Riley Budge
22 Apr 2024
Brian McInnes speaks on Objibwe teachings and climate change
Brian McInnes, an Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a member of the Wasauksing First Nation, presented on indigenous cultures on Feb. 5 at the UW-River Falls campus. In his presentation, titled “Talk […]
22 Apr 2024
Local business combines passions: The Garage
The Garage Bikes and Brews on 109 W. Cedar St. in River Falls, Wisconsin is a family business that combines a bicycle shop and a brewery. The company sells, fixes, and rents bikes, and brews their own beer. The Garage […]
20 Feb 2024
The Bottom Line: Two locally owned businesses, and their struggles under the threat of corporatism
A narrative piece about a local River Falls business. "As I write this, downtown River Falls is lit up with Christmas lights, and the snow has finally started to stick to the ground. With this year being in the middle of the holiday season, new movies have been released in full force. Titles such as Napoleon, Trolls 3, and Five Nights at Freddy's are being released back to back. To see a new film, I went to the Falls Theatre on Main Street. The theater’s marquee sign was brightly lit, showing the two movies that were playing. The theater has two auditoriums."
01 Nov 2023
Students flock to TikTok "preacher"
Cindy Smock, or Sister Cindy, as she is better known, addressed a crowd of UW-River Falls students and faculty on Sept. 12, 2022, as part of her “Ho No Mo revolution.”
17 Apr 2023
Local editors deny newspaper war in River Falls
While hundreds of small-town newspapers around the country have closed in recent years, the River Falls area now has two weekly papers in apparent competition for readers: the Pierce County Journal and the Star-Observer.
17 Apr 2023
Wisconsin considers how to increase online learning
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.
