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Council to consider pay raise for 2017
A La Crosse Common Council member will push next week to increase the council’s monthly salaries by $300 in spring 2017, the first pay raise for all but the council president since 1979.
Problematic portion of Badger Exam to be delayed 2 weeks
MADISON (AP) — The English language arts portion of the Badger Exam that was scheduled to be given to students in grades 3-8 across Wisconsin as soon as Monday has been delayed by two weeks.
DNR moves 26 elk to Jackson County
MADISON (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has moved 26 elk from Kentucky to Jackson County in hopes of establishing a second herd in the state.
G-E-T names new administrator
The Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District has named Aaron Engel its new administrator.
Mayo-Franciscan charts surgeries after huge restocking of sterile supplies
The dust has cleared at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, allowing the La Crosse hospital to resume surgeries that had been suspended because of potential contamination of steri…
At the pumps on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:
Update: Badger Coulee's north route wins PSC approval
MADISON — The Badger Coulee high-voltage transmission line will be built from the La Crosse area to the Madison area, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission decided in a unanimous vote Thursday.
Teen killed in Trempealeau County ATV crash
A 14-year-old boy died after his ATV overturned in a creek south of Whitehall, according to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department.
Brief, widespread power outage strikes Winona
WINONA, Minn. -- Power was restored to Winona, Goodview and Minnesota City after a brief outage late Thursday morning.
MnDOT to begin razing downtown Winona buildings April 6
WINONA, Minn. -- The downtown buildings in the way of the new interstate bridge over the Mississippi River will soon come down.
VA officials to testify in Senate about VA prescription policy
MADISON (AP) — A VA medical center in Tomah accused of rampantly overprescribing painkillers was expected to be a focus of a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday, with several Department of Veterans A…
Trooper killed in shootout was new academy grad
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper just three months out of the academy and working his "dream job" died in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect also believed to have …
State honey production dropped sharply in 2014
MADISON — Wisconsin dropped out of the top 10 honey-producing states in 2014 after a brutal winter wiped out a significant number of hives and the continued decline of native vegetation taxed …
PSC to decide on Badger-Coulee today
Wisconsin regulators are expected to decide Thursday on a controversial high-voltage power line that could cut through the Coulee Region bringing electricity to population centers in the east.
Teen drivers distracted big time by cellphones, talking in most crashes
Whether teen drivers are talking or texting on cellphones or simply chatting with passengers, distractions play a larger role than previously thought in automobile accidents and were responsib…
Home and Builders Show aims to put spring in air, fill honey-do jars
Pay no attention to the snowflakes that have lurked behind curtains of clouds this week: Spring’s greenery soon will replace the brown landscape to put bounce in your step and spark ideas to f…
Dakota board votes to close school
Pending an early-April vote by school families and employees, the Dakota Area Community School will close at the end of this school year.
Wisconsin trooper killed in shootout was new academy grad
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper just three months out of the academy and working his “dream job” died in a shootout with a bank robbery suspect also believed to have …
Bill Lueders: Do policymakers care what people think? It depends
MADISON — Legislative hearings are usually low-interest events. Not so with the two recent hearings held in the Wisconsin Capitol about the fast-tracked right-to-work bill prohibiting private …
2 men charged in house fire blamed on marijuana wax
ST. PAUL, (AP) — Authorities warned Minnesotans on Wednesday about the dangers of marijuana wax, and they blamed a botched attempt to make the highly concentrated form of the hippie drug for a…