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The American Association of University Women will present the program "Aging Out of Foster Care" on Saturday in the Ward Room in UW-La Crosse's Cartwright Center.

MADISON — Wisconsin public schools deemed to be failing would have to become charter schools under a bill introduced Wednesday that was the first of the 2015 legislative session and placed on …

Cardinal Raymond Burke blames radical feminism for many problems perceived in the Catholic Church, including clergy sexual abuse of boys and the decline in vocations to the priesthood.

Dakota Area Community School has been loaned the money it needs to continue operations through the end of the year — but the future of the school beyond that is still uncertain, board member a…

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MADISON (AP) — Two civil rights groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Wisconsin's voter photo identification law is constitutional.

A Necedah man was charged Wednesday in the heroin overdose death of a Tomah man in Monroe County's first Len Bias case.

Bluff View Intermediate School principal Aaron Amundson was placed on five days of unpaid disciplinary leave after parents complained of unprofessional conduct towards students.

La Crosse County’s head public nurse has been tapped to become the county’s first new public health director in three decades.

A Monroe County prosecutor today filed a reckless homicide charge against a Necedah, Wis., man accused of providing the heroin that killed a man in July.

The Wisconsin DNR will hold a public hearing today on BNSF's application to fill 7.2 acres of wetland in the La Crosse River marsh as part of a project to add a second set of tracks. The heari…

WINONA — The search for 27 year-old Joshua Hli Xiong has been suspended.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — It’s looking like another big winter for snowy owls in Wisconsin.

Forget frostbite, windchill factor and the polar vortex — winter’s reputation is sliding even further downhill.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder line will return to its normal schedule Monday, nine months after the passenger rail service padded its timetable to accommodate rail construction.

State and federal lawmakers have joined the chorus calling for a more thorough environmental review of the BNSF railroad’s plans to add a second set of tracks through the city of La Crosse.

Coulee Region schools were taking no chances with the cold weather, with most deciding already Tuesday to cancel today’s classes in the face of a night and morning of wind chill factors expect…

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — It’s back to the drawing board for La Crescent-Hokah School District administrators and its school board.

A move to make 2015 the final year for the city to maintain two senior centers in La Crosse fell short Tuesday, but the future of the two facilities remains uncertain.

RENEW Wisconsin will present an award to Gundersen Health System in La Crosse for becoming the first health care network in the nation to offset 100 percent of its electricity use with its own…