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Royal Purple

Founded 1901

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Tom Barnett, UW-River Falls marching band director, leads the UWRF pep band at Smith Stadium at Ramer Field in October 2022 prior to the start of a home game against UW-Eau Claire.

Marching band returns to UW-River Falls after 30 years

April 9, 2023

March 29, 2023 - More than three decades after it last appeared on campus, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls is getting ready to strike up the marching band again. The Marching Falcons will be...

Cecile Hardie, Chris Hardie’s grandmother, had a pot of coffee going on the stove.

Late season snow memories

Chris Hardie, Contributor April 9, 2023

Late season snow storms always take me back to March 24, 1979 in the tiny town of Franklin in Jackson County. My feet were wet, and I was beginning to shiver as the three of us stood at the dark back door...

Back Home by Chris Hardie

Cut down a notch

Chris Hardie, Journalist April 5, 2023

Experience is the teacher of all things. These words from Julius Caesar proved all too true recently when I tackled what I thought would be a simple task on the farm. The job at hand was to remove a...

A Supreme Court race for the record books

A Supreme Court race for the record books

Denise Guttery, Contributer March 27, 2023

The spring election isn’t over until April 4. But already spending in this year’s state Supreme Court has demolished the state and national judicial spending records. The most expensive state Supreme...

Back Home by Chris Hardie

Cut down a notch

Chris Hardie March 27, 2023

Experience is the teacher of all things. These words from Julius Caesar proved all too true recently when I tackled what I thought would be a simple task on the farm. The job at hand was to remove a...

Brian Michael, a media arts and game development student from Sycamore, Illinois, places 12 works by painter Jerry Jordan. Brian created art installation software for the gallery, which takes the dimensions of the paintings and the wall, so he can determine the correct placement and spacing for the art. This software saves workers from hand-measuring and manually working out the placements. (UW-Whitewater Photos/Craig Schreiner)

Game development skills solve an art gallery’s problem

March 19, 2023

Brian Michael, a media arts and game development major from Sycamore, Illinois, still beams when he talks about being paid to do programming for his campus employer, Roberta’s Art Gallery, located...

Chris Hardie has moved plenty of snow this winter with his snowblower.

Officially sick of winter

Chris Hardie, Contributor March 19, 2023

Being Wisconsin born and raised on a farm, I can honestly say that I’ve dealt with much of the worst that winter can offer. I have cut wood in snow up to my waist, pounded on frozen manure spreader...

UW-Green Bay students, faculty, staff and community members called to be a part of the solution

UW-Green Bay announces new Literacy Initiative to improve reading rates across the region

March 13, 2023

UW-Green Bay students, faculty, staff and community members called to be a part of the solution Green Bay, WI — In a continued effort to meet regional needs and address community challenges, UW-Green...

The road signs of spring

The road signs of spring

Chris Hardie, Journalist March 13, 2023

The classic harbingers of spring are the return of the robins, the maple sap run or the first blooms to sprout from the thawing earth. But sometimes the signs of spring are actual signs of spring –...

Icicles form on a bush.

A tale of ice

Chris Hardie, Contributor March 5, 2023

While politicians and others way above my station and pay grade continue to debate, expound upon and expunge homosapien influence on the stratosphere, one thing I know for sure. The winter weather has...

Governor Tony Evers speaks to UW-Whitewater student leaders during a roundtable discussion on Thursday, Sept. 29 2022

Evers’ building budget has a few twists

Denise Guttery, Journalist March 5, 2023

After a gubernatorial election, the first job of the governor in the first year of the new term is unveiling the two-year state budget plan. Then comes the capital budget, or building plan. Both...

Squirrels taking their revenge

Squirrels taking their revenge

Chris Hardie, Contributor February 27, 2023

A home should be a peaceful sanctuary for its inhabitants, a quiet place of comfort and solitude. But when you live in the country, sometimes your abode is sought after by critters other than humans. Rodents,...

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