(2008/08/07)
Stabilization and resurfacing work begins Friday on the iconic road to Grandad Bluff.
(2008/08/07)
VIROQUA, Wis. — The Democratic Party headquarters for Vernon and Crawford counties in downtown Viroqua was vandalized with a racial slur spray-painted over a sign promoting Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama.
(2008/08/07)
ARCADIA, Wis. — A barn under construction a few miles north of Arcadia collapsed Wednesday, trapping at least one man in the rubble, witnesses said.
(2008/08/07)
A La Crosse woman charged with letting her newborn daughter die and awaiting approval of her release from jail on a rare property bond will return to court at 9 a.m. Friday for a bond hearing.
(2008/08/07)
CALEDONIA, Minn. — Houston County authorities said the body of Dennis Franklin Todd was found Wednesday morning in his boathouse in rural Brownsville, Minn.
(2008/08/07)
Second Street South from Division to Market streets in La Crosse will be closed to traffic beginning this morning for construction.
(2008/08/07)
MARINETTE — A Wisconsin judge set a $3 million cash bail today for the Michigan man charged with shooting and killing three teens at a river on the state border.
(2008/08/07)
La Crosse police and AAA Wisconsin are launching a “Slow Down” campaign today that aims at advising motorists to slow down and drive with caution as the school year approaches.
(2008/08/07)
Wisconsin veterans wounded in combat will be honored in a ceremony at noon today in Riverside Park.
(2008/08/07)
OK, Wisconsin outdoors users, here’s your chance.
(2008/08/07)
An Evansville (Wis.) High School teenager and her mother are asking a federal jury to decide whether school coaches and staff discriminated against her as a female freshman member of the football team.
(2008/08/06)
A La Crosse mother charged with letting her newborn daughter die and held in jail on a high cash bond was erroneously released from custody for about 20 minutes Tuesday as county officials navigated a rare bond release procedure.
(2008/08/06)
Details emerged this morning about the city of La Crosse’s plans to dip into emergency medical service in the area.
(2008/08/06)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A jury in Willmar has returned a guilty verdict against the woman accused of driving the minivan that caused a fatal school bus crash near Cottonwood.
(2008/08/06)
CALEDONIA, Minn. — A man’s body was found this morning in Houston County, but authorities said foul play is not suspected in the death.
(2008/08/06)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A Michigan man was charged today with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of three teens at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
(2008/08/06)
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — A man charged with killing a woman and abusing her young son in one of the most horrific cases to hit south-central Wisconsin agreed to a plea deal today that could put him behind bars for more than 136 years.
(2008/08/06)
MADISON — Gov. Jim Doyle, a longtime opponent to building new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin, said today he was open to at least studying that possibility.
(2008/08/06)
CHISAGO CITY, Minn. (AP) — A driver’s education instructor died Tuesday after he was involved in a crash while giving a lesson.
(2008/08/06)
Congressional hopeful Paul Stark said the U.S. tax code and the high price of gas will be his top priorities if elected to represent Wisconsin this fall.
(2008/08/06)
At 7 a.m. today, the inside lanes of the 2300 block of South Avenue in La Crosse will be closed to traffic. The closure, about 500 feet northwest of West Avenue, is for sewer work and is expected to last until Saturday.
(2008/08/06)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Workers registering Milwaukee voters for a liberal group turned in hundreds of fabricated forms and many more that were incomplete, raising fears among Republican Party leaders of fraud at the polls.
(2008/08/06)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brown County prosecutors have dropped homicide charges against a Green Bay man in a motorcycle crash that killed his passenger and left him a quadriplegic.
(2008/08/06)
MADISON — An appeals court says taxpayers cannot sue over the Department of Veterans Affairs' integration of religion into its health care programs for the nation's veterans.
(2008/08/06)
The Holmen Area Historical Society Free Movie Night, featuring a brief presentation on outdoor movies by Jean Marck, a cartoon, newsreel and “Road to Bali,” starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, will begin at 7:30 p.m.today at Yahnke Antique Green, W6816 Village View Lane, Holmen, Wis.
(2008/08/06)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dining halls at the University of Minnesota are going trayless.
(2008/08/06)
Adult education expert Stephen Brookfield will speak at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, in Reinhart Center 127 at Viterbo University as part of an inservice for university School of Adult Learning faculty.
(2008/08/05)
A La Crosse Loggers first baseman injured in a weekend diving accident is scheduled for surgery this afternoon, according to a Web site set up by family members.
(2008/08/05)
Federal wire fraud charges were filed today against a former La Crosse newspaper delivery man accused of bilking the New York Times out of nearly $325,000 by submitting about 8,500 fake subscriptions.
(2008/08/05)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three months before the November election, state officials say Wisconsin residents are registering to vote in record numbers.
(2008/08/05)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota’s schools neared a tipping point today as nearly half wound up on a state list for failing to meet student performance goals dictated by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
(2008/08/05)
MADISON (AP) — Jurors from outside Juneau County will decide whether a self-styled bishop helped hide a corpse on a follower's toilet.
(2008/08/05)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. - It's a good night to get to know your neighbors.
(2008/08/05)
La Crosse’s two health-care systems and a local literacy coalition are piloting a health literacy and awareness education project.
(2008/08/05)
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors anticipate a man accused of killing three teenagers at a northern Wisconsin swimming hole will plead insanity.
(2008/08/05)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — The woman accused in a fatal school bus crash in western Minnesota testified at her trial today that she wasn’t the one driving the van that hit the bus.
(2008/08/05)
At 7 a.m. today, the outside southbound lane of Copeland Avenue will be closed to all traffic at Buchner Place and Causeway Boulevard for water and sewer work.
(2008/08/05)
From Tribune news services Are deer hunting regulations becoming too complicated? Are there simpler options to buying deer hunting licenses?
(2008/08/05)
ST. PAUL (AP) — The federal government is giving St. Paul police $50 million to help pay for everything from new bikes to powerful radios to extra staff and training time ahead of the Republican National Convention.
(2008/08/05)
ONALASKA, Wis. — Festival Foods rolled out the red carpet Tuesday for Lillian “Lil” Woolley.
(2008/08/05)
CEDARBURG, Wis. (AP) — Cedarburg's police chief says managers of a Waupaca company that ran carnival booths at the Ozaukee County Fair lied about the identity of an employee who is a registered sex offender.
(2008/08/05)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Northwest Airlines flight to Minneapolis returned to Mitchell International Airport Monday night and made an emergency landing because of mechanical problems.
(2008/08/05)
Several Neighborhood Watch groups in La Crosse along with the La Crosse Police Department will be holding their annual National Night Out block parties today.
(2008/08/05)
The La Crosse Blue Stars finished the regular season Monday with their highest score but lost to the Boston Crusaders at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Drum and Bugle Corps Competition in Massilon, Ohio.
(2008/08/04)
A La Crosse Loggers first baseman and standout player suffered a neck or spinal injury Sunday after diving into the Mississippi River off Pettibone Beach.
(2008/08/04)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials have confirmed the first appearance of the emerald ash borer.
(2008/08/04)
A former La Crosse man convicted of downloading sexually graphic videos showing children as young as 2 escaped prison time and probation today.
(2008/08/04)
The former executive director of the Mississippi Valley Archeology Center has been named interim director of the Myrick Hixon EcoPark.
(2008/08/04)
MARENGO, Wis. (AP) — The Ashland Sheriff's Department says a fireworks explosion has killed two Marengo teens.
(2008/08/04)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said today he plans to help a man who lost his house due to foreclosure for failing to pay a $50 city parking ticket.
(2008/08/04)
TOWN OF LINCOLN, Wis. — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the 53-year-old rural Warrens, Wis., man who died after a motorcycle accident Saturday evening on Hwy. EW in the town of Lincoln in Monroe County.
(2008/08/04)
TOMAH, Wis. — A Pennsylvania man was seriously injured early today after a two-vehicle accident near Tomah, Wis., according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.
(2008/08/04)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A 28-year-old Clinton man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly cutting the throats of a woman and young girl.
(2008/08/04)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — At least two of the three teens killed by a gunman last week on the Michigan-Wisconsin border died from single gunshot wounds to the head, a Wisconsin coroner said today.
(2008/08/04)
A former Eau Claire TV news director who resigned earlier this year over his station’s plans to broadcast paid news coverage has been honored by a professional association.
(2008/08/04)
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — Three witnesses in the trial of the woman charged in the fatal minivan-bus crash in southwestern Minnesota said today they saw a person running from the scene while the woman remained trapped inside the van.
(2008/08/04)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foreclosure filings in Wisconsin continued at a record pace in July.
(2008/08/04)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A line of thunderstorms has knocked out power to about 5,000 We Energies customers in southeastern Wisconsin and produced lightning strikes that have ignited several fires.
(2008/08/04)
Keith LeClaire, founder of Reality Check, will share his story of how he became disabled when he speaks at 10 a.m. today at the YMCA, 1140 Main St., and 10 a.m. Wednesday at YMCA North, 400 Mason St., Onalaska, Wis.
(2008/08/04)
KINGSFORD, Mich. — Divorce sent Scott Johnson into a tailspin. His ex-wife moved away, taking his two children. He hadn't had a girlfriend in years. Being investigated for sexual assault just might have caused him to snap, his mother says.
(2008/08/04)
Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. today for a two-show season of theater at the La Crosse Center. The Roberts Group is bringing the Bob Fosse musical "Chicago" for a 7 p.m. show Sept. 21 and the musical "Hairspray" (pictured)for a 7:30 p.m. show March 18.
(2008/08/04)
The La Crosse Blue Stars won a bronze medal with a season-high 87.9 points Sunday at the Maryland's Music in Motion competition in Westminster, Md.
(2008/08/03)
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. — The man accused of gunning down three teens as they lounged by a river last week has been well-behaved in jail as he awaits his court appearance, according to Wisconsin authorities who have kept him under close watch.
(2008/08/03)
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Justice is expected to release 20,000 more documents related to its investigation of Governor Jim Doyle's fundraising this week.
(2008/08/03)
TOWN OF LINCOLN, Wis. — A 53-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle accident Saturday evening on Hwy. EW in the town of Lincoln in Monroe County.
(2008/08/03)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota's gray wolf population remains constant in size and range, according to a new study by the Department of Natural Resources.
(2008/08/03)
MADISON — Wisconsin's minimum wage would increase to $7.25 per hour next July to match the federal rate under a proposal subject to a public hearing this week.
(2008/08/03)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers want to know how to get more money out of the 2.5 million acres of land set aside 150 years ago to support the state's schools.
(2008/08/03)
MADISON — The University of Wisconsin-Madison will welcome its new chancellor this month with a newly renovated home.
(2008/08/03)
WASHINGTON — Governor Tim Pawlenty will appear before the Washington press corps this week.
(2008/08/03)
ST. PAUL — The grades are in this week — for Minnesota's schools.
(2008/08/03)
WASHINGTON — The House has approved legislation by U.S. Representative Keith Ellison to tighten standards for lead exposure in public housing.
(2008/08/03)
The La Crosse Blue Stars would be happy with 12th place at this week’s Drum Corps International World Championships Thursday through Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.
(2008/08/02)
MILWAUKEE — A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain.
(2008/08/02)
ST. PAUL — A local artist hopes his soft images will encourage workers to slow down as they drive by — not to gawk but out of reverence for public safety.
(2008/08/02)
OWATONNA, Minn. — National Transportation Safety Board investigators are looking at all scenarios as to why a corporate jet crashed and killed eight people aboard, a board member said Saturday.
(2008/08/02)
WEST ALLIS, Wis. — It's cream puff season again. That's because the Wisconsin State Fair is back in session in West Allis.
(2008/08/02)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — A self-styled religious leader accused of encouraging one of his followers to hide a corpse on her toilet for months is due back in court.
(2008/08/02)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Three people are injured after a driver hit a parade in Sheboygan.
(2008/08/02)
MILWAUKEE — The nation's oldest bowling alley is turning 100 this summer, and the owners of the Milwaukee landmark are debating how to celebrate.
(2008/08/02)
ST. PAUL — Voices from across Minnesota will celebrate the state's 150th birthday in song.
(2008/08/02)
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Brookfield police say both drivers in a two-vehicle crash that killed one man may have been intoxicated.
(2008/08/01)
A La Crosse man was convicted this morning of possessing child pornography after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.
(2008/08/01)
A group of area veterans threw jabs at Sen. John McCain Friday for launching “false and misleading attacks” on Sen. Barack Obama.
(2008/08/01)
ARCADIA, Wis. — Arcadia Mayor John Kimmel has taken the state to court over its decision to keep him off the ballot in this fall’s election for the District 91 Assembly seat.
(2008/08/01)
TOWN OF ONALASKA, Wis. — Two people were transported to La Crosse area hospitals after a three-car crash about 10:45 a.m. today at Hwy. 35 and Kramer Road, Tri-State ambulance director Matt Zavadsky said.
(2008/08/01)
City and county officials say they'll release details of a municipally run ambulance service and related legislation Wednesday at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus.
(2008/08/01)
NIAGARA, Wis. — A dragnet ended today with the arrest of a man accused of emerging from woods in camouflage and opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers who had gathered at a lake. Three were killed and another wounded.
(2008/08/01)
Wisconsin dairy farmers got the same price for their milk in June as they did a year ago, but July prices are expected to fall nationwide.
(2008/08/01)
JENNINGS, Wis. — A toast to Prohibition will made this weekend in northern Wisconsin.
(2008/08/01)
Dnt txt n drv. A new Minnesota law went into effect Friday making TWD — texting while driving — illegal.
(2008/08/01)
The Associated Press OWATONNA, Minn. — The regional airport where a business jet crash killed all eight people aboard was closed today as federal investigators prepared to resume sifting though the wreckage for clues.
(2008/08/01)
When the La Crosse Blue Stars folded as a world-class corps more than 25 years ago, it was Jon Bahr of La Crosse, a Blue Stars’ alumnus, who took over the cadet corps with the hope that someday it would return as a big corps.
(2008/08/01)
DULUTH, Minn. — Retail customers of Minnesota Power will see higher electric bills, starting this month.
(2008/08/01)
At 1 p.m. today, La Crosse area veterans are expected to voice support for Sen. Barack Obama at the La Crosse County Democratic headquarters, 127 S. Sixth St.
(2008/08/01)
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life starts at 6 p.m. today with an opening ceremony and cancer survivor lap at Logan High School, 1500 Ranger Drive.
(2008/08/01)
The La Crosse Blue Stars captured their first gold medal of the season Thursday at Music Under the Stars competition in Hornell, N.Y.
(2008/08/01)
Western Technical College is one of six nationwide recipients of the Labs Are Vital instrument donation program.
(2008/08/01)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — If you're a newly licensed teenager who likes to pack your car with friends and fire off some text messages while you drive, you should know about a new state law that takes effect today.
(2008/07/31)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The deadline for public comment in the controversial power line project known as CapX2020 has been extended to Sept. 26.
(2008/07/31)
WILLMAR, Minn. — The State Patrol officer who responded to a fatal school bus crash near Cottonwood testified today in the trial of Olga Marina Franco Del Cid, saying she was the person he saw behind the wheel of the crashed minivan.
(2008/07/31)
A new chapter in the life of the Roman Catholic church in the Coulee Region begins today, the first day the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe is open to the public.
(2008/07/31)
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. — In calm, steady voices, two young men testified Thursday how after separate nights of drinking they were abducted by a paper mill worker posing as a police officer, handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to a home where they were bound in chains and sexually assaulted.
(2008/07/31)
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Two Pennsylvania residents are dead after their small plane crashed at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.
(2008/07/31)
WASHINGTON — John McCain accused Barack Obama of playing politics with race today, raising the explosive issue after the first black candidate with a serious chance of winning the White House claimed Republicans will try to scare voters by saying he ``doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.''
(2008/07/31)
ELEVA, Wis. — Charges are pending against an Eleva man accused of stabbing another man Tuesday night.
(2008/07/31)
The westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near Tomah, Wis., reopened about 3 p.m. after a one-vehicle rollover crash, according to the state patrol.
(2008/07/31)
Rep. Ken Tschumper, DFL-La Crescent, will hold a forum tonight for opponents of, and those with serious questions about, the CapX2020 power line project proposed to run through La Crescent, Minn., into La Crosse.
(2008/07/31)
Archbishop Raymond Burke said he awoke this morning with a “tremendous sense of gratitude and peace” about the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe finally reaching its culmination.
(2008/07/31)
TOMAH, Wis. — Charges are pending against a 23-year-old man accused of assaulting another man and hiding from police officers earlier today.
(2008/07/31)
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until noon for several local counties, including La Crosse.
(2008/07/31)
RACINE, Wis. — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was forced to defend a campaign ad attacking Democrat Barack Obama after a questioner at today's town hall meeting accused him of flip-flopping and running a negative campaign.
(2008/07/31)
RACINE, Wis. — He'll talk about the Iraq war, gas prices and fighting terrorism.
(2008/07/31)
The La Crosse Fire Department outspends and outstaffs nearly all “career departments" in the state, according to the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.
(2008/07/31)
NECEDAH, Wis. — The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Necedah, Wis., is playing host to family fun nights Saturday and Wednesday.
(2008/07/31)
The La Crosse Blue Stars pushed their score upward again Wednesday as they won a silver medal for the second straight night.
(2008/07/31)
A teenage girl who threatened to shoot another girl during a conversation on MySpace.com followed through on her threat Tuesday, shooting the girl in the leg in Boscobel, court records say.
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