University of Wisconsin River Falls News

The end of the 2008-09 school year in early June didn't stop De Pere High School's FFA chapter from staying involved.

Lindsey Olson remembers well the intense emotion in the room as she looked at other dairy princesses as clues were read about the next Princess Kay finalist.

Twiggs completes yoga training MARSHFIELD - John Twiggs attended an Advanced Yoga Teacher Training on the Breath and Postures at The Kripalu Center in Stockbridge, Mass.

While legislators debate the proposed Wisconsin state budget, some local leaders worry about what it could mean for western Wisconsin.

Girls varsity basketball coach Michelle Kincaid announced plans for the 2009 Elcho Hornets Co-Ed camp July 15 - 17.

Business owners Teddy and Stephanie Roughton prepare this week to work their last shift as owners of The Library bar, 106 N. Main St.

Crystal Lanning has been named the assistant athletic director at UW-River Falls.

A second top official at the University of West Florida is heading to the Wisconsin university system.

Arla Railsback loves Houlton Elementary and will find it difficult to say good-bye when she retires at the end of this school year.

When Whitney Barnes was a little girl, she was captivated by each Fairest of the Fair, always fixating on one thing: the crown.

Students receive scholarships The Manitowoc Milk Producers Cooperative has awarded scholarships.

Stephanie Nagel, Valders, is the recipient of the Manitowoc County Farm Progress Days Donald R. Peterson Scholarship for 2009, according to a news release from the Manitowoc County Farm Progress Days Scholarship Committee.

Prudence A. Doxtator, 93, Oneida, passed away Thursday evening, May 21, 2009, at a local hospital.

The Manitowoc County University of Wisconsin-Agriculture Alumni Association has awarded eight scholarships totaling $3,750 to students pursuing agriculture-related degrees at one of the following universities: River Falls, Platteville, Madison, Green Bay or Stevens Point.

Wisconsin's 62nd Alice in Dairyland will be crowned in Racine County on Friday night, and organizers of the event would like you to be part of it.

They say graduation is as much for the families of students as it is for the graduates themselves, but most parents are stuck watching the big moment from the audience.

UW System President Kevin Reilly said Wednesday in an electronic message that Wisconsin's university system faces bigger cuts than Governor Jim Doyle first thought.

Energy independence and an educated workforce are critical to a prosperous future for Wisconsin.

When Ann Scharfenberg opened an e-mail from the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, she thought it would be about her application to present at a convention - instead it was a letter announcing she was selected as social studies teacher of the year.

A 43-year-old man living at Cudda s trailer court was arrested at his home Friday morning for possession of marijuana, methamphetamines and drug-smoking pipes.