Motors were revving and exhaust was in the air at the Cedar Lake Speedway Arena Saturday. In the pit, sets of racers lined up again and again as the rounds were called. Outside, clanging and knocking echoed from trailers as bikes were readied for the track.

Although it might not arrive for almost a year, a new fire truck is in the works for the Village of Osceola. The village’s board of trustees approved the purchase Tuesday, Oct. 9. 

The Polk County Board last night approved a plan that would add ATV and UTV use to the Stower Seven Lakes State Trail. The plan, which proposes a parallel path within the trail’s existing right of way to separate different types of trail users, will now go to the Wisconsin Department of Natu…

An “open” sign hung in the propped-open door of the Osceola Public Library last Wednesday, two days after the library opened in the newly constructed Discovery Center. Patrons stepped in to check out books and the library’s new home. 

UPDATE — OCT 17, 4 p.m. The Barron County Sheriff's Department announced they were continuing to follow up on the more than 200 tips they had received about the whereabouts of Jayme Closs. Tip line number: 1-855-744-3879. ——— The Barron County Sheriff's Department is asking the public to loo…

St. Croix Falls author Phil Peterson, Sr., will elucidate three decades of research about moonshine’s local history at an upcoming talk sponsored by St. Croix Falls Historical Society. 

Today, Jim Demulling and Randy Demulling are neighbors on the border of Polk and St. Croix counties. But they’re also cousins, once removed.

With the Pumpkin Express train and bash set for the weekend of October 19 - 21, Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway volunteers are laying the groundwork for a successful event in Dresser.

Nearly 100 years of wind power

The dirt flying at Osceola Medical Center is the initial work of a new, all-inclusive community playground. 

Carter and Gene Johnson announced the hiring of Matt McMillan as the chief executive officer for their group of newspapers located in Minnesota and Wisconsin, including The Sun in Osceola.

Hope and despair. Life and death. The places in between.

October 2 marks 50 years since the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act was signed into law, creating a national system of wild and scenic rivers and the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.

A community gathers in its warmer jackets and sweaters to say hello to one another, enjoy some autumn cheer, and find a few special things for their homes to bring in the golden and red fourth quarter of the year.

The Osceola Town Board reaffirmed its position last week that the Stower Seven Lakes State Trail remain off-limits to motors.

A dedication held at Dresser Post office last Friday honored local law enforcement, firefighters and first responders.

Staff at the Polk County Highway Department moved into their new headquarters August 13. The new set of buildings replaces the highway shop built in 1933.

Editor’s note: Leading up to the midterm elections, the Upper St. Croix Valley League of Women Voters has posed a series of questions to local candidates on issues important to northwest Wisconsin. This is the third of five questions Assembly District 28 candidates have been invited to answe…

Navy Captain Jeremy R. Hill, a 1991 Osceola High School graduate and Star Prairie, native, will turn over command of USS Portland (LPD 27) at a change of command ceremony September 21.

Sarah Vater, a 2016 graduate of Osceola High School who made headlines for her fundraising efforts as a teen, is now a college student working to make life better for others.

Osceola Methodists welcome new pastor

Fall events go off without a hitch

The Baldwin Bulletin held an open house yesterday, September 20, after being purchased by The Sun's parent publishing group, Sentinel Publications.

One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found and confounded. And life for the people of Al…

Osceola's annual Wheels & Wings event was held September 8 at L.O. Simenstad Municipal Airport.

Trail planning 

Osceola celebrated its annual community fair September 7-9. The fair has been a tradition since 1924.

Jeff Meyer, a longtime CEO at the Osceola Medical Center, returned to the organization in early July following the resignation of Tom Geskermann at the end of June.

The co-founder and longtime CEO of Franconia Sculpture Park, John Hock, has left his leadership post at the popular arts destination west of Taylors Falls.

One hot summer day in 2016, Wade White brought his father, Warren White, out into the woods.