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The Julia Belle Swain is in its pupal stage, encased in a shrink-wrap chrysalis during its metamorphosis into a resurrected butterfly to ply the Mississippi River.

On Saturday, Jessica Furrer was the first in her family to graduate from college — with $45,000 in student loan debt.

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WARRENS — The Warrens premiere night screening of Discover Wisconsin’s “Fall Fun at Warrens Cranberry Festival” will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at the Three Bears Resort in Warrens.

The 25th annual Mississippi River Clean Up will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Almost 6,800 members of the class of 2016 participated in UW-Madison commencement ceremonies this weekend.

MADISON — Reaching out to his former customers, police said, Douglas Pfaff brought them a great deal on corn seed from what he said was his new employer. But there wasn’t a kernel of truth in his pitch, and farmers…

A highly contagious virus found in a horse in West Bend caused state officials to put the stable under quarantine and to issue a warning to horse owners to get their animals checked if any symptoms show up.

LEWISTON, Minn. — A woman was killed Friday night outside Lewiston, and a man was arrested early Saturday on murder charges.

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PRAIRIE DU CHIEN -- A residential care center closed by the state over child safety violations is being redeveloped as apartments.

The ice chipper is emblematic of an industry that rose to prominence and fell into obscurity within a hundred years, but it left behind a craving for iced drinks.

They’ve been almost a year in the making: Changes to the rules governing overtime could be announced soon.

The River City Water Ski Adaptive Water Skiing Clinic will be held at 10 a.m. June 23, at Airport Beach on French Island.

HOLMEN -- The Friends of McGilvray Road will celebrate National Historic Preservation Month with a walk on McGilvray (7 Bridges Road) Road from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Informative talks will be presented at the bridges.

INDEPENDENCE — At 88, Adeline Kulig Puccini remains spunkier than a cherub on Christmas Eve, with a devilish twinkle in her eye when asked where she got the half-million dollars to pay for an addition, including an elevator, for the…

Amy Pearson, who chose the life of a wordsmith because of her love of the English language, is the new features and opinion page editor of the La Crosse Tribune, with the goal of giving readers a forum.

ALTURA, Minn. — Whitewater State Park has received a $754,000 grant toward its ongoing improvement projects, a park official said Friday.

WINONA, Minn. — A small black bear was reported wandering in the backyard of residences on Wildwood and Jay Bee drives about 6:15 a.m. Friday.

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