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Onalaska's Chilsen notes God's helping hand at mayoral breakfast
Onalaska Mayor Joe Chilsen often looks to the heavens when he faces a vexing problem he needs to solve in the city of nearly 18,000.
Marsh work proceeds as legal case grinds on
Legal wrangling over whether the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources followed state statutes when it issued BNSF Railroad a permit to build a second line through the La Crosse River mars…
High schoolers honored for extra efforts
It’s not easy growing up. Just figuring yourself out can be hard for a teenager without adding in family, friends, schoolwork and the increasing responsibilities of young adulthood.
Online payment of city utilities advances
La Crosse residents could be able to pay water, sewer and stormwater bills online by September, officials with the city’s utilities said this week.
Oil train derailment prompts evacuation in North Dakota town
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An official says a train was hauling crude from North Dakota's oil patch when it derailed and caught fire in a rural area of the state.
Birding and Nature Trail Walk
SPRING GROVE, Minn. -- The Norwegian Ridge Birding and Nature Trail Walk will be on Sunday in Spring Grove.
Migratory bird hike May 10 at Sugar Creek Bluff
FERRYVILLE -- The Mississippi Valley Conservancy and the Ferryville Tourism Council will offer a bird watching hike up Sugar Creek Bluff State Natural Area from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
ACA puts Onalaska district in tough spot
ONALASKA — A provision of the Affordable Care Act is forcing the Onalaska School District to take a hard look at the long-term care insurance benefit it offers employees. Discontinuing the inc…
Mike Tighe: A hand-washing app? Really?
Sorry, Charlie. We don’t want apps that look good — we want apps that are good.
Bill changes program that limits class sizes in low-income schools
MADISON — A longtime state program to reduce class sizes in elementary schools with significant numbers of poor students would no longer require fewer students in classrooms under changes the …
Oil train derailment prompts evacuation in North Dakota town
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An official says a train was hauling crude from North Dakota’s oil patch when it derailed and six cars caught fire in a rural area of the state.
Bad budget news for Wisconsin: No new money over 2 years
MADISON — Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday they would still find a way to make sure funding for Wisconsin public schools is not cut next year by $127 million as Gov. Scott Walker …
La Crosse's Mueller to be next Holmen district administrator
HOLMEN, Wis. -- Kristin Mueller will only have a short drive to her new job as district administrator for the School District of Holmen.
Letter carriers, volunteers to help lick hunger with annual food drive
Postal carriers throughout the Coulee Region and across the nation will be multi-tasking Saturday in their 23rd annual “Stamp out Hunger” food drive.
UW-L provost to be next College at Brockport president
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse provost Heidi Macpherson will be the next president College of Brockport, a State University of New York campus.
La Crosse teen charged in Rusk County man's death
LADYSMITH, Wis. — A 17-year-old La Crosse boy who reportedly fired three shots at coyotes from a Rusk County road has been charged with four felonies related to the shooting death of a rural G…
La Crosse man sent to prison for North Side battery
A La Crosse man who was stabbed three times when a man he attacked at a North Side apartment defended himself was sentenced Wednesday to one year in prison.
Suicidal man coaxed from bridge
La Crosse police coaxed a suicidal man from the top of the Cass Street Bridge on Wednesday morning.
