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In a development that is sure to generate debate in New Richmond, the city announced in a press release late Friday afternoon, April 5, that it has received a rezoning request from Immigration Centers of America to rezone a parcel of land west of the St. Croix Correctional Center to allow for the construction of a detention center through the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Program. ICE is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Tom Lindfors / RiverTown Multimedia
A question of detention versus sanctuary
The city of New Richmond has scheduled a community conversation for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 at WITC to publicly discuss an application...
 News/government and politics April 18, 2019 - 9:08am
A truck inches uncertainly toward a bridge spanning the South Fork of the Kinnickinnic River just east of River Falls on 900th Street at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 17. Sarah Nigbor / RiverTown Multimedia play button
WATCH: Flash flooding in River Falls; road closing in Pierce County; mudslide reported in Prescott
Flash flooding left damage and closed roads around Pierce County after a heavy soaking rain drenched the area Wednesday, April 17. Prescott officials...
 News/Weather April 17, 2019 - 4:32pm
Dakota County partners with Lyft
A partnership between Dakota County and ridesharing service Lyft is giving certain county residents on Medicaid waivers a new transportation...
 News/government and politics April 18, 2019 - 5:00am
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Judge James Duvall looks at Rose Marie Kuehni (foreground) as he sentences her Tuesday in Pierce County Circuit Court. (RiverTown Multimedia photo by Mike Longaecker)
UPDATE: Bailey family 'completely disappointed' in Kuehni case
ELLSWORTH — The Prescott woman who claimed self-defense in the 2015 shooting death of her boyfriend was sentenced to probation Tuesday after...
 News/crime and courts December 7, 2016 - 9:32am
Staff member Jo Severson gives a live owl program with Ruby, a great horned owl, at the International Owl Center in Houston, Minn., on August 31, 2018. Steve Gardiner / RiverTown Multimedia
101 Things To Do: International Owl Center in Houston, Minnesota
Housed in a simple brick building in downtown Houston, Minn., the International Owl Center is filled with information about and enthusiasm for...
 lifestyle/travel April 18, 2019 - 4:00pm
Key panel backs St. Croix County jail expansion project
St. Croix County Board members next month will decide the fate of an $8.4 million borrowing package that would fund three projects including...
 News/government and politics April 18, 2019 - 11:28am
Tom Swanson is pictured undergoing one of three weekly dialysis treatments. Because Polycystic Kidney Disease, which Swanson suffers from is incurable, dialysis is the next immediate option to keep him alive until he finds a kidney donor. Submitted photo
Prescott man needs a kidney, wants thousands of others to receive one too
About 95,000 people in the United States as of January 2019 are waiting on a list to receive a kidney, according to the U.S. Government Information...
 community/people April 18, 2019 - 12:00pm
Weekend I-94 closure in Woodbury postponed due to snow
Road and ramp closures around Interstate 94 in Woodbury originally scheduled to begin Friday night, April 12, have been rescheduled due to snow,...
 News/traffic and construction April 12, 2019 - 10:05am
Patty Berger, the 2016 New Richmond Citizen of the Year (left), and incoming chamber president Marie Gremore (right) congratulate 2017 Citizen of the Year Rachel Sauvola (center). (Raymond T. Rivard photograph)
Rachel Sauvola named 2017 NR Citizen of the Year
Rachel Sauvola, the agriscience instructor at New Richmond High School, was named the New Richmond Citizen of the Year at the New Richmond Area...
 community/events January 27, 2017 - 3:19pm
Emma Malicki (center) inspired some of her sixth grade classmates at Cottage Grove Middle School to collect toiletries for homeless veterans. Some students who are not in the photo also donated. Submitted photo courtesy of Jean Kilgore
Cleansing and compassion: 11-year-old leads drive to collect toiletries for homeless vets
The bags are piling up at the Cottage Grove home of Emma Malicki. One-gallon Ziplocs bulge with miniature bottles of shampoo, body wash and deodorant,...
 community/people April 18, 2019 - 3:00pm
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Man accused of attempting to stab brother said he just wanted to 'cut vegetables,' complaint alleges
A national Judo competitor into his 30s, Randal Gast assured authorities his proficiency in self-defense saved him from a fate that "would have...
 News/crime and courts April 16, 2019 - 3:43pm
Man found dead inside vehicle in Roberts
Police said a man found dead in a Roberts parking lot was an apparent suicide victim. Authorities responded at 5:33 p.m. Monday, April 15, to...
 News/crime and courts April 16, 2019 - 10:54am
New Richmond lawyer named to panel that will recommend judges to Evers
A New Richmond-based lawyer was appointed last week to the Governor's Judicial Selection Advisory Committee. Gov. Tony Evers named civil litigator Michael J. Brose among members of the committee, according to an April 15 news release. Brose practices at the Doar, Drill & Skow firm,...
 News/government and politics April 18, 2019 - 11:32am
Wendy Fleury was once a television news reporter and now holds a position as a Pierce County dispatcher. She has been in the emergency telecommunications field for six months. Submitted photo
'We're in it together,' dispatcher says during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
They may remember the voice, but they may never know the face. Community members around the world rely on the voice behind a 9-1-1 call every...
 community/people April 16, 2019 - 8:00am
Tammy Pitzen is the new secretary for the Pierce County Fair office, succeeding Ginny Huber. Pitzen spent time on the fairgrounds in Ellsworth as a youth and thought it would be exciting to be a part of the fair, which she described as a “great county tradition.” (Herald photo by Bill Kirk)
Educator, school secretary gives fair office a try
Tammy Pitzen has several reasons why she wanted to be the new secretary for the Pierce County Fair office, a role she assumed in December, succeeding...
 lifestyle August 11, 2014 - 9:36am

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