Members of the Polk County Tourism Council and Information Center staff, spent time at the Wisconsin State Fair last week, promoting Polk County.
News
The Dresser Village Board August 5 approved a three percent water rate increase for the village, tentatively effective October 21, 2019.
Gov. Tony Evers has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a Preliminary Damage Assessment later this month for 19 Wisconsin counties and tribes hit hard by severe storms, flooding, straight line winds and tornadoes. This is the first step in potentially requesti…
Some of the winners at the 2019 Polk County Fair were:
Sports
Osceola Legion Baseball, what a way to extend a high school player’s season. This year the team fielded 16 young and talented athletes from the Osceola High School, consisting of four seniors, four juniors, and eight sophomores. Sixteen is a good number to have, considering all these players…
They say to choose your battles wisely. The same could be said about fishing. I hear so many people say how they struggle catching fish this time of year and in most cases it’s true, but it needn’t be. The people who struggle in August do so because they fish now like they did in May. It cou…
It starts in the spring when morel mushrooms and wild asparagus pop up for people who love the fresh flavor of tasty wild foods. About the same time spring fishing and turkey hunting come onboard. Add fresh fish and truly free-range turkey to make a meal fit for a king.
Obituaries
Howard C. Campbell died Aug. 13, 2019, at The Deerfield in New…
Bernice Marie Jensen passed in peace on Aug.13, 2019. She was …
Lucille B. Strohbeen from New Richmond died July 29, 2019. Sh…
Robert Allen Montpetit of Milltown died July 25, 2019, at the …
Kenneth ‘Ken’ Bierl died July 28, 2019, at his home in Osceola…
Opinion
I’m sick of the outright lies about President Trump and Republicans as racist!
Have you heard of friendship bread? It’s a yummy bread that makes so much you have to share it.
The recent tragedies that have occurred are the byproduct of the hateful, fear mongering president we currently have. The shooter in El Paso even quoted myriad comments from Trump and Fox in his screed before he killed more than 20 people in cold blood, one mother while trying to protect her…
Last week brought a ‘Times in Which We Live’ presentation by Jeff Kinley to the St. Croix Falls Library. Titled ‘The Death of America,’ he raised concerns about our country’s losing its spiritual moorings and its moral values. Sadly, this does not seem to bother people today.
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