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Audrey J. Nelson died peacefully May 31, 2025. at Christian Community Homes of Osceola.
As summer planting wraps up, Grow Osceola is already planning its next round of beautification projects aimed at drawing more visitors downtown and boosting community pride. The volunteer-led ...
County board declined inclusion in Wisconsin lawsuit, then tried to sign on to Ohio class action, but weren’t included Fewer Wisconsinites are dying from opioid overdoses.
The Osceola baseball team capped off a busy week with key conference wins over Baldwin-Woodville before coming short in a nonconference battle at Hayward.
Seminole Avenue was closed for nearly four hours for investigation after a vehicle struck a 10-year-old juvenile, leaving her in critical condition. The incident occurred at approximately 4:21 p.m., ...
You’ve probably heard about the Stanford marshmallow test. A group of young children, about four years old, were told they could have a marshmallow right now or wait and get a second marshmallow. The ...
A changing of hands is taking place at the Osceola BP. Long-time owner Tom Salewski is stepping away from the business after just shy of 40 years there. But the business is staying in the family, ...
I’ve always enjoyed night fishing. I think my older brother Dean was the person who turned me on to “The Dark Side.” My favorite time was when Dean took some family out at midnight on the opener. We ...
Wisconsin’s recent Supreme Court election, with its $100 million in record spending and wall-to-wall attack ads, spotlighted how politicized the state’s “nonpartisan” high court has become. To ...
The Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved the 2025-29 Library Plan that looks similar to the past five-year plan, with the exception of some “cleanup” language, including the addition of two ...
Nearly 700 students across the county are not vaccinated, but have waivers to allow them to attend school Based on a projected scenario, if Polk County were to be hit by a measles outbreak at a school ...
Last week, St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Edward F. Vlack denied Polk County’s request for a stay in the multi-year case regarding access to the Stower Seven Lakes State Trail.