Spring Election: Who's on the Ballot?

Alan Burchill and Scot O'Malley face off in the mayoral race. Dennis O'Connell and Kurt TeWinkel vie for council seat. Seven candidates are up for school board seats; February primary will narrow the field.

It's official. Hudson Mayor Alan Burchill will face a challenge from longtime District 5 Alderman Scot O'Malley. Both individuals filed their paperwork ahead of today's 5 p.m. deadline and will face off in the April 3 election. In the other contested city race, former Alderman Dennis O'Connell will face Kurt TeWinkel to see who will take over Lee Wyland's seat. Wyland no longer lives in District 4 because of recent redistricting. In the Town of Hudson, Supervisor Ken Kolbe is facing a challenge from Don Jordan. The Hudson School District Board of Education race drew so many candidates that a primary will be held on Feb. 21 to narrow the field. Three seats are up for grabs with all three incumbents running against four challengers. There …

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Thurston Howell III ©

10:15 am on Tuesday, February 7, 2012

I'm no financial Wizard, but even I can understand this. These funds that you consider 'Squirreled away" are usually set aside to have money available to make payments that would otherwise throw the County into debt. So by having a reserve , the County is actually SAVING YOU money by not having to go out a secure a loan and pay interest. Get it?   more ›

Golf Course Land Donation Depends on City Extending Ward Avenue

Chris Hanson's potential 65-acre land donation to the Hudson School District is contingent upon the City of Hudson extending Ward Avenue from the Plaza 94 Shopping Center to Carmichael Road.

Study on St. Croix Meadows Dog Track Says Site Would be Excellent Location for New School

At its Oct. 11 meeting, the Hudson School District Board of Education heard the results of a feasibility study conducted by Hoffman LLC on the St. Croix Meadows Dog Track for use of the site as a secondary school.

A preliminary evaluation of the St. Croix Meadows Dog Track has found it to be very suitable for a new school. The feasibility study was conducted by Hoffman LLC. Hoffman had previously evaluated the property on County Road UU for a secondary school location, but found that site to have a lack of land that could be developed. Last week, the board had approved a referendum be brought to the public for purchase of the St. Croix Meadows Dog Track. If the referendum passes, the board will offer $8.25 million for the location. Mark Boehlke of Hoffman LLC was on hand to present the preliminary results of the feasibility study. He noted that "everything in this report is based off existing information." The property is clearly large enough to …

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AGENDA: School Board to Receive Feasibility Report on St. Croix Meadows

At its regularly scheduled October meeting, the Hudson School District Board of Education will hear a report on the feasibility of St. Croix Meadows as a potential new school site.

Hudson School Board Votes to Purchase St. Croix Meadows Dog Track for $8.25 Million

The Hudson School District Board of Education voted at a special meeting Monday to make an offer to purchase the long-vacant St. Croix Meadows Dog Track property. The district hopes to use the site for a new school building in the future.

At a special meeting Monday evening held at River Crest Elementary School, the Hudson School District Board of Education voted unanimously to make an offer to purchase the long-vacant St. Croix Meadows Dog Track property. According to the commercial purchase agreement, the district will offer $8.25 million for the property. The district hopes to use the site for a new school building in the future. The entire deal is contingent upon the district securing the needed revenue through an upcoming referendum. Before the vote was taken, Superintendent Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten put forth the case for a new school building by citing previously calculated enrollment projections. Currently, Hudson Middle School is already nearly 170 students above …

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UPDATE: Hudson School Board to Decide on St. Croix Meadows Dog Track Purchase

School board to decide whether to make an offer to purchase property for a future school site.

UPDATE (5:00 p.m., Oct. 3, 2011): Hudson Patch will provide live video of tonight's special school board meeting at http://patch.com/A-m2pM. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. ---- UPDATE (10:10 p.m., Sept. 30, 2011): Hudson School District Communications Specialist Tracy Habisch-Ahlin sent the following in an e-mail to Hudson Patch at 9:43 p.m.: "The district was contacted by the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram this evening indicating that they would be running an article Saturday or Sunday morning regarding the Board's action to purchase property on Monday, Oct. 3 at their Special Meeting. The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram has been able to identify the property through unknown sources. The site the Board will be taking action on is the St. Croix …

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Micheal Foley

5:01 pm on Monday, October 3, 2011

In case you can't make it to tonight's meeting, we'll stream it live at http://patch.com/A-m2pM. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.   more ›

Patch Picks: Five Ways Celebrate the New School Year

A new school year has begun, but you can squeak in a little more summer, get ready for school and celebrate some adult time with these ideas around Hudson.

Last Hoorah Pack all the great things about summer into one day to end the season with a bang. Start early at a playground park – try Lakefront. Let the kids burn some energy before heading over to the beach to swim for a few hours. Then have a picnic lunch at a Prospect Park to over look the city. Take a few minutes to point out places around town where you went together. Grab an ice cream cone for dessert at Dairy Queen before heading to the Hudson Theatre for a late afternoon show. After leaving the cinema grab some pizza at Brick’s Neapolitan Pizza. Once home for the night take out some family-favorite board games before putting some exhausted children (and parents) to bed. Elan A unique wardrobe update from Elan. Send the teens, …

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Hudson School District Says New Insurance Plan Will Save $1 Million

Opening up insurance for bids will save the district more than $1 million over staying with the WEAC Trust, according to district budget estimates.

Hudson Board of Education Discusses SMART Goal Results for the District

The Hudson School District Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9.

The Hudson School District Board of Education was presented the results of the districts 2010-11 SMART goals at its Aug. 9 meeting held at River Crest Elementary School. SMART goals is an acronym for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. The district set specific goals at for the 2010-11 school year, pertaining to all elementary schools, as well as the middle school and high school. The SMART goals set for the Hudson High School were: The high school did a good job at reaching those goals. The number of students enrolled in AP classes increased by 14.8 percent from October 2010. This increase closely reflected the demographics of the school. The high school also fared well with achieving the second goal. Teachers …

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Hudson School District Faces $38,000 Deficit in Preliminary Budget for 2011-12

The Hudson School District Board of Education met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 12.

Despite increases in student fees and facility use fees, and decreasing spending and health insurance costs, the Hudson School District faces a budget deficit of $38,792 for the 2011-2012 school year, according to a preliminary budget report from district Financial Services Director Tim Erickson. Erickson delivered the budget report, which assumes a 2 percent tax levy increase, at the district's Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night. He noted that the 2011-12 budget "assumes no increase in any salary wages." Erickson also said that despite student membership in the district going up, the district is getting around $2.6 million cut in state aid and grants. Superintendent Mary Bowen-Eggenbraaten said that "in a normal year, when we did…

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