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(2008/07/04)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. Construction on Hwys. 14/61 will likely not be complete until Labor Day, officials at the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.
(2008/07/04)
The owner of a local funeral home was convicted Thursday of fraud after collecting $55,000 in state funds for 27 funerals while also charging families for the services.
(2008/07/04)
La Crosse County’s federal disaster declaration raised eyebrows for those who thought the county had escaped serious damage from severe weather June 7-8.
(2008/07/04)
La Crosse County Solid Waste Department’s program for collecting and disposing of unused medication won an award Wednesday for government efficiency and effectiveness.
(2008/07/04)
Even after a late start and the wettest June on record, area crops are behind but beginning to rebound.
(2008/07/04)
Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch’s leadership role in Madison hasn’t brought much to the 94th District, his Democratic challenger Cheryl Hancock said Tuesday.
(2008/07/04)
Charges were filed Tuesday against a 58-year-old La Crosse sex offender accused of photographing a group of children.
(2008/07/01)
Parents can now search an online database of Wisconsin's 5,700 licensed child-care centers that lists how often each center has violated state laws or been fined in the prior two years.
(2008/07/01)
The Ho-Chunk tribe missed an initial budget deadline Monday to pay an estimated $72 million in gambling money that state officials are counting on to help balance an already stressed state budget.
(2008/07/01)
In a summer movie season dominated by brawn -- even an animated, plump panda kicks butt -- Middleton's American Girl seems the least likely contender for big-screen attention.
(2008/07/01)
State and county health officials announced Monday that one bird in Eau Claire County and one horse in Chippewa County have tested positive for West Nile virus. These are the first animals to test positive for the virus in Wisconsin this year.
(2008/07/01)
A Japanese-built motorcycle won S&S Cycle’s 50th anniversary celebration competition Sunday, the final day of the weekend event that drew more than 25,000 people.
(2008/07/01)
Don’t throw away that old television, computer or video game. It’s more valuable than you think.
(2008/07/01)
Riverside Park is transforming for the Fourth of July holiday. From Wednesday through next Sunday, the park will be home to Riverfest, La Crosse’s annual celebration of music, children’s games and entertainment. Six stages will be dedicated to entertainment, and 16 area restaurants will prepare food at the festival.
(2008/06/27)
Evelyn Pertzsch will get the chance to conduct the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s Pops Concert Sunday as part of the 19th annual Festival Foods Salute to the Fourth.
(2008/06/27)
No one loved the Badger State Games more than Otto Breitenbach.
(2008/06/27)
ONALASKA Cornerstone Healthcare, which established the first free-standing urgent medical care center in the La Crosse area only three months ago, has closed.
(2008/06/27)
The effort to unclog the state Crime Laboratory's backlog of DNA cases got a major boost this week as 27 new analysts a nationally "unprecedented" number, according to state officials moved into their new digs in Madison and Milwaukee.
(2008/06/27)
The Volunteer Center of the Great Rivers United Way is recruiting disaster volunteers to help clean up from recent flooding.
(2008/06/27)
The storms that pounded southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin and triggered floods earlier this month also broke hundreds of rainfall records in the first half of June.
(2008/06/27)
FORT McCOY n The Army Concert Tour will hold a ticket kickoff sale at Fort McCoy and selected off-post locations Friday, June 27, with tickets specially priced at $30 for that day only.
(2008/06/24)
Wisconsin bankers believe the state's economy is continuing to weaken, according to the latest Wisconsin Bank CEO Economic Conditions Survey, conducted twice a year by the Wisconsin Bankers Association.
(2008/06/24)
Three full-time employees of the Edgerton Fire Protection District will share $600,000 minus union lawyer's fees as part of a settlement of a five-year legal battle with the district over efforts to form a union.
(2008/06/24)
While Matt Kenseth's surge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings isn't quite on the level of his 2005 turnaround, the Cambridge native's recent reversal of fortune has put him back in a familiar position: In contention for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
(2008/06/24)
In a decade of making documentary films, Bob Leff thought he had seen it all. He was wrong. The Cottage Grove filmmaker had never before run up against both a New York agent and a Hollywood producer who saw him as a competitor.
(2008/06/24)
LAKE DELTON -- Visitors have long been coming to this tourist village to be near the water and watch daredevil waterskiers.
(2008/06/24)
Weather conditions conspired to create some ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes in the Coulee Region, experts warn.
(2008/06/24)
The Coulee Region Humane Society will debut a new schedule for its fourth annual adoptathon.
(2008/06/24)
The Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge will host a presentation on how scientists study changing environmental conditions from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25.
(2008/06/24)
By expanding a state health-care program for the poor to those with higher incomes, state officials have achieved a seemingly contradictory goal signing up tens of thousands of lower-income residents who qualified for coverage all along.
(2008/06/24)
Lake Delton, one of the centerpieces of the Wisconsin Dells-area tourism economy, began its long journey to restoration when construction of a temporary dam started Friday to prevent further erosion of the lake.
(2008/06/24)
At least 149 deaths have been linked to the blood thinner heparin, up from the previous estimate of 81, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this week.
(2008/06/24)
Tens of millions of dollars in damage to hundreds of businesses around the state have already been reported as a result of recent flooding, with effects already being felt by workers and the numbers expected to rise in the coming days.
(2008/06/24)
Dane County officials are expecting less resistance to a public smoking ban proposed Thursday than Madison faced four years ago.
(2008/06/24)
In an emotional scene that sparked anger and tears, a Dane County jury found a 20-year-old Madison man guilty Thursday night of all 14 charges against him in the torture of a man at a rural Cottage Grove home last year.
(2008/06/24)
Former Onalaska Mayor James Bialecki was chosen as Tomah’s new city administrator.
(2008/06/24)
In March, Michael Hartigan was speaking at what seemed a serious meeting about how to preserve the Blarney Party, which raises money for Children’s Miracle Network. He had just launched the discussion when Steve Earp interrupted to say, “This meeting is going nowhere.”
(2008/06/24)
Dogs and their owners are invited to the Coulee Region Humane Society’s Yappy Hour at Stoney Creek Inn’s Lumber Jack Saloon and outdoor patio from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 26.
(2008/06/24)
An upcoming free event called "Catch the Culture: An Inventor and Entrepreneur Rendezvous" aims to provide a regional forum for new and existing business owners to share ideas, connect with like-minded people and learn business skills from successful business owners in the region and state.
(2008/06/24)
The Winona State University Department of Music, in cooperation with the Upper Mississippi Jazz Society, will offers an all-day jazz workshop for middle school and high school students July 11-12 at the WSU Performing Arts Center.
(2008/06/24)
The Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will offer a class for new entrepreneurs. “The First Steps to Starting Your Business” runs from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 26, in 126 Wimberly Hall.
(2008/06/18)
Receding floodwaters are exposing millions of dollars worth of damage to Wisconsin streets and highways, bridges and overwhelmed sewage treatment plants.
(2008/06/18)
The Onalaska Police and Fire Commission wasted little time in offering the police chief’s position to a second candidate after its first choice withdrew his name from consideration late last week.
(2008/06/18)
On Thursday, June 19, Steppin' Out in Pink and Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation will team with Festival Foods to present a wine tasting at Pettibone Resort, 333 Park Plaza Drive, La Crosse.
(2008/06/18)
On May 29, the members of the Onalaska Police and Fire Commission thought their search for a permanent police chief was done. After interviewing four people, the PFC made a contingent offer to Dennis Weiner, a veteran of the New York Police Department who spent the past several years as chief of a small Long Island, N.Y. department.
(2008/06/18)
Severe storms a week ago have taken a toll in many counties in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Field Office of the National Agricultural Stat-istics Service said Monday.
(2008/06/18)
Steppin' Out in Pink, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation and Dahl Automotive will hold a Lube-A-Thon on Saturday, June 21, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(2008/06/18)
La Crosse County 4-H and the La Crosse School District are partnering to offer the 4-H Gateway Academy, an educational day camp for teens who will be an eighth- or ninth-grader in the fall.
(2008/06/18)
Drugan’s Castle Mound Golf Course north of Holmen will host a special fundraising triathlon to benefit the Children’s Museum of La Crosse.
(2008/06/18)
The Great River Shakespeare Festival recently announced plans to host its first ever "Shakespeare for Young Actors" workshop July 10-20.
(2008/06/18)
The Healthy Living for a Lifetime session planned for Thursday, June 26, will be of special interest to people caring for a family member or older adult.
(2008/06/18)
VIOLA Bill Bender knew it was time to abandon his business when the flood waters inside his convenience store reached the top of his boots.
(2008/06/18)
Southern Wisconsin got soaked with rain last summer, walloped with record snow this winter and now faces widespread flooding and storm damage.
(2008/06/18)
This week, 270 dairy cows from UW-Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will be moving into a new dairy research facility at its Arlington Agricultural Research Station in rural Arlington, about 20 miles north of Madison.
(2008/06/18)
Pet therapy dogs and their owners will visit Clearwater Farm for two classes on Saturday, June 21, at 760 Green Coulee Road, Onalaska. There are sessions from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to noon
(2008/06/16)
Dennis Weiner, the top choice to fill the Onalaska police chief position, has withdrawn as a candidate for the job.
(2008/06/13)
Roads -- including portions of major interstates -- are closed throughout south-central Wisconsin this morning in the aftermath of Thursday's severe storms.
(2008/06/13)
The Great River Big Band will fill La Crosse’s Riverside Park with the sound of jazz once again this summer. The La Crosse-based band will give four performances as part of the Gertrude Salzer Gordon Jazz in the Park series, along with a traditional Fourth of July performance. They’ll close out the summer series with a “Riverside Jazz Party” featuring popular regional groups, the Air National Guard Band of the Midwest, and trumpet virtuoso and actor-singer Byron Stripling.
(2008/06/13)
A Betty Kendrick Retrospective Exhibition will run through July 15 at the Pump House Regional Arts Center in La Crosse.
(2008/06/13)
More than 100 tables will be featured at this La Crosse Dubna Friendship Association rummage sale, to be held from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Franciscan Skemp garage at 11th and Ferry streets in La Crosse.
(2008/06/13)
The next Gundersen Lutheran Getting Older, Living Better program, titled "Healthy Aging and Eating," will discuss how and why nutritional needs change, explore community resources to assist with healthy eating and provide fun recipe ideas.
(2008/06/13)
Flooded fields from recent rains will likely cause at least tens of millions of dollars in losses from ruined crops, lowered yields and delayed plantings, farm experts from across Wisconsin said Wednesday.
(2008/06/13)
The Scenic Bluffs Chapter of the American Red Cross is setting up two locations for its second Red Cross Flood Relief Event.
(2008/06/13)
Supporters of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain sparred over their economic policies Wednesday, a day before Obama's first visit to the state since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee.
(2008/06/13)
Wisconsin improved in three key areas of child well-being related to teenagers but lost ground on the percentage of children living in poverty, according to a national organization that annually ranks states on 10 child-welfare indicators.
(2008/06/13)
There will be a Flag Day celebration at 7 p.m. today at the Myrick Park Main Shelter.
(2008/06/13)
Expect traffic to be a bit heavier and louder Friday morning as the Hot Rod Power Tour winds its way through La Crosse.
(2008/06/11)
Water-weary communities across southern Wisconsin watched hopefully as floodwaters in some areas started to subside but looked ahead nervously to a forecast that threatens another round of possibly severe thunderstorms Thursday night and early Friday.
(2008/06/11)
Today’s sunny skies are expected to give way to the threat of more rain, possibly heavy, for the next few days.
(2008/06/11)
LAKE DELTON The souvenir shops are open, the waterparks are filled with screaming children and the amphibious Ducks are still jockeying for position on Wisconsin Dells Parkway.
(2008/06/11)
LAKE DELTON Lake Delton, a 267-acre water playland for thousands of tourists each summer, drained Monday after a portion of the sandy lakeshore was breached following heavy rains and took four houses with it.
(2008/06/11)
LAKE DELTON -- The ski jumps and marker buoys for the Tommy Bartlett Show are sunk in the mud.
(2008/06/11)
Kickapoo River flood damage in Vernon County likely will exceed the $60 million damage caused by the August 2007 floods, officials said Monday.
(2008/06/11)
CALEDONIA, Minn. A state of emergency was declared in Houston County by its board of commissioners Monday in the wake of powerful weekend storms that dumped up to 10 inches of rain in some areas.
(2008/06/11)
The Wisconsin Council of Churches, working with Wisconsin Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (WVOAD), is accepting monetary donations for victims of the flooding and tornadoes that struck across Wisconsin over the weekend.
(2008/06/09)
Traffic in Onalaska will be slowed while work is done on a water main on the 1600 block of Main Street beginning today.
(2008/06/09)
A new batch of severe thunderstorms made a bad situation worse Sunday for water-clogged communities throughout southern Wisconsin. And a National Weather Services forecaster said the atmosphere in the region is primed for more thunderstorms and rain.
(2008/06/09)
Less than a year after devastating floods in southwestern Wisconsin, the area was hit hard again over the weekend.
(2008/06/09)
Television and movies have long glamorized the exciting life of big-city cops chasing big-time criminals.
(2008/06/09)
Researchers will knock on doors around Wisconsin beginning this week and perform a national first: They'll give the state a physical exam.
(2008/06/09)
Gov. Jim Doyle said he supports bringing back a state program to help Wisconsin tribes preserve their endangered native languages.
(2008/06/09)
DECORAH, Iowa James Arends of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in La Crescent, Minn., is the new bishop of the La Crosse Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
(2008/06/09)
Onalaska United Methodist Church will host a community blood drive in Onalaska on Monday, June 9, in partnership with BloodCenter of Wisconsin.
(2008/06/09)
Preparations are under way for the 2008 Miss Holmen Scholarship Pageant a "Summer Safari" to be held Aug. 8.
(2008/06/09)
For the first time in University of Wisconsin System history, the UW-Madison chancellor will earn more than the System president.
(2008/06/09)
Don't get Charles Bruss going on the subject of drive-in movie theaters in Wisconsin unless you have time for a double feature.
(2008/06/09)
Family & Children’s Center will hold its second Roaring Ride motorcycle rally Saturday to raise funds for its prevention programs.
(2008/06/09)
Prompted by neighborhood concerns, the Madison Police Department on Wednesday announced two new tools people can use to report non-urgent crimes.
(2008/06/09)
DARLINGTON When a local businessman asked teacher Dick Anderson if his woods technology students could build a covered bridge, Anderson said "sure."
(2008/06/08)
BARRE MILLS A farmhouse lost its roof and several outbuildings were destroyed when a tornado touched down about three miles east of Barre Mills late Saturday afternoon.
(2008/06/03)
It’s shaping up to be a stormy week in the Mississippi River valley. A combination of weather systems is expected to trigger the potential for severe storms and heavy rain Wednesday night through Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
(2008/06/03)
The Best Buy store in Onalaska is among 117 within the company participating in a new test electronics recycling program, a store official said today.
(2008/06/03)
St. Patrick Catholic Church in Onalaska will host a drive on Thursday, June 5, in partnership with BloodCenter of Wisconsin. It will take place in the church hall at 1030 Main Street from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please call Jane at 608-783-1643.
(2008/06/03)
The Mississippi Valley Conservancy, in partnership with the Prairie Enthusiasts, is sponsoring a guided tour of the Holland Sand Prairie starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7.
(2008/06/03)
Arizona Sen. John McCain said Friday his campaign shouldn't have used a photograph of him with the military's top Iraq commander in a fundraising solicitation and pledged it "won't happen again."
(2008/06/03)
It's easy to fall in love with the left side of Wisconsin.
(2008/06/03)
Expected to launch The Onion toward a lucrative film franchise four years ago, "The Onion Movie" arrives in stores Tuesday as a horribly missed opportunity and a DVD-only release.
(2008/06/03)
Breast cancer, motherhood, Lance Armstrong, social activism ... Talk to Sheryl Crow and there's a laundry list of topics to discuss before mentioning music. And then one needs to step back and appreciate her career because Crow ranks as the most successful female rock solo artist ever. She brushes off the label, but during a phone interview only Melissa Etheridge comes to mind in terms of longevity.
(2008/06/03)
TOWN OF ROXBURY -- The French-born wine maker was dressed in blaze orange and perched on Round Top Hill in northwestern Dane County looking for deer when he made the discovery.
(2008/06/03)
A New York man is poised to be Onalaska’s next police chief. Dennis Weiner, head of the Centre Island (N.Y.) Police Department accepted a contingent offer that was made earlier today, said Onalaska Police and Fire Commission Chairwoman Mary Anderson.
(2008/06/03)
GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers won't be keeping Brett Favre's locker as a shrine to their legendary quarterback. In fact, they're not keeping it at all.
(2008/06/03)
State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Thursday he didn't believe he needed a taxpayer-funded security detail at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in September and didn't request one.
(2008/06/03)
Greg Francis was at one time a respected member of the community in McFarland. He was a soccer coach, a Boy Scouts leader, a successful businessman, a family man and a member of several school-related organizations.
(2008/06/03)
When you're soaring through the air at 120 miles per hour, there's nothing on your mind but blue skies, beautiful clouds, and the incredible rush. The Madcity Skydivers are looking for just that: the simultaneous thrill and peace of flight, and they want to share it with others.
(2008/06/03)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Justice Annette Ziegler on Wednesday, handing down an unprecedented discipline against one of its own members.
(2008/06/03)
If you ride a motorcycle, here’s a chance to honor veterans. The Veterans Memorial Ride will be Saturday, June 7.
(2008/06/03)
Biddy Martin knows that other universities raid promising UW-Madison faculty. She understands the climate of reduced state aid and the ever-growing need for private fundraising. She also knows the Legislature hasn't always been friendly to the university.
(2008/06/03)
Steve Hammes | Elaine A. Hunter | Jesse Harvey Oliver Olson | Elizabeth Jane Secord | Gustav L. Caravelli | Shari Lee Peterson | Esther J. Amundson | Dennis R. Kunz | Francis E. Gene’ Sawyer
(2008/05/27)
For the first time in nearly a generation, Wisconsin has fallen out of the ranks of the top 10 highest-taxed states in the nation, two independent researchers have found.
(2008/05/27)
Holmen School Board President Cheryl Hancock will formally announce Thursday, May 29, that she will run as a Democrat for the 94th District Assembly seat.
(2008/05/27)
The winning numbers in the Sunfish Days button drawing have been announced:
(2008/05/27)
The Chileda Women’s Board will celebrate 22 years of service to the children of Chileda Thursday, May 29, at their annual fish boil to be held at Forest Hills from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
(2008/05/27)
The Holmen Community Theatre will stage Larry Shue’s popular comedy, “The Nerd,” this summer, and auditions are planned for May 27-28.
(2008/05/27)
And you thought mosquitoes were a menace. Meet the Simuliidae the biting bug a little bigger than a fruit fly that can send blood trickling down the neck of an unsuspecting gardener, hiker or sandbox player.
(2008/05/27)
As travelers prepare to hit the road for Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind outlined some of Congress’ short- and long-term steps to trim gas prices.
(2008/05/27)
About 10 area families have formed a 7 Rivers Chapter of The One Percent Club to increase philanthropy in the region, and they hope many more people will join.
(2008/05/27)
The head of the state Department of Justice's public integrity bureau was demoted just weeks after she questioned whether Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen could legally receive taxpayer-funded security at the Republican National Convention in September.
(2008/05/27)
The director of the state Department of Justice's special investigations bureau has been demoted over e-mails she sent that threatened Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and other members of his staff, Van Hollen said Wednesday.
(2008/05/27)
When Anne Drektrah was putting together the Tom Lehrer show “Tomfoolery” for the Pump House, she thought something was missing. It wasn’t the music. There are plenty of good tunes, from “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” to “The Vatican Rag.”
(2008/05/19)
For nearly three decades, Jay and Nancy Flury have been teaching Onalaska students basic skills the kids will use forever.
(2008/05/19)
The Frankenstein veto is still with us. Showing his veto pen remains the most powerful in the nation, Gov. Jim Doyle Friday carved up a bill to cover a $527 million shortfall in the state's two-year budget, taking $103 million from the state's road fund and blocking legislators' attempt to delay payments to schools.
(2008/05/19)
The La Crosse County Health Department will offer a seminar, “Staying Up While You’re Feeling Down,” for people who have experienced depression or know someone who has had bouts of depression.
(2008/05/19)
Franciscan Skemp Healthcare plans to buy 10 acres of land just east of its Onalaska clinic at Theater Road and Midwest Drive for future expansion.
(2008/05/19)
The Sunfish Days medallion was found today, according to Onalaska Area Jaycees President Dave Erickson. More details will be posted as they become available.
(2008/05/19)
Gov. Jim Doyle will move swiftly to act on a bill to repair the $527 million hole in the state's two-year budget, his office said Thursday.
(2008/05/19)
Signs saying "No more coal" blanketed the path to Alliant Energy's annual shareholders meeting Thursday and a big, black, inflatable version of a coal-fired power plant stood at the entrance to the Exhibition Hall of the Alliant Energy Center, where the meeting was held.
(2008/05/19)
DivorceCare seminar and support meetings at Holmen Lutheran Church will meet on Mondays beginning May 19. This is a change in meeting day.
(2008/05/19)
High gasoline prices are expected to mean fewer travelers on the road for Memorial Day weekend than last year, the first time in a decade that the number will decrease, according to an AAA forecast issued today.
(2008/05/19)
Lee Newspapers Republican Paul Stark accused U.S. Rep. Ron Kind on Wednesday of “pulling a fast one” on energy policy.
(2008/05/19)
Brad Williams is taking his memory onto the national airwaves again. Williams, 51, a radio news reporter for MidWest Family Broadcasting in La Crosse, will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” airing at 11:05 p.m. today on WXOW-TV.
(2008/05/19)
Suchita Shah, a Holmen native now attending University of Wisconsin in Madison, was one question away from moving on to the final round of the 2008 "Jeopardy!" College Championship.
(2008/05/19)
The hunt began Monday for the Onalaska Sunfish Days medallion, and the finder will receive a prize package worth at least $500.
(2008/05/14)
Legislative leaders announced a deal Monday to fix a $527 million hole in the state budget by nixing major tax hikes, cutting some spending, increasing borrowing and delaying payments.
(2008/05/14)
The Med Flight helicopter that crashed into a wooded hillside near La Crosse on Saturday night, killing its crew of three, did not have night-vision goggles and terrain warning technology as recommended.
(2008/05/14)
Democrat Tara Johnson formally launched her campaign Monday to unseat state Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, in the 32nd District.
(2008/05/14)
The hunt began Monday for the Onalaska Sunfish Days medallion, and the finder will receive a prize package worth at least $500.
(2008/05/14)
Franciscan Skemp Healthcare will present “Understanding Cancer,” an educational session about cancer prevention and wellness for elders, at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27.
(2008/05/14)
The latest edition of Gundersen Lutheran's free transportation brochure is now available.
(2008/05/14)
The hilltop site that holds a large, illuminated star and cross will become property of the Holmen Lions Club in a sale approved Thursday by the Holmen Village Board.
(2008/05/14)
A controversial UW-Madison lecturer and 9/11 skeptic from Sauk County said Thursday he plans a third-party challenge to U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse.
(2008/05/14)
A cascade of health problems struck Dan Graber in his early 40s. The Madison attorney obese for years developed a frequent thirst, his vision grew blurry and his legs started tingling so much it woke him up at night. Graber was diagnosed with Type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes.
(2008/05/14)
Parents of Sun Prairie High School students might want to double check before affixing a "My kid 's an honor student" bumper sticker to the family car.
(2008/05/14)
LAKE DELTON A 65-foot Ferris wheel, a carousel and dozens of arcade games will open here this year. Only it won't be summer and the mosquitoes will be nowhere in sight.
(2008/05/14)
Suchita Shah, the Holmen native who competed in the "2008 College Championship Jeopardy!" is moving on to the semifinal round.
(2008/05/14)
The 911 dispatcher accused of mishandling a call from the cell phone of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann the day of her slaying on Wednesday denied hanging up on the call, union officials said.
(2008/05/14)
Three of the four candidates vying for the top spot at UW-Madison have ties to the university.
(2008/05/14)
Vicky Gunderson of Onalaska, Wis., has been chosen for the 2008 National Mother of Distinction Award by the Campaign for Youth Justice and the National Juvenile Justice Network.
(2008/05/14)
If a hearty stew feeds the body, then a hearty stew of the arts feeds the soul. That’s the message from United Fund for the Arts and Humanities as it kicks off its 25th anniversary campaign.
(2008/05/13)
The hunt began Monday for the Onalaska Sunfish Days medallion, and the finder will receive a prize package worth at least $500.
(2008/05/12)
The hunt begins today for the Onalaska Sunfish Days medallion, and the finder will receive a prize package worth at least $500.
(2008/05/09)
The hunt begins Monday morning for the Onalaska Sunfish Days medallion, with a prize package worth about $500 awaiting the finder.
(2008/05/09)
Due to weather concerns, Slide Into Safety with the Loggers on May 10 will be held in the North Hall of the La Crosse Center from 4 to 8:30 p.m.
(2008/05/09)
Area youths ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, May 10, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 307 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally starting from 10 a.m. to noon near the Civil Air Patrol hangar at the La Crosse Airport.
(2008/05/07)
Holmen police have identified Oliver Odulana, 21, as a suspect in a Sunday home invasion in Holmen, said Police Chief Michael McHugh.
(2008/05/07)
A Holmen committee recommended tonight the village sell a section of land that has an illuminated cross and star to the Holmen Lions Club for $600.
(2008/05/07)
Construction began today (May 6) on the 900 block of Main Street in Onalaska, with restricted traffic flow expected for two weeks while Harry Viner Inc. installs new water and sanitary sewer mains. The use of an alternate route is encouraged.
(2008/05/07)
The cost of farm production in Wisconsin and around the country is increasing at an alarming rate, a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows, and it's likely the costs will be passed on to the American consumer.
(2008/05/07)
A 57-year-old La Crosse man convicted of attempting to meet who he believed was a 13-year-old girl he had connected with online was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison.
(2008/05/07)
Part of contemporary comedy history, the gaudy blue suit jacket and ugliest-shade-of-green tie hang on a bulky mannequin in the Wisconsin Historical Museum's basement. Expected to attract large crowds to the Madison museum today through Nov. 15, the garment will be behind glass because patrons would touch the clothes, officials fear, worn by a character who bellowed about living in a van down by the river.
(2008/05/07)
Holmen authorities are searching for three men who broke into a Holmen residence early Sunday and demanded money at gunpoint while striking the homeowner in the head.
(2008/05/07)
When the longtime director of the state's $2 billion college savings program retired last year, the list of potential replacements included an asset manager, a tax lawyer and an estate planner even the program's veteran deputy director.
(2008/05/07)
Four decades is a long time to be looking for someone who does not want to be found. It means that only one of you can be successful, either at hiding or finding. In the murder of Christine Rothschild, there is the added skill of remembering.
(2008/05/07)
Two proposed bike trails in Dane and Sauk counties would connect miles of existing recreational paths in southern Wisconsin, but questions about the future of an existing rail line are keeping one section grounded.
(2008/05/07)
As part of the National Marrow Donor Program Thanks Mom! campaign, BloodCenter of Wisconsin will sponsor several bone marrow registration drives over the Mothers Day weekend.
(2008/05/07)
JANESVILLE -- At Marshall Middle School in Janesville, Mike Tollefsrud's sixth-grade science class sits in straight rows reviewing for an upcoming test. "Do electrons have a positive charge? " he asks. Hands quickly shoot up. Tollefsrud then tells them to do the first 10 questions on the review paper in front of them. Another student asks,"Can we do all of them tonight if we want to? "
(2008/05/07)
Four University of Wisconsin-La Crosse graduates have been named the university’s top alumni for
(2008/05/07)
Dane County's 911 Center director admitted late Thursday that his agency made a mistake in fumbling a call from Brittany Zimmermann's cell phone at about the time she was killed on April 2.
(2008/05/07)
Rather than fixing the state's $527 million budget shortfall, lawmakers and Gov. Jim Doyle instead are poised to push most of the problem off until after the November elections, longtime budget watchers said.
(2008/05/07)
Bobbi Harris wouldn’t have completed her GED requirements without the Learning Together Family Literacy program at the Oak Grove Family Learning Center.
(2008/05/07)
Kilkenny-based archeologist Jimmy Lenehan will present the results of recent underwater archeological explorations at 7 p.m. at the UW-L Cartwright Center, Room 339 on Tuesday, May 6. The lecture is free and open to the public.
(2008/05/07)
This Sunday, May 4, area residents will join more than 11,000 people throughout the state and walk for a world free of multiple sclerosis at Walk MS: Christopher & Banks Walk 2008.
(2008/05/07)
The next Journey to Freedom Gundersen Lutheran nicotine cessation clinic begins soon. These sessions are for anyone who wants to quit smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco or even to stop using smokeless tobacco for good.
(2008/05/07)
The enthusiastic response of the Fox Cities -- plus a cash infusion of $180,000 over three years -- will cost Madison the Badger State Summer Games beginning next summer.
(2008/05/07)
The Army Concert Tour has announced a new feature act, the Scorpions, to headline a Saturday, Aug. 9, performance at Fort McCoy. Other acts still are being sought. Ticket pricing and more information will follow soon.
(2008/05/07)
The UW-La Crosse English Department will host a release party for its 11th publication of the national literary magazine, Steam Ticket.
(2008/05/07)
Republican Thomas Dewey is best known for his unsuccessful attempts to become president of the United States in the 1940s. Perhaps his losses can best be explained by his 1944 campaign slogan: "If you're screwy vote for Dewey."
(2008/05/07)
VIROQUA, Wis. The Vernon County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that one case of measles has been reported in Viroqua.
(2008/05/07)
Nick Sinram was born with a genetic disorder that among other things can cause almost total blindness.
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