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April restaurant inspections find violations at 34 establishments
State and local health inspectors found 100 health code violations — 44 of them critical — at 34 area eateries during April.
Accused teen thieves arrested in Winona garage; police seize stolen car, loot
WINONA -- The arrest of two boys in a Winona garage may be the end of a mini-crime wave in two communities.
Walker says he'd be 'pleased' with prevailing wage repeal
PORTAGE, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he would be “pleased” if a repeal of Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law were a part of the state budget, but he’d also be satisfied with significan…
10-year voucher expansion could shift up to $800 million from public schools
MADISON -- Up to $800 million could be spent over the next 10 years to expand the taxpayer-funded statewide school voucher program as proposed by GOP lawmakers, according to a new legislative memo.
Students create system to slurp, remove algae from lakes
MADISON -- When it comes to cleaning up algae, raking doesn’t work. The paint-like green goop slips through the tines. It leaves the big question facing Madison beaches — how to make the water…
Xcel seeks to raise fixed cost for electricity use
Xcel Energy customers could see gas and power bills grow again next year as the utility seeks to change the way consumers pay for electricity.
Turning sewage into drinking water gains appeal as drought lingers
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — It’s a technology with the potential to ease California’s colossal thirst and insulate millions from the parched whims of Mother Nature, experts say.
Army begins training for the next war
FORT RILEY, Kan. (TNS) — For more than a decade, troops here have been schooled in counterinsurgency.
Walker stands by Huebsch, ducks question about questionable state loan
PORTAGE — Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday declined to say whether he would support a criminal investigation into a $500,000 state loan to a failing Milwaukee company owned by one of his top 2010…
Buffalo County traffic stop yields meth, leads to suspected drug house
FOUNTAIN CITY -- A traffic stop Tuesday in Buffalo County turned up meth — and information that led to a suspected drug house.
Sham hooker hooks another in Winona County
WINONA, Minn. — Winona County law enforcement’s bogus prostitute hooked another hapless john Tuesday.
Everything to be going, going — gone in SkipperLiner auction
Assets and equipment of SkipperLiner Inc. in La Crosse — at one time the nation’s largest builder of luxury houseboats and commercial passenger boats — will be sold in an online auction Tuesday.
Tomah school buildings placed on lockdown
All school buildings in the Tomah Area School District were placed on lockdown Thursday in response to a potentially threatening drawing discovered at the residence of a teacher.
Mayo-Franciscan buys land near Arcadia for clinic
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare has bought about 12 acres of land south of Arcadia for $445,000 to build a new clinic, a spokesman said.
At the Pumps for Thursday, May 28, 2015
Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:
Man killed in Alma in crash with milk truck
ALMA, Wis. — A Thursday morning crash in Alma killed one person, after a car struck a milk truck.
Suspect in wild ride caught with toddler after foiled burglary
VIROQUA — At the time of his arrest shortly after a foiled robbery attempt, the 33-year-old suspect in a pair of Coon Valley vehicle thefts had a 2-year-old passenger with him in what police s…
Buffalo County crash involving milk truck kills one
ALMA, Wis. -- A Thursday-morning crash in Alma killed one person after a car struck a milk truck head on.
Restoring jukeboxes has farmer jumpin’
BANGOR -- From the outside, it looks similar to pole-sheds on other farms. But inside, tractors and combine share shed space with row upon row of antique jukeboxes, and old pinball and slot ma…
