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Gundersen Health System will check off another project on its bucket list toward energy independence today when it marks the completion of its joint cow power project near Middleton, Wis.

MADISON — A conservative group and ally of Gov. Scott Walker filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking that a Wisconsin law limiting coordination between third-party organizations and political …

When Blake Leeper was born without legs below the knee, his doctors said he would probably never walk.

Viterbo's business leader luncheons will start out this fall featuring Wipfli partner Mary Jo Werner. Werner will speak from noon until 1 p.m. Tuesday in Reinhart Center Room 107 on the Viterb…

TOMAH -- Area volunteers from Special Olympics will help collect used clothing and household goods during the annual Sack It to Goodwill donation drive Saturday.

SPARTA -- A 22-year-old Sparta man faces criminal charges after police arrested him Wednesday for using a sword to threaten three Cub Scouts selling popcorn door-to-door.

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

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A La Crosse man arrested twice in nine days for drug trafficking dodged a prison sentence today for a chance to treat his addiction.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex couples in 11 more states would win the right to marry, but the issue would remain unsettled nationwide if the Supreme Court were to surprise everyone and decline to…

WINONA, Minn. — Winona’s Kmart will close its doors for good Sunday.

LA MOILLE, Minn. -- Winona County has a new hiking and hunting spot, thanks to a recent addition to the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest in La Moille.

Reed Music Studios of Onalaska plans its 24th annual honors recitals at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at at Annett Recital Hall in UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts.

Wisconsin has a moral imperative to accept billions in federal Medicaid dollars that Gov. Scott Walker has rejected and left thousands without insurance, according to La Crosse County governme…

MADISON — The airwaves and campaign appearances in the closely contested governor's race here are bristling with charges over whether the incumbent did enough to create jobs in the state and w…

Nearly 100 emergency responders from federal, state and local agencies in three states will spend three days this week training for how to handle a large oil spill on the Mississippi River.

MADISON, Wis. — A man who shot at two intruders as they fled after beating him in his apartment can’t invoke Wisconsin’s castle doctrine law to protect him from liability, a state appeals cour…

Coulee Region health officials and hospitals stand ready to diagnose and treat ebola cases, should the need arise.

WINONA, Minn. — Winona’s Washington-Kosciusko and Houston’s elementary schools were among 131 across the state to be designated reward schools by the state Department of Education this year.

Gov. Scott Walker declared Wednesday “Choose to be GREAT Day” to raise awareness for Gang Resistance Education and Training, a program for students designed to prevent delinquency, youth viole…