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MADISON — Sakari and Suka are ready to meet you.

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Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy. The phone numbers listed are for local agency contacts, not the person in need.

WEST SALEM — When James Noble of West Salem first joined the Stephen Tainter Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, it was on the verge of being disbanded. Three years later, he has b…

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Leah Spring is at the helm of her home: the kitchen island.

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Transgender issues are the next frontier of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement. A string of high-profile cases, such as a Kansas judge’s decision to…

And the winner of a presidential straw poll during the convention of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in La Crosse is — drum roll, please — surprise! It’s Gov. Scott Walker.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton issued a challenge to Minnesota lawmakers Saturday as they rushed to cobble together the terms of a sweeping budget deal the governor isn't on board wit…

WINONA, Minn. -- Police responding to a report of a possible homicide Friday found a 75-year-old woman dead in a home in the 1500 block of West King Street.

Longtime Republican volunteer Pam Johnson has a conundrum: She’s an avid supporter of Gov. Scott Walker, but she would rather not see him living in the White House.

BARABOO — There’s nothing like a trip to the old ballgame to make a guy feel, well, old.

At the famed Norske Nook, there is a wide variety of ingredients used to make the café’s popular pies. Secrets, though, are not among them.

Scientists have found the first known example of a fish with warm blood.

MADISON (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources plans to ask its board this month to prohibit hunters from killing antlerless deer in 13 counties, including part of Jackson County, in…

VIROQUA — The Vernon County Board’s Land and Water Conservation Committee will recommend to the county board June 9 that the county buy the land that makes up both Jersey Valley and Sidie Holl…

OGDEN, Utah (TNS) — Jeremy Trentelman recalls the very moment he lost control of his own story, not to mention his privacy and a good measure of his sanity: when he posted the evidence of his …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Almost from the day Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defeated his Democratic predecessor Russ Feingold five years ago, both sides have anticipated a rematch.

Lanterns like this one, pulled from the wreckage of the steamboat War Eagle, were a welcome improvement over candles in the 1860s and 1870s.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Public school districts could face an additional $48 million hit over the next two years under the voucher program included in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget, accordi…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker called on legislators Friday to reform his economic development agency in the wake of another scathing audit that found the organization hasn’t followed state law o…