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'Clueless' crew confounds competition at Riverfront fundraiser
Add another caution to the ancient admonition to beware of Greeks bearing gifts: Heads up when your competition is a team called “Clueless.”
Board eyes La Crosse City Hall enhancements
La Crosse City Hall could get a bit of a facelift within the next few years after the Board of Public Works voted Monday to move forward with the design of a remodeling project and directing the mayor’s office to…
La Crosse County Circuit Court felonies
Sean Smith, 47, of 508 Winnebago St., was charged Monday with possession of meth and carrying a concealed weapon, both as a repeat offender. Smith had 0.2 grams of meth and a knife on Friday, according to the complaint.Gregory Loftus,…
Prescribed burn in Hixon scheduled for Tuesday
The La Crosse Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department has scheduled a prescribed burn late Tuesday morning in Upper Hixon Forest.
Bald eagles find home in refuge around northeast Iowa
LANSING, Iowa — An area in northeast Iowa has become a home for bald eagles as numbers of the predatory bird continue to grow around Lansing.
20-year-old killed in Allamakee County crash
A 20-year-old Dorchester, Iowa, man was killed Sunday in a one vehicle crash in Allamakee County, according to the Iowa State Patrol.
Roads closed for half-marathon this weekend
La Crosse drivers should prepare for traffic delays and closures this weekend for the Festival Foods Grandad Half Marathon, which kicks off at 4:30 p.m. Friday with the cycling and running time trials.
Xcel to proceed with community solar projects in La Crosse, Eau Claire counties
Despite lower than anticipated initial interest, Xcel Energy is poised to go forward with two community solar gardens in western Wisconsin.
Human waste pollutes some Wisconsin drinking water
Experts say Wisconsin needs tougher laws to protect resource from contamination by sewage and septic waste; state says it is reviewing landspreading rules.
Ask the Weather Guys: Is our growing season getting longer?
Yes. Wisconsin’s growing season has lengthened by about 12 days.
Hometown History: A 1912 view of the William Welch grocery store
THE WAY IT WAS: A 1912 view of the William Welch grocery store, which was located at 1101 Liberty St., then known as Berlin Street. Posing in front of the store are, from left, James Welch, William Welch, Orabell Sullivan…
Downtown Walk Around starts Friday
Downtown Walk Around kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday at Cameron Park.
Owl mom program offered Saturday
HOUSTON — The International Owl Center is hosting a program about owl moms at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Animal mom program Saturday
HOUSTON, Minn. — The Houston Nature Center is hosting a Spring Nature Series children’s program in celebration of Mothers Day from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Paul Larson: Don't underestimate the dairy farmer's skill set
Dumb farmer. What do you think?
Bacteria in state's drinking water is 'public health crisis'
Late on a winter night in 2004 in Kewaunee County, six-month-old Samantha Treml was rushed to an emergency room, violently ill from bathing in water poisoned by manure spread on a nearby frozen field that seeped into the home’s private…
The strangest of thefts, and other maladies: Winona native, author Bures to speak Tuesday on new book (copy)
WINONA, Minn. — It may be the ultimate masculine nightmare.
Associated with the military, the brain disease intrudes on civilians, too
PTSD, widely regarded as a military malady that affects service people who can’t erase images of death and destruction in war zones from their memories, actually casts a wider net that snares people in all walks of life and of…
Chris Hardie: Daisy the lamb goes to church
“My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.” — John 10:27
