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Scott Walker led a straw poll of prospective 2016 presidential candidates Saturday. The  poll was conducted by the La Crosse County Republican Party at its annual Lincoln Day dinner.

The words “transformative” and “vibrant” were used early and often Monday in describing how a planned $68 million housing, retail and office complex will remake downtown La Crosse.

ONALASKA -- Are you old enough to remember the days of threshing rings, one-room schools, basket socials and end-of-year school picnics? Or maybe you’re just curious about what life was really…

BLACK RIVER FALLS -- The Ho-Chunk Nation is moving ahead with a minimum wage increase that sets the tribe’s compensation level $2.75 above the state.

THE WAY IT WAS: Looking south from Third and Pine streets April 27, 1965, just moments before the dome of the third La Crosse County Courthouse crashed to the ground during the building’s razi…

The Children’s Museum of La Crosse Judith A. Bouffleur Outstanding Volunteers of the Year are Gubbi Sudhakaran, Jennifer Docktor, Steve Harris, and UW-L physics education students. During the …

ONALASKA — About 50 members of the Onalaska Area Historical Society gathered last week in the group’s museum for what OAHS vice president Linda Smith called “a new start,” with new historical …

WINONA, Minn. — Dick Otto of Winona had a nerve-wracking job laying U.S. mines and removing enemy mines while a U.S. Army sergeant in the Korean War.

MADISON — A Wisconsin lawmaker is trying again to increase penalties for drunken driving in the only state in the nation where first-time offenders face tickets, not jail time.

Northbound Hwy. 61 traffic will merge onto westbound Interstate 90 at a different location, and access to the boat launch and lock and dam will change Wednesday at the Interstate 90 Dresbach b…

TOWN OF HILLSBORO -- Four people were hurt Saturday afternoon when a 29-year-old Elroy woman fell asleep at the wheel and her vehicle crossed the center, traveled through the ditch and crashed…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker has traveled outside of Wisconsin on at least 56 days this year, or about half of the 115 days since Jan. 1, according to a State Journal review of his official mon…

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.

MINNEAPOLIS -- As University of Minnesota leaders try to control the damage caused by their handling of a decade-old drug-trial suicide, some academics around the world are ensuring the case w…

TOMAH -- After high school graduation in May, Paddy Zheng will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point .

ONALASKA -- Brian Udermann’s 2011 book — “25 Ways to Cure the Hiccups: Uncovering the Truth Behind 101 Common Myths and Misconceptions” — did so well that Udermann decided to revisit the subje…

WAUNAKEE, Wis. — A month after a white Madison police officer shot and killed an unarmed biracial man, the sheriff's department is trying to build understanding of the training it gives on how…

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Manhattan’s Upper West Side. San Francisco’s SoMa. La Crosse’s Washburn: Which of these neighborhoods doesn’t belong?

MINNEAPOLIS — One by one, the Somali women filtered into an office of the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis to tell their stories. Each appeared exhausted. One hadn’t slept in days.