Wisconsin’s Open Records Law of 1917 assures its locals the ability to seek out, obtain, and use records kept by government bodies, which includes arrest records, court records, marriage and divorce certificates, and records of traffic transgressions, and this right extends to the locals of River Falls. All pertinent info on the many happenings of law enforcement officials, local courts, and local government are within these records, and generally are assumed public unless officially redacted. These laws and regulations provide the people of America, and River Falls, the ability to research and understand their legal rights, the precedents that resulted in those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed on, which in turn results in a more free and transparent society for all.