related development, the new group announced the purchase of 17 acres of land, located at I-94 and Carmichael Road and designated for the construction of a future new hospital and healthcare campus.

Mark Johnson wants the sort of things young Americans have always wanted. Some day he'd like to have a good job, a wife, kids and a cabin up north. His immediate goal is to do well in football at UW-Stout. His older brother Brian will be his teammate on the Blue Devils' squad.

Local Memorial Day services are scheduled Monday, including ceremonies in Hudson, Lakeland and Afton. Local veterans will also participate in the dedication of an area veterans memorial in Clear Lake.

Gordon Knudson, commander of Otis H. King Post 50 of the American Legion in Hudson, works on the schedule of events his organization along with the Hudson Memorial Post 2115, Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct Monday.

The true observance of Memorial Day may have lost its meaning over the past three decades, says Gordon Knudson, commander of the American Legion Otis H. King Post No. 50 in Hudson. In 1971 a federal law selected the last Monday in May as the time to observe Memorial Day. From shortly after the Civil War until 1971 Memorial Day was always on May 30.

City Attorney Bill Radosevich says an ordinance passed May 17 by the Hudson City Council does not ban totally nude dancing at Centerfolds Cabaret, as reported last week in the Star-Observer.