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GENOA — Nate Obert was 9 when he got the news his mom was sick.

Families from all over the area flocked to Houston for the 13th annual International Festival of Owls, held Friday through Sunday.

Kelly Smith is dancing a jig about being named Irish Rose, but it’s hardly the first time she has high-stepped for the Emerald Isle.

WINONA, Minn. — Nicholas Modjeski grew up on a farm, so when he went to medical school he made sure to do some rotations at rural hospitals.

Barnabus is a 6-year-old neutered domestic long-haired orange tiger cat. He has spent most of his life outside and getting fed by the community. There was one family he especially bonded with.…

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Pink flowers adorn a tree by the wooded trail where a drunk college student wandered in her final moments, just before she slipped in a creek and froze on a bed of snow.

Neighbors Day, an annual program that dispatches volunteers to help the city of La Crosse’s elderly and disabled residents with outdoor cleanup work, returns April 18 for its 19th year. Those …

DES MOINES — Gov. Scott Walker marked his second visit to the early presidential nominating state of Iowa on Saturday by shifting his stance on a key issue for a politically connected group of…

WASHINGTON — Scott Walker insists it’s the media, and only the media, raising the subject of President Barack Obama’s patriotism and religion.

A sure sign that spring's on the horizon: One hour less shut-eye tonight no matter when you turn out the lights.

MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who built his reputation on limiting the power of public-sector unions four years ago, plans to quickly sign a right-to-work bill after the Assembly pass…

For Ryan Boerger, there is a distinct need in the La Crosse restaurant community for a new gyro and beer joint.

ONALASKA — The Coulee Region Humane Society’s opening of its foster care program to the public is moving the society toward its goal of saving more little critters’ lives.

If you stopped in a La Crosse drug store around the turn of the century, you might have found a medicine cabinet filled with “Humphreys’ Specifics” — little white pills and vials promising you…

Nearly two years after he took his own life, former colleagues, friends and family members of Dick Trickle are hoping to memorialize the legendary race car driver in his hometown of Rudolph, Wis.

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Grant Porath, 52, of 919 St Cloud St., No. 10, was charged Friday with two counts of felony bail jumping. Porath removed his ankle monitoring bracelet on Wednesday and failed to appear for co…

A fund has been established to offset funeral expenses and support the children of a Holmen woman killed early this week.

MADISON — Dan Robinson is not claiming that a false statement made about him in a mailing to voters last fall cost him the election. But still, he thinks it was possibly a crime.