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WINONA, Minn. — It seems an unlikely place for a prickly pear.

VIROQUA -- An 19-year-old Viroqua man sentenced last week to 18 months in state prison after pleading no contest to a felony charge of substantial battery with intent to do bodily harm.

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In a tradition older than Riverfest itself, people already staked their claims Saturday morning to prime seating for the Fourth of July fireworks over the Mississippi River.

Jeremiah Burish really put the “river” in River Vault this year, moving the annual event onto a barge — and, he says, into track and field history.

MADISON -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s office vowed Friday to alter controversial proposed limits to the Wisconsin open records law but declined to say whether the governor himself was behi…

BARABOO — It was a terrifying nightmare, the kind that leaves you as scared and sweaty as a boy before his first middle school dance.

WINONA, Minn. — A driveway with a trailer full of agates. Recycling bins full of agates. A license plate that reads "MRAGATE." Agates when you walk through the front door.

LINDSTROM, Minn. — Twirling 10 feet above the waters of South Lindstrom Lake, 13-year-old Zac Petzold waved at his mother below and grinned.

BIMIDJI, Minn. -- Nate Mathews knew people were angry. He just didn't know how angry.

LOS ANGELES — To us, fireworks are the sparkling embodiment of the Fourth of July. But to dogs, they truly are bombs bursting in air.

Sparklers, faded Coke signs, red-checked tablecloths — these all are treasured pieces of Americana that we pull out for the Fourth of July. This year, consider adding the Polaroid Swinger to y…

MADISON — Wisconsin’s freedom of information advocates and lawmakers from both parties were quick to blast a surprise measure Friday that would exempt nearly all records created by state and l…

Eagles Club volunteers broke out their scrub brushes and brooms to clean up a piece of La Crosse history Friday.

A former Department of Veterans Affairs employee, who blew the whistle on rampant over-medication at one of the agency’s Wisconsin hospitals, got the chance to meet President Barack Obama on T…

MADISON — On Thursday, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee unleashed a shocking assault on the state’s long and proud tradition of open government.

With gratitude, I would like to thank the guests, vendors, volunteers and sponsors of the fifth annual Taste of the Coulee Region event held June 18 at The Court Above Main, which will benefit…

I was in the line for concessions June 29 during the La Crosse Loggers game at Copeland Park.

VIROQUA -- Area bank customers who use locally-issued debit or credit cards are among the ever-increasing number of victims in a complicated fraud scheme.

So many doubting Thomases, so little time to convince them that they’re seeing things — or not.