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Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste Collection is Friday and Saturday

May 17, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

St. Croix County’s annual Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste Collection is taking place today and tomorrow at the county highway shop at 666 Hwy. 12 east of Hudson. Continue Reading

All Curt Brown ever wanted to do was fly

May 16, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

Hudson can now boast of being home to not only an astronaut – but a Hall of Fame astronaut. Space shuttle commander Curt Brown was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center on April 20. Continue Reading

Hudson-based Procentive pioneered software as a service

May 15, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

Now the company founded by Randy Zimmermann and Jeff Burton has a new 6,300-square-foot building in St. Croix Business Park East, bringing it some well-deserved attention. Continue Reading

New place for Grace Place?

May 13, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

A former nursing home in New Richmond could become the new home for Grace Place, a homeless shelter currently operating in Somerset. The former Maple Manor and Deerfield Gables facility, which has been sitting empty since last fall, is being sought by the non-profit organization. Continue Reading

HHS looks to repeat victory in school bus races at Cedar Lake Speedway

May 13, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

In their first competition last year, Hudson competed against area schools including Somerset, New Richmond, Unity, Baldwin, and Osceola. At the end of the night the Hudson bus was the only bus running, winning the battle of the buses for 2012. Continue Reading

Bobbi Sinnett says goodbye to teaching after 39 years

May 13, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

She has been a part of middle school education since Hudson’s first middle school opened, and has taught sixth grade the entire time. She was hired just out of college by the newly appointed middle school principal Bill Hickox to replace him in the classroom. Continue Reading

Stageline Road roundabout approved by City Council

May 8, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

A roundabout will lead to the new medical office building at Hudson Hospital & Clinics. Monday night, the City Council approved plans for the single-lane roundabout located on Stageline Road at the access to the hospital’s main entrance. Continue Reading

Council withholds renewal of Golf Club liquor license

May 8, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

The Hudson Golf Club was removed from the list of 39 license applications submitted for approval after Council President Rich Vanselow questioned whether the club has been compliance with an ordinance requiring continuous operation by businesses that hold liquor licenses. Continue Reading

City and shop battle in court over definition of drug paraphernalia

May 4, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

The case boils down to whether pipes commonly used for smoking marijuana and other drugs are drug paraphernalia if they haven’t been used to consume illegal drugs. Continue Reading

Pelicans, cormorants stop in Hudson migration north

May 3, 2013 in Hudson Star-Observer

Hudson is apparently a stop-over on the birds’ migration to water bodies farther north. Many lakes to the north are still covered with ice because of the late-arriving spring. Continue Reading