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Perseverance is the focus of Jordenne Butler’s community service platform for the Miss American Program, and she showed Friday that perseverance pays off. Butler was crowned the 11th Miss Wisc…

MADISON -- Irina Kolenkina, the Russian immigrant charged with stabbing her husband to death last weekend at their rented town of Vienna farmhouse, told police that she had worked as a butcher…

Applause rang out in Copeland Park Saturday morning as Sam Scinta read the words first announced by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger on June 19, 1965.

Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board will meet next week in Onalaska, where the citizen panel will decide on a proposal to eliminate some of the state’s air pollution regulations and on the sal…

MADISON — More than two dozen awards worth more than $124 million were made to companies without a formal staff review by the underwriting department of Gov. Scott Walker’s economic developmen…

People who want to connect with other parents of young children can explore the Children's Museum of La Crosse after hours during the new Museum Meet and Mingle program.

MADISON — Scott Walker told donors on Friday that he’s still praying about whether to run for president, even as the Wisconsin governor launched a website to raise money and hedged on earlier …

HOLMEN, Wis. — School may be out for the summer, but elementary students were still learning valuable skills all week at Camp Invention.

BARABOO — Say any word over and over again, and it starts to lose its meaning.

GREEN BAY (AP) — Eight years ago, Sarah Little of Marquette paid $40 for a tattoo on her ring finger.

ST. PAUL (AP) — The former archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, interfered with an investigation by an outside law firm into allegations of his misconduct, Minnesota Public …

ST. PAUL — The call by Pope Francis for the world’s leaders and people to dedicate themselves to curbing climate change is being greeted with enthusiasm in Minnesota.

The La Crosse Loggers will partner with the La Crosse police and fire departments for a charity softball game -- Patriot Games: Guns 'n Hoses -- to be held July 12, at Copeland Park. Represent…

Gifts, grants and pledges of more than $42.5 million mean Viterbo University has surpassed the goal of a huge campaign, University of Opportunity: Hope and Help, school officials announced Friday.

A Holmen man charged last summer with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old faces new charges that accuse him of molesting a 6-year-old girl.

Plans to build trails and recreational areas at the La Crosse County Landfill on Hwy. 16 are gaining momentum, according to La Crosse County Director of Solid Waste Henry Koch.

EYOTA, Minn. -- Jan Jech has been coming to a place not far from where her husband spent his final moments for some time.

A Sparta man confessed to robbing a North Side tavern with an air gun and pistol-whipping several patrons, according to court records.

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