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Students from La Crosse, Holmen and Onalaska earned national recognition at the recent National History Day competition at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus.

VIROQUA — A senior administrative assistant at the Vernon County Clerk of Courts office in Viroqua has been charged with theft of money from the office.

Coulee Region lawmakers and health-care providers hailed the U.S. Supreme Court decision today affirming a key element of the Affordable Care Act, protecting federal health insurance subsidies…

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MILWAUKEE — After signing two bills that loosen Wisconsin’s gun laws, Gov. Scott Walker defended the timing of his public event Wednesday, saying it had been scheduled before nine people were …

Glenn Borreson, a retired pastor from Holmen, will give a presentation on logging history and Norwegian immigrants’ role in it at the next meeting of the Wergeland Lodge Sons of Norway.

Unlike most Catholics, John Nienstedt must have been inoculated against guilt somewhere along his career path toward becoming an archbishop.

When John Lake first encountered the auditorium at Logan Middle School, he was blown away.

Officials in the village of Holmen and city of Onalaska are considering a contract that would predetermine future boundary lines between the municipalities.

GREEN BAY (AP) — A legal battle over one of the state's largest dairy farms will head to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals after a circuit judge dismissed the owner's request to overturn groundwa…

MADISON (AP) — If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down health care subsidies available under federal law, it's up to President Barack Obama and Congress to fix it — not the states, Wisconsin Go…

SPARTA — Three people arrested for a June 11 armed robbery at the Wayside Tavern in Sparta make their first court appearances Thursday.

ONALASKA — Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board approved changes to the state’s air pollution permitting process Wednesday that the Department of Natural Resources says will streamline regulati…

La Crosse’s job market showed continued signs of improvement in May, with unemployment ticking up slightly but remaining below the previous year level.

La Crosse and Onalaska police have expanded authority in the neighboring jurisdictions under a new agreement forged between the agencies.

ST. PAUL — Prosecutors say a Tomah man pointed a weapon inches from a police officer’s face in St. Paul last weekend.

ONALASKA — Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board approved changes to the state’s air pollution permitting process Wednesday that the Department of Natural Resources says will streamline regulati…

ONALASKA — First Free Church will hold its annual SoberFest on Saturday, a family-friendly event that offers a good view of the fireworks offered by the Festival Foods Salute to the Fourth.

Some things are beyond stupid.

MADISON (AP) — The legislative committee that handles state workers’ contracts approved a raise Tuesday for state troopers but decided to give thousands of other state employees no increases o…