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(2008/07/22)
State lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation next year that would reverse a state Supreme Court decision blocking home buyers from suing sellers for punitive damages when they lie about the condition of a house.
(2008/07/22)
State investigators kept open an alleged corruption case for six months last year after a federal appeals court struck down the only prosecution in the high-profile case, newly released state records show.
(2008/07/22)
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.
(2008/07/22)
BEAVER DAM -- Undecided voter Allan Peck says he's open to Barack Obama as the nation's first African-American president -- "as long as he's not prejudiced. "
(2008/07/22)
BEAVER DAM -- 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.
(2008/07/22)
Alone but for an interpreter on the huge stage at the Dane County Coliseum, the 14th Dalai Lama assured listeners Saturday he possessed no "special powers. "
(2008/07/22)
More lungs are being transplanted from UW Hospital organ donors, but the rate for hearts is down, according to the latest public data.
(2008/07/22)
Amy O'Connor, executive editor of the newly launched Time Inc. Web site Health.com, admits she scoffed at the notion of a psychiatrist from Wisconsin being the key expert for her site's section on depression. In fact, she confessed her response was: "Oh please. Why would we want him?"
(2008/07/22)
Mary Horne, of Pardeeville, had to spend months in physical rehab after having a stroke. She walks with a cane.
(2008/07/22)
Storms this week have left La Crosse nearly 10½ inches ahead of normal precipitation.
(2008/07/22)
About 200 years ago, her ancestors sailed to the coast of West Africa and brought back men, women and children into slavery.
(2008/07/22)
The fourth annual Sarah Ann Mullenbach Mixed Scramble will be held Monday, July 21, with a shotgun start at noon at Cedar Creek Country Club.
(2008/07/22)
Wisconsin's Commerce Secretary Jack Fischer announced his resignation Wednesday, just 10 days after news reports that he billed taxpayers for more than $21,000 on international trips over a short period.
(2008/07/22)
GREEN BAY On the same day that Brett Favre's agent claimed that the next move in the quarterback's ongoing unretirement saga belonged to the Green Bay Packers, news broke of the club's boldest move yet: The Packers have filed tampering charges against the Minnesota Vikings, alleging their NFC North division rivals had "inappropriate dialogue" with Favre, who technically still is Green Bay's property.
(2008/07/22)
Three people stranded on Lake Onalaska when their boat motor died are safe after being rescued Wednesday evening by the town of Campbell fire department, officials said.
(2008/07/22)
Health officials are warning parents about the dangers of leaving children inside vehicles in hot weather after two such incidents in the past month.
(2008/07/22)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will open its Global Mission Event today with a global sing-along session that will feature music from countries and churches worldwide.
(2008/07/22)
The Dalai Lama will arrive in Madison on Friday to give public talks as well as teachings over the next several days and to conduct a special ceremony dedicating a new temple at the Deer Park Buddhist Center near Oregon.
(2008/07/16)
Holmen officials did violate the state’s open meetings law while working on the controversial Star Hill land sale this year but will not face charges because the sale also was discussed in open session, the La Crosse County district attorney said Tuesday.
(2008/07/16)
Tim Dienger did nothing halfway and had the scars to prove it.
(2008/07/16)
Cool drinks and an umbrella, just in case will be the order of the day, as hot and possibly stormy conditions are in the forecast for today.
(2008/07/16)
The woes of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac haven’t created problems at La Crosse-area banks, Coulee Bank Chairman Dirk Gasterland said Monday.
(2008/07/16)
Whether he was on patrol, investigating a homicide or making sure a major county structure was being properly built, sheriff’s Sgt. John Schmidt attacked the job in the same way with all of the attention, tenacity and dedication he could muster.
(2008/07/16)
Two people were hospitalized Saturday night after their motorcycle collided with a deer.
(2008/07/16)
GREEN BAY About 200 people rallied outside Lambeau Field today to pressure the Packers into reinstating Brett Favre as starting quarterback.
(2008/07/16)
If recycling rules are too complex and confusing, people just won’t do it.
(2008/07/16)
This morning's heavy rains likely will give way to hot and humid air moving up from the south on swift winds that could result in potentially dangerous heat indices for the La Crosse area today.
(2008/07/16)
Toppled trees, fallen power lines and power outages were reported across the Coulee Region on Thursday after an afternoon storm.
(2008/07/16)
A 3-year-old boy was being treated at a local hospital after nearly drowning in the Holmen Aquatic Center pool Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
(2008/07/16)
Downtown La Crosse business owners were cleaning bugs off the sidewalks this morning after the summer’s first big mayfly hatch started Wednesday night.
(2008/07/09)
The top prosecutor in La Crosse and surrounding counties will run uncontested for re-election in this fall’s election, barring any write-in candidates.
(2008/07/09)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court sided Tuesday with the national store chain Walgreens in a property tax dispute that has statewide implications.
(2008/07/09)
HOLMEN, Wis. An investigation has begun into complaints the Holmen Village Board violated the state’s open meetings law in handling the sale of part of land known as Star Hill to the local Lions Club.
(2008/07/09)
Heather Schurhammer’s garage was a living room of sorts, with two televisions, a microwave and plenty of space to host gatherings.
(2008/07/09)
CHASEBURG, Wis. It turns out the Coulee Region is world famous for at least one thing mayflies.
(2008/07/09)
Pending legal troubles mean Republican Bobby Erickson probably won’t challenge state Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, Erickson’s campaign manager said.
(2008/07/09)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. Construction on Hwys. 14/61 will likely not be complete until Labor Day, officials at the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.
(2008/07/09)
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.
(2008/07/09)
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.
(2008/07/09)
La Crosse County Solid Waste Department’s program for collecting and disposing of unused medication won an award Wednesday for government efficiency and effectiveness.
(2008/07/09)
Even after a late start and the wettest June on record, area crops are behind but beginning to rebound.
(2008/07/09)
Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch’s leadership role in Madison hasn’t brought much to the 94th District, his Democratic challenger Cheryl Hancock said Tuesday.
(2008/07/09)
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)
GALESVILLE, Wis. West Salem High School Principal Troy Gunderson has been tapped to become the next superintendent of the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District.
(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)
TOWN OF WASHINGTON The man killed Friday afternoon after his tractor overturned, pinning him beneath it, was Raymond W. Korn.
(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)
Charges are expected to be filed today against a 53-year-old Bangor sex offender accused of photographing two teenage boys.
(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)
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)
GALESVILLE The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District has narrowed its search for a new head administrator to two final candidates: Troy Gunderson, principal at West Salem High School, and Lisa Snyder, principal at Holmen Middle School.
(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)
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
(2008/06/13)
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)
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)
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 man was found dead under pickup truck late this afternoon at Anderson Mobile Home Park along West Avenue in West Salem, according to West Salem Police Chief Charles Ashbeck.
(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.
(2008/05/27)
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 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.”
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