Those in Polk County planning on holding large gatherings in the near future should be pay attention to the county committees looking to revise the Large Assembly Ordinance.

There’s a reason I don’t write about current events. The news flies at me faster than I can absorb. I cannot make sense of it all, and it feels as if I should always be doing something more, knowing ...

What started as a single Facebook post by the owner of a bar in St. Croix Falls has grown into a countywide display of support, as local bars and restaurants united last week to raise over $20,000 in ...

After all the time we spent living in Frostbite Falls this winter, it’s time to put dates on your summer outdoor calendar. I’m about as old as Methuselah so you can say I’ve been around. Before the ...

Missed opportunities cost the St. Croix Falls boys’ basketball team against Hayward Jan. 26, and as a result, their four-game winning streak is no more as the Hurricanes prevailed 98-91 in overtime.

Caleb Irlbeck and Hunter Bradway combined for 40 points and 17 rebounds as the Osceola boys basketball team defeated Somerset 64-48 on Jan. 30. “I liked the way our team responded to a bit of ...

The Osceola boys wrestling team took second at the Menomonie Whitetail Shootout Jan. 30, winning three duals and losing the final to Minnesota power St. Michael-Albertville. In pool play, the ...

The combination of Marley Larson and Laura Johnson supplied enough offense for the Hudson girls’ hockey team to defeat Western Wisconsin 4-3 Jan. 30. Larson scored Hudson’s first two goals in the ...

Stillwater won four straight matches between 144 and 165 pounds to take control of the dual match against the Saints Jan. 29. The teams traded wins in the first six matches, with Stillwater ahead ...

Without the intuition and follow-up from a friendly banker, Polk County in 2024 could have lost nearly $200,000 via a hacker who had gained access to county information via a county employee using ...

The Osceola girls basketball team is now 3-0 when they score 60 points or more, with the latest being a 61-42 victory over Shell Lake in the Northwest Basketball Challenge Jan. 31 in Somerset. “The ...