(2008/07/25)
A judge Thursday delayed his decision on whether to dismiss a homicide charge against a La Crosse woman accused of letting her newborn daughter die.
(2008/07/25)
Central High School students are helping a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor this summer with research on what causes diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
(2008/07/25)
We couldn’t get Johnny Depp to shoot a movie here, but we’ve got Kate Connor.
(2008/07/25)
RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. The Anders-Beatty family tumbled through the door of their ramshackle home in Richland County on Thursday morning to face the surprising sight of spiky-haired TV host Ty Pennington and a TV crew from ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
(2008/07/25)
One described himself as an “ex-fatty kid from Louisiana who lived on bearnaise sauce” and didn’t exercise at all until after college.
(2008/07/25)
La Crosse’s Redevelopment Authority on Thursday cut off all talks with a would-be Park Plaza developer after more than two years of protracted negotiations over the Barron Island site.
(2008/07/25)
Gundersen Lutheran’s underground patient parking structure will add 200 more parking spaces to the medical center’s grounds when it opens Aug. 18.
(2008/07/25)
Gundersen Lutheran will start construction on a second parking structure near the hospital this fall.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON As gas prices have soared, so has the effect of a Depression-era state law that mandates gas stations mark up the price at the pump, a new study by a conservative research group argues.
(2008/07/25)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. A controversial plan to build roundabout intersections on Marquette Road in Prairie du Chien could result in a special election to unseat almost half of the city’s leaders.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON A La Crosse man admitted in federal court Thursday that his apartment was used as “meeting point” for Minneapolis and Madison marijuana dealers who trafficked more than 220 pounds of pot between the fall of 2002 and Sept. 27, 2006.
(2008/07/25)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/07/24)
Franciscan Skemp Healthcare will open a $9 million center that officials said will change the way emergency and urgent care services are delivered to patients.
(2008/07/24)
ONALASKA, Wis. He was an honor student, an Eagle Scout, a quiet leader. The kind of boy a father would want his daughter to bring home.
(2008/07/24)
Their styles varied but they all had the same goals Wednesday at Memorial Pool: To do the best cannonball possible and create the biggest splash.
(2008/07/24)
WINONA, Minn. With the fuel that powers cars and planes getting pricier, Jen Salzman says riding a train makes more sense than ever. Salzman, a student at Saint Mary’s University in Winona, said the Amtrak train that goes through Winona has become a cheaper option than driving or flying home to visit her family in Chicago.
(2008/07/24)
One of three roommates accused of being involved in a March armed robbery at a North Side tavern was convicted Wednesday of the crime after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.
(2008/07/24)
The La Crosse School District solidified the leadership at two of its secondary schools Tuesday by filling an open principal post at Lincoln Middle School and a future opening at Central High School, a school official said.
(2008/07/24)
ONALASKA, Wis. Great Rivers United Way kicked off its Pacesetter campaign with a big show of support.
(2008/07/24)
The YWCA’s Ruth House provides a fresh start for women trying to stay sober. Now some attorneys are providing a fresh look to the home they live in by donating money for new windows to make the house more energy efficient.
(2008/07/24)
ENDEAVOR, Wis. The village of Endeavor’s new multi-purpose facility will bear the name of a generous donor.
(2008/07/24)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/07/23)
Residents of La Crosse’s lower North Side are clamoring over a city plan that would keep passing trains from sounding off — but also would cut access or parking for 18 homes.
(2008/07/23)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. The idea is a Mississippi River more like what it was before the locks and dams.
(2008/07/23)
ST. CHARLES, Minn. It was one honey of a mess. A flatbed truck hauling almost 200 box-style beehives rolled into the median of Interstate 90 about 6:40 a.m. Tuesday, leaving a jumble of broken beehives, slowing traffic and sending a “huge swarm” of bees into the air, said Ron Ganrude, chief deputy of the Winona County Sheriff’s Department.
(2008/07/23)
A longtime La Crosse attorney has been publicly reprimanded by the state Office of Lawyer Regulation for violating four Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in two cases.
(2008/07/23)
The District 2 seat on the La Crosse Common Council will remain vacant until April’s regular election, council president Bill Harnden said Tuesday afternoon.
(2008/07/23)
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. Thomas Lister will become Jackson County’s new circuit court judge.
(2008/07/23)
A La Crosse man suspected of stealing thousands of dollars in materials from several
(2008/07/23)
Diesel and unleaded gasoline was siphoned from vehicles parked in a North Side business parking lot either late Monday or early Tuesday, according to La Crosse police.
(2008/07/23)
La Crosse County and city leaders met with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials Tuesday to begin the process of obtaining federal aid to repair damage to municipal property caused by severe weather June 7 and 8.
(2008/07/23)
The American Queen’s scheduled Thursday shore stop in La Crosse has been canceled because mechanical problems aboard the steamboat have put it behind schedule, a La Crosse Area Convention and Visitors Bureau official said Tuesday.
(2008/07/23)
SPARTA, Wis. Federal aviation officials are investigating what caused a single-engine aircraft crash Friday at the Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport that injured one aboard.
(2008/07/22)
A 25-year-old soldier from Onalaska, Wis., has been killed in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army reported Monday.
(2008/07/22)
Trane Co. proposed a partnership Monday with the La Crosse School District toward updating heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in La Crosse schools but it will hinge on voters approving a referendum in November.
(2008/07/22)
The La Crosse School Board will look at combining Franklin and Roosevelt elementary schools into one boundary and treating them as one school during the 2009-10 school year.
(2008/07/22)
The property tax rate for La Crosse public schools would go down by 24 cents under a proposed budget for 2008-09, a district official said Monday.
(2008/07/22)
Gundersen Lutheran soon will be using the newest and most advanced robotic surgical assistant technology to provide the least invasive surgery for prostate and gynecological cancers.
(2008/07/22)
MADISON State lawmakers said they plan to introduce legislation next year that would reverse a state Supreme Court decision blocking home buyers from suing sellers for fraud when they lie about the condition of a house.
(2008/07/22)
District 2 council member Jon Olson, who mounted a bid for La Crosse mayor in 2005, resigned Monday.
(2008/07/22)
For sale: Three-bedroom, two-bath home. Hardwood floors. Two-car garage.
(2008/07/22)
The American Queen steamboat will make the first of this year’s 14 scheduled visits to La Crosse from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, during a trip from St. Louis to St. Paul.
(2008/07/22)
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. A 32-year-old Trempealeau woman died Sunday from injuries suffered when the motorcycle she was riding struck a turkey while traveling Saturday afternoon in rural Trempealeau County .
(2008/07/22)
WINONA, Minn. Winona’s Interstate Bridge is open to freight trucks after the completion of repairs to the bridge’s rusty gusset plates, Minnesota Department of Transportation officials announced Monday.
(2008/07/22)
The La Crosse Interstate Fair ended Sunday after another strong year, organizers said, with a large number of exhibitors and good attendance despite several storms during its five-day run.
(2008/07/22)
VIROQUA, Wis. The Viroqua Skatepark is ready to roll.
(2008/07/22)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. A Prairie du Chien woman escaped her burning house Saturday night after she was awakened by the popping noise of exploding spray paint cans.
(2008/07/22)
They say they meant it as a joke, but the recipient and the police didn’t think the rabbit made of cardboard boxes left in the driveway of a La Crosse home was funny.
(2008/07/22)
What we know: The Vernon County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a crash that took the life of 15-year-old Katelyn ”Katie” Beran when a vehicle driven by Jacob Wuensch, 17, of Coon Valley, Wis., left Brinkman Ridge Road, rolled several times and hit a tree just after 7 a.m. July 8. Wuensch and Alyssa Gilbertson, 15, of Chaseburg, Wis., also were injured in the crash.
(2008/07/22)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/07/22)
MADISON Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Kelli Trumble on Monday announced $228,819 in emergency tourism grants for areas where flooding threatened the summer tourism season. In this area, the grants include:
(2008/07/22)
The last federal government office open in Vernon County to help with disaster relief from the June floods will close Friday. And a temporary FEMA office in La Crosse County will close Wednesday.
(2008/07/22)
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. The Fountain City River Players’ summer musical had a dramatic start.
(2008/07/21)
With the economy struggling and jobless claims rising in the state, Wisconsin’s reserve fund for paying those claims could slip into insolvency in March of next year, a state projection shows.
(2008/07/21)
POSTVILLE, IOWA There is a small-town stillness here, neat houses and kids riding bicycles down quiet, leafy streets. But in the Guatemalan bakery, in church pews, at the meatpacking plant and the kosher deli, the strained voices almost always dwell on the raid that changed everything.
(2008/07/21)
TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Wis. When the skies opened up last week, Barbara Dearman found her French Island home in the middle of a creek.
(2008/07/21)
ETTRICK, Wis. David J. Junkins, 70, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, was in stable condition Sunday at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse after the motorcycle he was riding went off Joe Coulee Road, a mile south of Lee Lane, northeast of Ettrick at about 5:12 p.m. Saturday.
(2008/07/21)
NODINE, Minn. Carol Ebert likes sending messages to the universe.
(2008/07/21)
Willard “Chris” Christensen, a Vietnam-era veteran from Onalaska, Wis., was elected vice commander of the Wisconsin American Legion this weekend during the 90th annual state convention in La Crosse.
(2008/07/21)
The La Crosse Blue Stars had their highest finish at a regional championship Saturday since returning to the world class division three years ago.
(2008/07/20)
The most significant road construction project in La Crosse in recent years is nearing its third and
(2008/07/20)
More than a week ago, Quillin’s closed its doors after 60 years as a neighborhood grocer on north West Avenue.
(2008/07/20)
WASHINGTON (AP) The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.
(2008/07/20)
BEAVER DAM, Wis. Undecided voter Allan Peck says he’s open to Barack Obama as the nation’s first black president “as long as he’s not prejudiced.”
(2008/07/20)
BEAVER DAM, Wis. Lifelong Republican Steve Smith said his party’s presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, is too old and that he will vote for Democratic Illinois senator Barack Obama in November.
(2008/07/20)
La Crosse School Board members have a full agenda for Monday’s regular meeting.
(2008/07/20)
WEST SALEM, Wis. Virgil might not be much to look at, but this rooster can crow.
(2008/07/20)
Organizers of a statewide child abuse training center in La Crosse are still looking for the funds needed to start the program.
(2008/07/20)
TOWN OF TREMPEALEAU, Wis. Two people were injured when the motorcycle they were riding struck a turkey Saturday afternoon in rural Trempealeau County.
(2008/07/19)
The attorney for a La Crosse teen accused of letting her newborn daughter die last fall challenged whether facts in the case support a first-degree intentional homicide charge.
(2008/07/19)
Most people didn’t know or won’t remember Dawn Lyn Torgerson.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE Liz Jorgensen moved in with her folks to save enough money to move out again.
(2008/07/19)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Homicide charges were filed Friday against a former La Crosse man accused of fatally stabbing another man at an Eau Claire intersection after an argument developed as their vehicles sat at a stop light.
(2008/07/19)
Jack Larson works retail sales during the week. But on rendezvous weekends, he’s Blueberry Jack, the flint knapper.
(2008/07/19)
A bench warrant has been issued for a La Crosse man police say is responsible for stealing thousands of dollars worth of materials from several La Crosse businesses.
(2008/07/19)
OREM, Utah The Utah board of regents appointed Elizabeth Hitch as the interim president of Utah Valley University on Thursday.
(2008/07/18)
Storms this week have left La Crosse nearly 10½ inches ahead of normal precipitation.
(2008/07/18)
WEST SALEM, Wis. There were high-fives galore when the poultry judge left Crackle’s cage.
(2008/07/18)
TOWN OF ALBION, Wis. Legal clashes between Jackson County towns and Amish farmers over building code violations have drawn the attention of a national group created to preserve religious freedom.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE Pabst Brewing Co. doesn’t operate breweries anymore, but it wants to be the first choice for every red-blooded American beer drinker.
(2008/07/18)
ONALASKA, Wis. Cameras, video recorders and cell phones will be prohibited from Onalaska school
(2008/07/18)
CASHTON, Wis. Cashton Farm Supply on the west edge of Cashton was destroyed by a fire that started late Wednesday and flared up several times Thursday.
(2008/07/18)
About 200 years ago, her ancestors sailed to the coast of West Africa and brought back men, women and children into slavery.
(2008/07/18)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. Minnesota Public Radio’s La Crescent stations, KXLC 91.1 FM and KLSE 88.1 FM, had unexpected programming this week dead air.
(2008/07/18)
For Friday, July 18, 2008 The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/07/18)
WINONA, Minn. Rosemary Ingham liked to joke that she’d married into theater.
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 ART IN A CAN: Mykala Miller uses spray paint to create art during a four-day summer class offered by the La Crosse School District. Students' work will be displayed at the 50th annual Art Fair on the Green July 26-27 on the UW-La Crosse campus. To read more, click here. Dick Riniker photo |
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