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Viking elementary eats its vegetables
The students at Holmen’s Viking Elementary have no problems eating their veggies.
Construction starts on $3.1 million wellness, fitness center
A 30,000-square-foot, one-stop wellness and fitness facility will begin rising in northeast La Crosse, with opening targeted for August.
Children’s Museum to offer summer day camps
Registration is open for Camp Curiosity summer day camps for ages 4 to 12 at the Children’s Museum of La Crosse. The camps are:
Making tracks: BNSF crews set bridges, track during 13-hour train stoppage
BNSF crews and contractors were out in force Thursday laying new track and installing bridges on the railroad’s line through La Crosse during a planned 13-hour stoppage.
At the pumps on Thursday, March 19, 2015
Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:
Wisconsin private-sector job growth lags national average
MADISON — Wisconsin added jobs at half the national average, ranking it 40th in private-sector job growth for the 12-month period that ended in September, according to figures released Thursda…
Three sought in brewery statue damage
La Crosse police need the public’s help identifying three people who tore the arm from the King of Beer statue outside City Brewery early Wednesday.
Frat made pledges sleep in attic, drink alcohol, eat discarded food
MADISON -- UW-Madison said Wednesday that it shut down a fraternity for the first time since 2006 after learning of a hazing weekend in December that included a freshman pledge suffering a con…
No longer interim, Blum is UW-L's new AD
Paula Knudson, vice chancellor for student affairs at UW-La Crosse, didn’t hesitate to say that often times the hiring process at the university is a long and arduous process.
Ben Bromley: Take them out of the ballgame
Forget facing 100 mph pitches or turning double plays in the face of spikes-baring baserunners: They’re no threat to your favorite baseball player’s health.
Bill Lueders: Mine is halted, but battle scars remain
MADISON -- In late 2011, Bill Williams stood on a ridge in the Penokee Hills, overlooking his company’s proposed site for a $1.5 billion iron ore mine. A reporter asked him about the environme…
Gundersen drill practices for worst-case disease scenario
It probably won’t happen here, but what if it did — what if Ebola struck the Coulee Region, or avian flu swooped down or SARS surged back?
Parents, school officials oppose cuts under Walker budget
BRILLION, Wis. (AP) — Parents and Wisconsin school administrators spoke out Wednesday against proposed reductions in aid to public schools included in Gov. Scott Walker’s two-year spending plan.
3rd District artwork exhibit to be at UW-La Crosse
Artwork of area high school artists from Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District will be exhibited at UW-La Crosse.
GOP leaders announce new UW plan
MADISON — The co-chairman and another Republican member of the Legislature's powerful budget committee panel said Wednesday that they don't support giving the University of Wisconsin more inde…
Former teacher sentenced for molesting students
CALEDONIA, Minn. -- One of three girls molested by a former special education teacher at La Crescent Montessori Academy said she yearns for a life of a "normal" teenager and wishes people who …
Infectious disease drill tests Gundersen's emergency readiness
It probably won’t happen here, but what if Ebola raked the Coulee Region, or avian flu swooped down or SARS saturated the area with a lethal comeback?
Sunrise over Onalaska
The run of beautiful Coulee Region sunrises continues. Tribune reporter Mike Tighe caught this image this morning, clouds glowing on Onalaska’s horizon as a jet contrail traces the plane’s rou…
