Peanut butter and banana, bacon and cheddar? These are the new doggie treat flavors baked fresh for Osceola Farmer’s Market and offered by Little Farm in the Valley. 

The Annual St. Croix Regional Medical Center’s Salad Luncheon, known for its varied selection of delicious food, music, fine service and a great cause, will be held Friday, June 15 at St. Croix Falls High School between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Recipe for an executive director at a small-town arts center: Mix equal parts event planner, volunteer coordinator and visionary. Add a dash of diplomacy and a pinch of ambition. Stir gently.

A plane engine drones in the sky above William Patten’s Osceola townhouse. It’s a fitting backdrop for the centenarian’s stories. In the final years of World War II he flew a B-17 bomber. Now, days shy of a century old, Patten recalls his days as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force with rich detail.

Joyful Morning Coffee Shop in Dresser invites you to enjoy an evening with Christian music legend Randy Stonehill on June 15 starting at 7 p.m. This is a free concert open to the public, and a free will offering will be taken.

Polk County Investigator Anthony F. Grimm announced his candidacy Polk County sheriff on Sunday.  

A second candidate has announced her run for Polk County clerk of court. 

A St. Croix Falls quartet took first in a state competition May 19, the second time in four years that a group from the city has won a state barbershop championship.

The Dresser Police Review Committee will establish a set of procedures and regulations before addressing a recent complaint brought by a resident.

An Osceola restaurant has earned this year’s St. Croix Watershed Stewardship Award. In May, the St. Croix River Association recognized the Watershed Cafe and its owners, Rita and Steve Rasmuson, for their contributions to stewardship of the St. Croix River and its broader watershed. 

Noted for its elaborate and extensive system of hiking, biking and foot trails, St. Croix Falls will host its first annual City of Trails Festival this weekend, June 8-10.

Local farm meets growing demand

Getting ready for the conference season, the Braves fell 5-1 to Minnesota state tourney qualifier in 2017 Champlin Logators 5-1 last Wednesday at Oakey Park.

Polk County has contracted with CodeRED to allow everyone throughout the county the opportunity to receive free emergency alert notifications that require immediate action or awareness. These notifications could include but are not limited to emergency evacuations, missing children alerts, e…

Kids of all abilities would be able to use a playground being planned by the Osceola Community Health Foundation for the medical center campus. The foundation is currently raising funds for the project and hopes to build it with the help of local volunteers in late summer.

One person is dead and three others injured after a two vehicle accident just south of Amery on May 27.

Although she grew up on golf courses in Wisconsin and played collegiate golf at Stanford University, Casey Danielson seems to enjoy the comforts, and successes, of playing in Minnesota.  

The Osceola Area Ambulance Service just took delivery of a 2018 Freightliner Road Rescue Ambulance by Everest Emergency Vehicles, Inc. Funds have been used not only for the new ambulance purchase but to also equip it with the necessary essentials such as Stryker power load system, Stryker po…

Area manufacturers and skilled tradespeople gathered last week at the site of the future Discovery Center Fab Lab and Workforce Development Center for a hard hat luncheon hosted by the Inspire…Building a Center of Discovery fundraising campaign. 

After some confusion about the original deadline, warning lights and gates are planned for the 248th Street railroad crossing by the end of this year.

In his first public statement regarding a recent allegation of drunken driving in February, Dresser Police Chief Ryan Haass told the village board he’d taken action to ensure nothing similar happens in the future. 

St. Croix Falls woman graduates from drug court

The Osceola Area Chamber and Main Street Program was recognized for its outstanding downtown revitalization efforts at the 27th Wisconsin Main Street Awards ceremony on Friday, April 27, in Ripon.

When Joanne Ritten came out of semi-retirement last September to serve as Polk County’s interim clerk of circuit court, it was her second such appointment to the typically-elected office. The first was in 2012. Ritten, then the clerk of court’s chief deputy, was named clerk for the remainder…

Passenger trains running via the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway will get a late start this season. The service is typically running by May, with an oft sold-out Mothers Day brunch ride. This year, the first passenger train will depart the station June 30.

After 34 years as school board president, Timm Johnson passed the role to the vice president, Craig Brunclik, at the board’s May 2 meeting. Johnson, who will step in as vice president, plans to help Brunclik learn the ropes. 

An Osceola graduate has earned a glimpse beyond the basketball court, into the business side of Minnesota’s Timberwolves and Lynx teams.