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Tunnels, bikes and history on the Elroy-Sparta State Trail
NORWALK – The light at the end of the tunnel looks closer but in reality is about a 15-minute delicate walk away.
West Allis boy finds Bigfoot in Kettle Moraine State Forest
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — When 5-year-old Linkin Eger set out in mid-May to search for the illustrious Bigfoot at the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Pike Lake Unit in Hartford, nobody could have p…
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Spring flower hike Saturday on prairie
HOLMEN -- The Mississippi Valley Conservancy is hosting a public hike at Holland Sand Prairie State Natural Area at 10 a.m. Saturday.
What cable deal could mean for consumers
As the Internet has upended their business, cable companies have been racing to reinvent themselves as dominant broadband providers and distributors of online video.
Camp Send-a-Kid seeks support for youths
Summer camp conjures up all sorts of great memories — the first time away from home, swimming and canoeing and horseback riding, learning about nature and about friendships.
Mother of three boys killed in Argyle arson moves on haltingly, in fear
NEW LISBON — At night, Sharon Peterson is haunted by a recurring dream.
Johns Hopkins study connects student vision with literacy
BALTIMORE (TNS) — In the month after Alexander Dominguez joined Maygon Thompson’s third-grade class at Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary School, he breezed through worksheets and quickly ro…
Ho-Chunk work to save Nation's language
BLACK RIVER FALLS — The Ho-Chunk Nation is moving forward with a collaboration to help preserve its traditional language.
Social media elevate school fights to new realm
ATLANTA — The student sitting at the front of the class doesn’t know she’s about to be attacked. But others in the room apparently do.
State park season in full swing and with new amenities
There are spectacular views from the bluffs over the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, waterfalls to photograph and wooden towers to climb.
Zwarts honored for work with foster kids
Foster parents Doug and Diana Zwart of La Crosse were honored last week with the 2015 Governor’s Foster Care Award for their work with children in La Crosse County.
For Goodness's Sake for Sunday, May 31, 2015
Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy. The phone numbers listed are for local agency contacts, not the person in need.
Julia Belle Swain looks frightful now, but she'll be as good as new with old look
DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Julia Belle Swain will head to its home port of La Crosse soon, after months of dry-dock dismantling and patchwork in Dubuque to make it riverworthy after years in mothballs.
John Desmond taps big talent for project to save 'Julie Belle Swain'
Crew members that Chairman John Desmond recruited to be on the nonprofit Save the Julia Belle Swain's board of directors have skill sets that make them important cogs in the machine that is th…
UW-La Crosse might not see benefit from smaller budget cut
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse might not see any relief from the proposed reduction in funding cuts to the University of Wisconsin System.
Panel votes to cut University of Wisconsin $250 million
MADISON (AP) — The Legislature's budget-writing committee voted Friday to cut the University of Wisconsin's budget by $250 million and eliminate tenure protections for faculty from state law —…
New state scholarship promotes career and technical education
Josh Kuhse wants to become a paramedic.
