Joshua Brauer
21 Apr 2023
UWRF cadets take on 26-mile Bataan March
Walking is not something that many people consider a notable activity. It is a means to reach a destination, a way for the students at UWRF to move from one class to another, but, for three cadets from UWRF’s ROTC program, walking would come to symbolize much more.
17 Apr 2023
Local business making a splash in mocktail market
In the summer of 2019, a River Falls couple began experimenting with crafting alcohol-free cocktails, also called mocktails, while expecting their first child.
11 Apr 2023
UW System bans TikTok from campus-owned devices
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.
18 Mar 2023
Grass roots effort promotes ‘final five’ voting plan
In a dimly lit suburban home in Menomonie, Wisconsin, a recent event featured cheese, bread and wine. The reason: final five voting. Leading the affair was Bob Maline, a Hudson-area resident and board member from the western Wisconsin grassroots organization GROWW Action.
08 Feb 2023
Diving into the University Archives
While students at UW-River Falls traverse the bookshelves and study spaces in the Chalmer Davee Library, below them rest decades of documents, floppy disks, and genealogical records.
15 Dec 2022
Charity event offers students real-world experience
An estimated 1,800 articles of clothing worth more than $8,700 were collected by UW-River Falls marketing communications students during their second annual gift and thrift event on Dec. 5 in the university’s Falcon’s Nest.
09 Dec 2022
DNR seeks input for management of public lands
The state Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments up until Dec. 23 for its master plan in the Western Coulees and Ridges region of Wisconsin.
10 Nov 2022
River Falls ranks high for green power participation
River Falls Municipal Utilities ranks second in the nation for green power participation and seventh in the nation for green power sales rate in 2021, according to the federal government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
09 Nov 2022
Free haircut event seeks to improve student community
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, an office at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, held a haircut event at the University Center on Oct. 11
14 Oct 2022
Carpenter Nature Center expands Wisconsin facilities
Tucked in the woods of near Hudson, on the east side of the St. Croix River, a new building for the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center has been completed and more improvements are on the way.
