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A popular destination in our area received a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday.

Area residents gathered together to help combat some of that winter clutter.

Fences aren't normally appealing to the eye, but with a little creativity it can be a sight to see.

An Iowa trucking company founder's donation of nearly $140,000 will go to help outfit Des Moines and Waukee police with body cameras.

One person has been killed in Moorhead after a train struck a vehicle on the tracks.

Applicants for coaching jobs at the University of Wisconsin, and other positions, would no longer be subject to the open records law under a proposal approved by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.

The University of Wisconsin System would be able to authorize independent charter schools in Madison and Milwaukee under a proposal by Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee.

La Crosse's Parking Utility board will try to tackle the big issues surrounding parking in downtown La Crosse.

A lab on Madison’s east side has confirmed that it was one of nine labs that were inadvertently shipped live anthrax spores last week.

A family of ducks was briefly separated when a half dozen ducklings fell into the sewer outside of our building on Sixth Street in La Crosse Thursday morning.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million budget cut to the University of Wisconsin System will be reduced to $250 million, according to more than one source with knowledge of the planned cuts.

The University of Iowa Health Care has begun offering a virtual clinic that lets people use their computers, tablets or smartphones to check with health care providers.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a Fountain City restaurant for a serious violation that led to the death of employee Brooke Baures.

The Oneida Tribe will soon recognize same-sex marriage.

TV actor Dustin Diamond is expected to testify about what happened during a barroom scuffle outside of Milwaukee.

Family members confirm that the body of 5-year-old Angela Girton was found Thursday.

It's road construction season so keeping an extra eye out while driving is more important than ever.

La Crosse County's Heroin and Illicit Drug Task Force is getting a better look at what drugs are being used in the area.

Thursday was Opening Day at Copeland Park and the Loggers are hoping for another successful season, but Thursday not only was the team getting warmed up, so were businesses close to the park like the Sports Nut.

An update made to Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal could lead to a major change in the way teachers are licensed in Wisconsin. Under the new provision anyone with a bachelor's degree could be hired to teach certain grades and classes. Rep. Mary Czaja who proposed the change said this will help put more teachers in to rural schools. While local educators said more teachers is always a good thing .they say this is not the way to do it.