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Extra Effort: After loss, Cashton senior focuses on family, farm
CASHTON — The rural life is important to high school senior Mark Gronemus.
Extra Effort: Arcadia senior pursuing dream of helping others
ARCADIA — Like many kids, Kody Petersen decided as a fourth grader that he wanted to be a doctor.
Hmong community tries to balance modern living, traditions
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Forty years after the first Hmong refugees arrived in the United States with no idea how they would ever feel like a part of this strange new world, elders from Eau Cla…
'Writing From the Body' coming to Viroqua
VIROQUA — Award-winning writer Cheryl Pallant will lead a two-day writing retreat, “Writing From the Body,” Tuesday and Wednesday at Nature Nooks Retreat Conference Center and Nature Reserve a…
For Goodness' Sake for Sunday, April 12, 2015
Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.
Black DA to decide charges against white Wisconsin officer
MADISON — The story has played out the same way in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and Milwaukee. A white police officer kills an unarmed black man, sparking waves of protests before a white pros…
Hmong give other immigrant groups important lessons and help
MINNEAPOLIS (TNS) — When Yusuf Ali hosted a dinner to launch a new Somali community nonprofit, he brought in a Hmong attorney as the keynote speaker. When Ehtaw Dwee needed advice on keeping h…
It's going to take longer to get there from here
It’s Pac-Man season in the Coulee Region -- when drivers need to slow down and pay attention to avoid smacking into orange cones redirecting traffic during road construction.
Rushford agronomy facility makeover nearly complete
RUSHFORD, Minn. — Work on Farmers Co-op Elevator’s Rushford agronomy facility upgrade is nearing completion, and its new receiving and blending system will substantially increase capacity and …
Tree-lined Losey loses ashes to borer
Four decades after being devastated by the plague that was Dutch elm disease, Losey Boulevard on Saturday again bid farewell to a swath of trees.
Fed review of Canada lynx to take longer than expected
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is applying a new threat assessment for federally protected Canada lynx from Maine to Washington State, delaying completion of the fir…
La Crosse Day tickets on sale till Monday
An online flash sale of tickets for La Crosse Area Day at Miller Park will end Monday.
After foreign policy stumbles, Walker goes abroad
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is becoming something of a globe-trotter as world affairs loom large in the 2016 Republican presidential race and attention has been drawn to his ear…
Hope Academy students give back at children's museum
Rebecca Fischer was helping put together a string of Styrofoam noodles Friday at the Children’s Museum of La Crosse.
UW regents OK out-of-state, grad student tuition increase
MADISON (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved raising tuition for out-of-state undergraduate and some graduate students at most of the system's four-year schools …
Things That Matter: Elfenbrau
The weather has been gloomy, college basketball took a turn for the worse, and taxes are due next week. Perhaps it’s time for an elf party, where the libations are “Wholesome as Sunshine.”
Remembering the flood of 1965
In April 1965, the water started rising ... and rising ... and rising.
Bill Lueders: Goals clash as Wisconsin prepares to rewrite campaign finance law
Testifying at a recent informational hearing on legislative plans to revamp the state’s campaign finance law, Jay Heck of Common Cause in Wisconsin made a keen observation. Two diametrically o…
Judy Shoults: Dance for Hope grateful for support
On behalf of the La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention, I would like to thank everyone who made our recent Dance for Hope event a success.
