Our View: Local firefighters deserve our praise
Hudson Star ObserverThere are plenty of volunteers in our community, but among those at the head of the list deserving praise are the volunteer firefighters who respond to calls any time of...
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New EMS and library directors introduced
Hudson Star ObserverBrandon Lyksett was approved by the Hudson City Council Monday night to serve as the new director for St. Croix Emergency Medical Services.Lyksett, who has been a captain and...
View ArticleWeitkamp Park will get a playground for everyone
Hudson Star ObserverIt wasn’t a difficult decision.“Does anyone have a problem accepting $163,000?,” Mayor Alan Burchill asked Monday night before the City Council voted to receive a grant from the...
View ArticleCity's District 2 election is Tuesday
Hudson Star ObserverTurnout will be the key in next Tuesday’s special election to choose an alderperson for the city of Hudson’s District 2, the two candidates for the position agree.In the...
View ArticleSchool Board approves $56.5 million budget, 6.73 percent levy hike
Hudson Star ObserverThe Hudson School Board this week unanimously approved a $56.5 million 2015-16 district budget and a 6.73 percent tax-levy hike in the wake of a 9.6 percent decline in state...
View ArticleCity’s LED streetlights draw complaint
Hudson Star ObserverNot everyone likes Hudson’s new LED streetlights.At the Oct. 19 meeting of the City Council, Linda Kluge, a resident of Laurel Avenue, expressed her opinion that lights are a...
View ArticleSediment levels focus of Willow River meeting
Hudson Star ObserverSediment is passing below the dismantled Little Falls Lake dam along the Willow River, but not at a level that’s concerning to Department of Natural Resources officials.That was one...
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City Clerk Nancy Korson is set to retire
Hudson Star ObserverNancy Korson hasn’t attracted much attention as Hudson’s city clerk for the past 11 years – and that’s just fine with her.“I like to be supportive and not necessarily...
View ArticleSupervisors complain county budget wasn’t in readable form
Hudson Star ObserverAfter some supervisors protested they hadn’t been able to read the document, the St. Croix County Administration Committee voted last week to send the proposed 2016 budget to the...
View ArticleSt. Croix Co. plans to buy park land on Bass Lake
Hudson Star ObserverThe St. Croix County Board will be asked Nov. 3 to vote to spend $185,000 to buy 13.764 acres on Bass Lake for a county park.This will be the...
View ArticleDec. 2 public meeting set on St. Joseph comprehensive planning
Hudson Star ObserverAs a Dec. 2 community meeting approaches on the St. Joseph Plan Commission’s comprehensive-plan work to date, the possibility of municipal wastewater service in Houlton is expected...
View ArticleBill Alms wins District 2 City Council seat
Hudson Star ObserverBill Alms won the special election Tuesday, Nov. 3, to fill the vacant District 2 Hudson City Council seat.Alms received 128 votes to 67 for Chris Kilber, the other...
View ArticleAlderperson proposes increase in library funding
Hudson Star ObserverDistrict 4 Alderperson Jim Webber proposed to the City Council’s Finance Committee Monday night that the city increase its 2016 appropriation for the Hudson Area Joint Library by...
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City finance officer takes job in Minnesota
Hudson Star ObserverHudson’s finance officer is leaving the position to become the city administrator at Scandia, Minn.Neil Soltis, 62, has been with the city of Hudson for a little over four...
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Blanketed in honor: World War II vets receive 'Quilts of Valor'
Hudson Star ObserverThey risked their lives and saved many others’, although sometimes, they didn’t even know it.Without their courage and sacrifice, we’d all be living in a far darker world now....
View ArticleCity defends switch to LED streetlights
Hudson Star ObserverA smattering of complaints have been raised about Hudson’s recent conversion to LED streetlights.The Star-Observer has gotten email messages from a handful of residents who don’t...
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New alderperson eager to connect with constituents
Hudson Star ObserverBill Alms fretted all of Tuesday, Nov. 3, thinking he hadn’t done enough campaigning to win the special election to choose an alderperson for Hudson’s District 2.“I was,” he...
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Feingold highlights differences with Johnson during campaign stop in Hudson
Hudson Star ObserverThe election is still a year away, but the Wisconsin race for the U.S. Senate is underway.On Saturday, former senator Russ Feingold brought his campaign to Hudson, speaking to...
View ArticleSt. Croix board adopts 2016 budget with small increase for taxpayers
Hudson Star ObserverAfter extensive discussion of three items last week, the St. Croix County Board adopted a 2016 budget that will raise the property tax levy by a little over $1 million...
View ArticleSt. Croix County buys park land on Bass Lake
Hudson Star ObserverThe St. Croix County Board voted last week to spend $185,000 to buy 13.764 acres with 1,360 feet of shoreline on Bass Lake for a county park.This will be...
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