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Karen Tischer was nearly late for last year’s Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival.

An man avoided injury after his motorized wheelchair struck a vehicle and he fell into the street late Saturday morning.

ONALASKA — Mai Chao Duddeck, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, dreams big and has persevered in her quest to fulfill those dreams since she came to the Coulee Region with her family …

A single-story residence sustained severe damage, but no one was injured in an early morning fire Friday in Jackson County.

MINNEAPOLIS — The economic toll of avian flu on Minnesota’s poultry industry has climbed to nearly $650 million, according to new data from University of Minnesota Extension.

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is throwing a major jam this weekend in his hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

CANTON, Minn. (AP) — Phil Rutter has no illusions the best-seller list will include his new book: “Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts: The New Resilient Crop for a Changing Climate.”

MADISON, Wis. — A court decision ending an investigation into the activities of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign could transform Wisconsin elections — likely enabling closer ties…

TOMAH — Dirk Rigsby is getting a crash course in business.

Schools, service organizations and churches all know how to raise money for worthy causes. Marching band needs new uniforms? Car washes every Friday night. Time to spruce up the community gard…

BARABOO — McDonald’s has been known to bow to consumer pressure, but not this time. The fast-food giant swears the Minions in its Happy Meals aren’t cursing at you.

WEST SALEM -- It's hard enough controlling a nearly half-ton horse out in the open. For the 4-H members competing in Friday's trail competition at the La Crosse Interstate Fair, which wraps up…

LA CRESCENT -- The La Crescent City Council is studying a request by a religious-freedom organization to immediately remove a cross and star from city property.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Motorcycle deaths are driving a dramatic increase this year in the number of overall traffic fatalities in Minnesota.

The public is invited to see what Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Public Field School participants have been digging into.

Accused

An Onalaska man is accused of shooting his roommate in the leg after using the handgun's laser sight to tease his cat.

Tales in the Tent, an event to support the La Crosse Storytelling Festival, will be 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Dahl Ford Auto Museum, 711 S. Third St., La Crosse.

SPRING VALLEY, Wis. -- The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service is accepting nominations for its 2016 MOSES Organic Farmer of the Year award to be presented at the 27th annual MOS…

The graphics in this article show when is the best time to put your home on the market in Wisconsin and in other states across the nation.