Revenue secretary says Wisconsin is poised for growth
May 16, 2012 in Hudson Star-Observer
The business climate in Wisconsin has improved significantly since Gov. Scott Walker came into office in January 2011, Department of Revenue Secretary Richard Chandler told members of the St. Croix Economic Development Corp. in a meeting last week. Continue Reading
Brett Steinwagner and Mike Hommes teamed up on the mound to allow just five hits and Steinwagner drove in a pair of runs at the plate as the Raider baseball team snapped a three-game Big Rivers Conference losing streak with a 4-1 victory over River Falls last Tuesday at Grandview Park.
The Raider softball team won the championship game of the Robbinsdale-Cooper Tournament in dramatic fashion Saturday, coming back from a 7-3 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning against Minneapolis Armstrong to win 11-7 on a walk-off grand slam home run by Maya Triebold.
The Raider boys’ golf team continued Big Rivers Conference play last Tuesday, May 8, with a 9-hole match at Lake Hallie Golf Club in Eau Claire, a course the team had never played before.
Tom Holland was elected president of the Hudson Board of Education at the May 8 meeting. Holland, who was re-elected to a third term, has served on the school board since 2006 and was most recently the board vice president.
A fire at 501 Front St. Monday night was part of a training exercise conducted by the Hudson Fire Department. The fire and smoke was seen by many people going to and coming from Minnesota.
Today’s second-graders aren’t easy to fool. “Wisconsin,” a youngster named Luke said when the students in Mrs. Julie Warren’s classroom were asked where in the world Miss Amara was. Luke was the second to volunteer an answer, and he was right. 
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