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Hillsboro Area Clean Sweep May 9
VIROQUA -- Vernon County will offer services for recycling or properly disposing of household hazardous wastes, small amounts of agricultural chemicals and paints from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturd…
UW-La Crosse offers QuickBooks workshops
The UW-La Crosse Small Business Development Center will hold a series of workshops on QuickBooks, a computer program management tool for small businesses. All run from 8:30 a.m. to noon on cam…
Soldier Show to stop at Fort McCoy on Sunday
FORT McCOY -- The 2015 U.S. Army Soldier Show will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday at Rumpel Fitness Center at Fort McCoy. Doors open a half hour before the show, and seating is on a first-come, firs…
Pilot project braces La Crosse County against changing climate
As the debate drones on over global warming, La Crosse County is in a pilot project to help people brace themselves to counteract the negative health and economic consequences of climate chang…
Pope pokes conservatives by denouncing human causes of climate change
Pope Francis rankled conservatives last week when he hosted a climate change conference at the Vatican, and his papal letter on the topic anticipated as early as next month is expected to roil…
John Doe tensions boil over as high courts prepare to weigh in
MADISON -- Tensions in a long-simmering John Doe investigation are boiling over as the state and U.S. supreme courts move closer to weighing in on a case that still looms over Gov. Scott Walke…
About People for Monday, May 4, 2015
The La Crosse Composite Squad earned title of 2015 Squadron of Merit at the annual Civil Air Patrol awards banquet. The squadron’s search-and-rescue ground team also received the Colonel Dion …
States find savings through Medicaid expansion
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Medicaid expansion has given a budget boost to participating states, mostly by allowing them to use federal money instead of state dollars to care for pregnant women, inmate…
ACA puts Onalaska district in tough spot
ONALASKA -- A provision of the Affordable Care Act is forcing the Onalaska School District to take a hard look at the long-term care insurance benefit it offers employees. Discontinuing the in…
HAHS talk to explore region's ski jumping past
HOLMEN -- When Glenn Borreson, a pastor who retired from Holmen Lutheran Church six years ago, began researching his uncles a few years ago, he had no idea his efforts would uncover an all-but…
Strict enforcement of trespass law by BNSF could put Wisconsin shoreline off limits
In a clash pitting lifestyle against life itself, the BNSF Railroad is warning anglers up and down the Mississippi River to stay off its tracks, which separate most of Wisconsin from the river.
Wisconsin FoodShare fraud crackdown questioned
MADISON — Under Republican Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin has seen a nearly 12-fold increase in the number of people suspended annually from the state’s food stamp program for fraud.
Effort growing to restore cherished features in Myrick Park
She remembers it all as “magical,” the rides and monkeys and noisy peacocks and ice cream cones on hot summer days.
Hansen's IGA to expand in northern Wisconsin
Hansen’s IGA will expand with the purchase of an IGA store in Stanley.
Rep. Kind sets dates for listening sessions
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., has announced listening sessions with constituents in the area:
Longhorn owners change business model to delight of locals
LA CRESCENT — It’s a hidden gem everyone is getting to know. Tucked off Hwy. 6 in La Crescent, Longhorn Valley Greenhouse & Cattle Co. is making quite a name for itself.
State briefs 050315 for LaX
Wildfires burn buildings, cause evacuation — WAUTOMA, Wis. — Six buildings caught fire and 15 homes had to be evacuated as warm weather and dry conditions helped fuel wildfires in central Wisc…
Public welcome-home ceremony for veterans
The 15th La Crosse Freedom Honor Flight takes place today, and the pubilc is invited to both send-off and welcome-home events.
Things that Matter: The SK IV Sanitation Kit
Last week we discussed the La Crosse area’s proliferation of fallout shelters in 1971. Local civil defense officials designed a plan in which every citizen could reach a shelter within 30 minu…
