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SPARTA — “The Interview,” the controversial movie that Sony Pictures initially pulled from its Christmas Day release because of threats of violence, is packing ’em in at the only Coulee Region…

TOWN OF ALBION -- Fire destroyed an unoccupied Jackson County mobile home on Christmas Day, according to the Black River Falls Fire Department.

MADISON -- It’s not easy to make sense of the debate over the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts.

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Neil Olson put up a Christmas tree when two of his sons went off to war in 1974, vowing not to take it down until all six children came home for Christmas. The same tree is…

MADISON — In 1822, a French fur trader got shot in the gut at close range. A young Army surgeon operated and got him back to health then realized the resulting wound could be a perfect laborat…

NEW YORK — The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere — and the investigations and tumultuous protests they inspired — was the top news story of 2014, according…

WASHINGTON — There are more than 300 million people in America, yet the same two families keep popping up when it comes to picking a president.

La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Kurt Papenfuss has cleaned out his office except for four thick black binders and three large folders.

West Salem native Chelsea Lavold had to chance to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking earlier this month.

No puppy for you, son (or so I thought)

MADISON -- For many years, David Benzschawel, a civil engineer for the city of Madison, kept a large map in his office. It detailed dozens of closed landfills and historic dumps around the cit…

It’s not a good sign when even the dogs won’t drink your tap water.

Arizona sometimes seems like the Rodney Dangerfield of states, politically speaking, positioned between the blue behemoth of California and the red swagger of Texas — a state seeking respect w…

MINNEAPOLIS — Some events that grabbed Americans’ attention the most in 2014 played out on a smaller stage in Minnesota, from questions of race and policing to Ebola, terrorism, and the Republ…

’Twas a night in Wisconsin, when all through the state,

SEATTLE (TNS) — When he took the stage this fall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his signature global health research initiative, Bill Gates used the word “naive” — four times — to descri…

Rod Noren of rural Blair, his children and grandchildren have a special present to celebrate with around the Christmas tree today: his wife, their mother and grandmother, Kristi, who was shock…

MADISON -- Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to set a mandatory retirement age for judges in the state.

As part of its efforts to encourage citizen diplomacy, World Services of La Crosse is seeking nominations for its 2015 Citizen Ambassador, Citizen Diplomat and Student Ambassador of the Year awards.

Erika Howard grew up watching “The Price is Right!” She always imagined herself being called to come on down but never dreamed it would happen.