Tom Lindfors

Sometime in the mid 1850s, logger-turned-farmer Levi Jefferson Oakes, along with his brother, Timothy, homesteaded on adjacent parcels of land in the vicinity of Paperjack Creek and what is today

Several residents made their case before the New Richmond City Council Monday night to deny an application by BHM Properties, LLC to annex a property previously owned by the Doar family into the City of New Richmond from the Town of Richmond.

Attendees lined up in their cars, more than 440 in total, to drive — or walk if they’re brave enough — through Scary Park on Saturday night in New Richmond. What was waiting for them? Scary costumed hosts along the road.

New Richmond School Board members had their first opportunity to meet new assistant principals, Jennifer George and Ryan Dillner, during their work session, Monday, Oct. 21.

With Halloween just days away and the lure of an election prediction, we stopped by JJ’s Outpost Bar and Grill where proprietor Becky Viebrock hosted famous psychic Ruth Lordan before she took the stage to conduct a group reading last Friday night.

The New Richmond Board of Education unanimously approved a budget of $46,933,791.21 and tax levy of $25,812,814.00 for the 2024-25 school year following the district's annual meeting on Monday, Oct. 28.

Voters across the state and country decided on a president Tuesday. See the photos from the day courtesy of the Hudson Star-Observer staff above.

New Richmond City Council members considered changes to two water-related utilities at the common council meeting on Monday, Oct. 28: stormwater utility rates and the water drinking supply.

On Sunday morning, a small group of local veterans gathered in the parking lot at Hatfield Park in New Richmond to participate in western Wisconsin’s first Silkies Hike.

Donald Trump, when first president, left the gray wolf's fate in Wisconsin up to the jurisdiction of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.