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Earlier this year, my father passed away as I was taking him to the hospital. Thanksgiving was hard without him, and Christmas will be worse.

MADISON — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker has said he doesn't remember sending a letter about a menorah that is signed, "Thank you and Molotov."

Big Brothers, Big Sisters and Big Couples can take on big loads pairing up with and mentoring youngsters through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the 7 Rivers Region.

WHITEHALL, Wis. — Alexis Behlke was a little girl who loved shoes, swings and baby dolls. She liked pizza, cheese, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and animal crackers. Like any toddler, she was capable of…

MADISON — Here’s one overlooked virtue to government transparency: More often than not, it shows public officials acting with good intentions.

A proposed new downtown restaurant slated for the former Rowley’s Office Supply building at Third and Main streets could be in business by March after getting final approval Thursday from the …

DeMario Lee’s on-again-off-again girlfriend walked into the Cass Street Kwik Trip early June 2, 2013, and heard him yell from the back of the gas station.

BLACK RIVER FALLS -- The former owner of a historic Jackson County restaurant will spend two years in prison for his role in the fire that destroyed the establishment more than three years ago.

It's that time of year: We're building our map of the region's best holiday lights displays. 

It's that time of year: we're building our map of the region's best holiday lights displays. 

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

The Salvation Army is counting on making up a bit of lost ground Saturday, when an anonymous donor will match collections — up to $50,000 — at the agency’s Red Kettles in La Crosse and Onalask…

WHITEHALL — A Trempealeau County judge today sentenced a woman charged with killing a toddler in her care to 30 years in prison.

Colleagues consider Deacon Richard Sage a humble champion of the poor and disadvantaged — and that humility is obvious when he reflects on his nine years as executive director of Catholic Char…

Local legislators supported a recent move by North Dakota officials requiring the oil industry to treat crude oil.

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HOLMEN — Members of the Holmen School Board on Monday night voted to move forward with adding two referendum questions to the April ballot that would ask voters to give the board the authority…

The Bangor Village Board finalized plans to send the question of whether to sound the non-emergency siren to referendum this spring.

When I read last month’s story in Rolling Stone about the brutal gang rape at a fraternity on the University of Virginia Campus, I was shocked and disappointed by the allegations.

A group home should be a sanctuary. It can be a cauldron of emotions and personalities as well.