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Shilling: GOP lacks leadership to settle budget differences
Local Democratic lawmakers say Republicans in charge of the state Legislature lack the leadership to resolve the main obstacles to passing a budget.
La Crosse County Circuit Court felonies
Kendal Readus, 22, of North Chicago, Ill., was charged Monday as a fugitive. Readus is wanted in Lake County (Ill.) for home invasion, according to the complaint.Gregory Loftus, 34, of 223 N. …
Body found inside burning car in Jackson County
Authorities discovered a dead body inside a burning car late Saturday in the Jackson County town of Northfield.
Tomah boy drowns at Fort McCoy
A 16-year-old Tomah boy drowned over the weekend at a Fort McCoy park.
Scientists targeted for cuts have studied GOP issues
MADISON, Wis. — The group of state Department of Natural Resources scientists that Republican lawmakers targeted for cuts has been working on a number of politically charged issues in recent y…
Howntown history: 1956 Rail Scene
THE WAY IT WAS: This bygone rail scene, taken in July 1956, by Donald E. Smith, shows a Chicago and North Western “Dakota 400” passenger train traveling between Sparta and Elroy. Rail service …
Eagle Eye Hike
Mississippi Valley Conservancy is offering a guided hike of its Eagle Eye State Natural Area from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
About People for Monday, June 8, 2015
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New center to focus on Lyme disease and its long-term consequences
BALTIMORE (TNS) — Antibiotics have been so effective in wiping out all traces of Lyme disease infections that doctors haven’t always believed people who said they still suffered for months or …
Koehl, the pony who thinks he's a dog, is therapeutic for humans
Koehl is such a confident pony that he just assumes he is a member of the family — to the extent that his owners once invited him into the house for Thanksgiving dinner.
Book reflects years of conversation between Winona poet, friend
WINONA, Minn. — James Armstrong and Kim Alan Chapman have been taking and writing about nature and culture since the early 1980s, and they recently arranged their ongoing conversation into a book.
Twin Cities Hindu temple grows on faith, family
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The gods are sporting new clothes.
GOP pols reject, revise Walker budget
MADISON — Republican lawmakers have been flexing their collective muscle in writing the two-year state budget slated for completion this month — rejecting and revising several of Gov. Scott Wa…
Faculty uneasy about working at UW after cuts, tenure changes
MADISON — Mahesh Mahanthappa and Gray Jackson both grew up far away from Wisconsin but came here to pursue their passion for chemistry at UW-Madison, a national leader in the field. Each moved…
Hundreds of letters from WWII sailor find home at WSU
WINONA, Minn. — Writing to his wife and daughter from a battleship in the South Pacific during World War II, Delmar Jack Laudon had no idea that his loving letters would be saved, forgotten, t…
Transportation study rolls along
Transportation planners have defined the problem. Now they must begin working on solutions.
Looming Supreme Court ruling creates uncertainty over Obamacare subsidies
WASHINGTON (TNS) — As the U.S. Supreme Court nears its decision in the King v. Burwell case, lawmakers, insurers, the Obama administration and millions of Americans are stuck in a state of unc…
The first of its kind
KENDALL — It’s a bike trail that launched a national movement.
Bemidji grave digger works the old-fashioned way
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Most graves these days are dug with backhoes. Heavy machinery is fast, exact and doesn’t cause low-back problems.