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Whitetail Ridge Ski Area customer appreciation day Feb. 7
FORT MCCOY — Fort McCoy’s Whitetail Ridge Ski Area will hold a customer appreciation day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 7.
UW System president fights back
MADISON -- University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross blasted Gov. Scott Walker's suggestion that faculty could lessen the impact of his proposed $300 million budget cut by teaching mo…
Veteran delights in home cooking, independence in foster home
SPARTA — Home-cooked food and a yearning to explore photography prompted Carleton Dedolph to move from the Tomah VA Medical Center to a foster home in a new VA program there.
Baldwin tells VA to interview whistleblowers
MADISON — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Thursday asked that the lead investigator looking into allegations of opiates being overprescribed and retaliatory practices at the VA hospital in Tomah ta…
Rec-Fest Family Night canceled
A lack of snow has led the city to cancel the 2015 Winter Rec-Fest Family Night events set for Friday at Forest Hills Golf Course.
Network slates sign-up help for health insurance
The eight-county Western Region Enrollment Network, which provides assistance to those who need help navigating the federal Healthcare Marketplace, has scheduled several walk-in opportunities …
Public school open enrollment begins Monday
Wisconsin’s public school open enrollment application period runs from Feb. 2 to April 30 for the 2015-16 school year, allowing parents an opportunity to send children to any public school dis…
Gundersen, Unity health plans explore partnership
Gundersen Health Plan and Unity Health Plans Insurance Corp. announced that they have signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore a new partnership.
Holmen man chases trespassers, charged with felony
A La Crosse County man was charged Thursday with felony reckless endangering safety after police say he tried to chase down two men he believed had trespassed on his land.
North Side bar robbed at gunpoint
La Crosse police are looking for a man who robbed a North Side bar Wednesday evening and pistol-whipped three people.
At the pumps on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:
Body of missing La Crosse man found in Wisconsin Dells
The body of a missing 23-year-old La Crosse man was found on the banks of the Wisconsin River at noon today.
Dakota school sets special meeting Friday to discuss debt plan
DAKOTA, Minn — The Dakota Area Community School Board of Directors is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting today to make a quick plan for getting out of debt.
Driver sentenced to 50 years in cabbie's death
A man who confessed to leading police on a high-speed chase through La Crosse County with a dead taxi driver in the trunk of a stolen cab was sentenced Thursday to serve 50 years in prison.
Man walks into Mississippi River
La Crosse police are investigating what led a man to walk into the Mississippi River off the Seventh Street boat landing Thursday afternoon.
Unity, Gundersen explore partnership
MADISON — Unity Health Plans Insurance Corp. and Gundersen Health Plan are exploring a partnership, the organizations announced Thursday.
Pump House seeks artists for 2015-16
The Pump House Regional Arts Center invites artists to apply for 2015-16 juried exhibition season.
Trempealeau Co. defendant calls out prosecutor in courtroom
WHITEHALL — A man charged in a Trempealeau County attempted homicide case stopped his plea hearing in the case this morning after he accused the district attorney of “trying to use this one hi…
At UW-L, tuition has made up for declining state support
Tuition at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has risen almost in lockstep with the decline in state financial support since 2002.
92nd Snowflake Ski Jump this weekend
WESTBY — Volunteers have been busy putting the finishing touches on the ski hill for the 92nd annual Snowflake Ski Jump set for Friday and Saturday in Timber Coulee outside Westby.
