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MONTFORT — A 6-year-old child was killed, and an 8-year-old child and a woman were injured from gunshot wounds Friday afternoon in the village of Montfort in Grant County, authorities said.

For educators, 2015 is shaping up to be a lot like 2014.

MADISON — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has rolled over his Democratic opponents in Wisconsin, shutting down their allies in labor unions, stuffing the attempts to recall him and handily winnin…

Monday is the final day to submit public comments on a proposed high-voltage power line that would cut through the Coulee Region to deliver energy to the east.

On behalf of the residents at Hillview Health Care Center, I would like to thank the entire La Crosse community for their generosity this Christmas.

I would like to thank the staff members at Fiesta Mexicana for the delicious Mexican dinner they served on Christmas. The atmosphere and service were superb, and they helped make Christmas special.

There have been reports recently about health care delivery problems at Veterans Administration facilities across the country. It might be true that there have been problems; however, I have b…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In Rep. Greg Davids’ perfect world, legislation he steers into law this year would jettison a new fourth bracket on Minnesota’s income tax and phase out a statewide prop…

MAIDSON — A series of tax reform roundtables Gov. Scott Walker’s administration conducted a year ago resulted in a fairly predictable 19-page report last month. (Spoiler alert: The public thin…

Turn out the lights, the party’s over.

MILWAUKEE (TNS) -- In what has become an increasingly common phenomenon, a Milwaukee woman had to face having nude and seminude photos of her posted on the Internet in April as collateral dama…

ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The harsh winter of 2014 brought a record number of animals to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville, according to caregivers.

Fox 25/48 in La Crosse and Eau Claire apparently has settled a contract dispute with Charter Communications that had threatened to pull the plug on Fox at midnight New Year’s Eve.

Monday is the deadline to register for Introduction to the Mystics at the Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St.

Accused

Angela Connely spent New Year’s Eve day as a midwife at Gundersen Health System seeing 16 patients and the evening in labor before her own baby arrived at 12:08 a.m. New Year’s Day.

MADISON -- The eating habits of the white-tailed deer are changing the look of the northern Wisconsin and Michigan forests, according to a new study.

VIROQUA -- Alcohol is suspected to have been a factor in a town of Kickapoo crash that sent a 51-year-old rural Richland Center man to the hospital on New Year's Day at 4 a.m.

A winter storm will move through the region Saturday night to be followed by bitter cold temperatures, the National Weather Service predicts.

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas: