July 22nd, 2024
River Falls, WI – For the 17th consecutive year, the River Falls Fighting Fish baseball team is taking the field, driven by their core values of having fun and building relationships, both with each other and those in the community. The origins of Fish baseball date back to when college players competed at UW-River Falls. […]
July 10th, 2024
RIVER FALLS, WI. – The Hathorn Residence Hall courtyard will be renovated this summer for the first time since its construction in 1950, following successful efforts to secure funding. Trevor Lerum, a junior, studying Business Administration and Management secured $6,000 in funding for the Hathorn Hall courtyard restoration project through the Student Government Association. The […]
June 19th, 2024
River Falls, WI – In the land of milk and cheese, the small town of Ellsworth is set to celebrate National Dairy Month in grand fashion by hosting their 23rd annual Cheese Curd Festival this upcoming weekend. On Friday and Saturday evening, Ellsworth’s East End Park will transform into a site that boasts seemingly endless […]
August 19th, 2023
When a crime occurs, the defendant usually works with an attorney or public defender to argue their case. Victims, meanwhile, are aided by government-funded offices and nonprofit organizations.
May 2nd, 2023
A trip to River Falls makes apparent the close relationship western Wisconsinites have with their bodies of water. One can stop at the Kinni Café for coffee and breakfast or in one of the many bars downtown for a craft beer from Rush River Brewing, both named after rivers in the area.
May 1st, 2023
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls spring commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 6, in Knowles Fieldhouse at the Falcon Center.
April 27th, 2023
A UW-River Falls junior studying journalism and criminology has been named the latest winner of the Donovan E. Rasmussen Broadcast Journalism Fellowship.
April 13th, 2023
The episode of the television show “The College Tour” featuring UW-River Falls has now been released on the Amazon Prime streaming service.
April 13th, 2023
Professor Kerry Keen, who has taught environmental science and geology classes for more than 20 years, will end his time at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls at the completion of the spring semester.
April 13th, 2023
The University of Wisconsin System has begun a process of increasing online education for the future. This includes a possibility for students to attend online courses offered at different campuses.
April 12th, 2023
In the summer of 2019, a River Falls couple began experimenting with crafting alcohol-free cocktails, also called mocktails, while expecting their first child. Fast forward to 2023, and the business Kul Mocks has gotten in the door of more than 1,000 locations around the United States.
April 12th, 2023
An eighth grader from Hudson will be performing in the Minneapolis-based Children’s Theatre Company’s production of “An American Tail The Musical.”
April 10th, 2023
While hundreds of small-town newspapers around the country have closed in recent years, the River Falls area now has two weekly newspapers in apparent competition for readers: the Pierce County Journal and the Star-Observer.
April 10th, 2023
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls has been recognized as a Military Friendly School for the 2023-24 school year by a Pennsylvania-based company called Viqtory.
March 24th, 2023
The Student Voice, the campus newspaper at UW-River Falls, won nine awards in the annual Better Collegiate Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation.
March 20th, 2023
Applications are being accepted now for the 2023 Donovan E. Rasmussen Broadcast Journalism Fellowship, a six-week summer reporting project in which a UW-River Falls journalism major produces a 30-minute audio documentary.
March 10th, 2023
Reacting to concerns of lawmakers, the University of Wisconsin is restricting the social media application TikTok on system-owned devices at its campuses, including UW-River Falls.
March 10th, 2023
With recent snowfalls, western Wisconsin is above a normal flood threat alongside much of the river basins in the Upper Mississippi, according to the National Weather Service.
March 10th, 2023
This year’s Bluegrass, Bourbon & Brews Festival in River Falls will include performances by the bands High & Rising, The Last Revel, Armchair Boogie and many more. Beer, wine and bourbon tastings also will be featured throughout the April 21-23 event.
March 10th, 2023
A grass roots organization in western Wisconsin is promoting a “final five” voting system that it says will make elections fairer.