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storm dumps up to 13 inches of snow; rain on tap Tuesday, but early thaw means low risk of flooding
A winter storm dumped up to 13 inches of wet snow on parts of the Coulee Region Sunday and Monday, snarling morning commutes and causing some schools to close.
Couple puts neighborly touch into Austin corner store
AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — At the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street Northeast in a multiethnic, blue-collar neighborhood a few blocks east of Austin's downtown is Reed's Fourth Avenue …
Hometown history: Cerise Dinner Club
THE WAY IT WAS: A circa 1961 postcard view of the Cerise Dinner Club when it was located at 2222 S. 32nd St. This popular restaurant, then owned by Gerald Heberlein, was destroyed by a fire 50…
Bike advocates, residents say proposed gravel pit could blemish Elroy-Sparta trail
Despite stiff opposition, the mine has won approval from town and county officials.
10-year-old auctioneer stars at Blue Earth Stockyards
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — By now, the members of the Owens household give not a second thought to the auctioneer’s chant coming from the bathroom shower. It’s just 10-year-old Cash getting his reps in.
Extra Effort: Luther senior refuses to let life's hurdles knock him down
ONALASKA — The hallmark of Joshua Raabe is his Christian character is able to weather storms, his high school principal said.
Supreme Court considers impact of disability law on police
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The police shooting in Georgia earlier this month of a naked, unarmed man with bipolar disorder spotlights the growing number of violent confrontations between police and th…
71 years later, Arcadia veteran receives Bronze Star
ETTRICK, Wis. — Clifford Blaha is a war hero, but he doesn’t make a big deal of it. So, on Saturday, his friend Paul Beseler saw to it that the 89-year-old received the Bronze Star he earned i…
With moratorium expired, Houston County faces questions about enforcement ability
With the expiration this month of a three-year moratorium on silica sand mining and no new laws in place to regulate it, Houston County officials are struggling to get a handle on existing min…
Tomah VA gets new leadership
TOMAH (AP) — The director of the troubled Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah has been reassigned.
For Goodness' Sake for Sunday, March 22, 2015
Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.
Wisconsin brothers gain fame for work on custom cars
SPRING GREEN, Wis. (AP) — Architecture buffs flock here for Taliesin. Lovers of the Bard make the summer drive for American Players Theatre.
Inside the juicy world of meat raffles
MINNEAPOLIS (TNS) — A wheel clack-clack-clacks and the numbers blur. More slowly now — clack, clack, clack — the numbers separate so you can find yours and follow it. Almost, maybe, just a lit…
New school would bring programming into future
WEST SALEM — West Salem School District officials hope to turn three problems into an opportunity by building a cutting-edge school to house grades 5-8.
School maintenance referendum on ballot
VIROQUA — Viroqua Area School District residents will vote April 7 whether the district should receive a revenue cap exemption of $350,000 per year for five years.
Clamming industry boomed in New Ulm in early 1900s
NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — Clam shells littered the banks of the Minnesota River at the spot near New Ulm where a Free Press reporter and photographer rested during a canoe trip in 1998. Sightings …
La Crosse launch of mental health initiative aims to propel helping each other
Talking about mental health should be done in plain sight and in normal voices instead of behind closed doors and hushed tones, according to a new national campaign being launched Monday in La Crosse.
With frac mining moratorium expired, Houston County faces questions on zoning and enforcement ability
With the expiration this month of a three-year moratorium on silica sand mining and no new laws in place to regulate it, Houston County officials are struggling to get a handle on existing min…
