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ONALASKA — A 28-year-old Ohio man who victimized children through online gaming spent the first of up to 10 Christmases behind bars last week, thanks to an investigation launched by local poli…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have been in transition all year.

What began 25 years ago as a simple idea — to help people see bald eagles during late fall, winter and early spring — has grown into the National Eagle Center, a major tourism draw for Wabasha…

Even before he broke out of a Wisconsin prison in 1978 in a hot-wired El Camino, Thaddeus “Ted” Cydzik made headlines as a prisoner. Serving life for a fatal Brookfield supper club robbery, he…

Twenty-thousand feet down the answers may be waiting, hidden in some underwater canyon far off Australia’s coast. But more than nine months after searchers began scouring the seas for a Malays…

I was delighted to learn that a Nativity scene is on display at our state Capitol in Madison. I'd like to thank Geralyn Ketterman of Edgerton, Wis., who was the leader in making this happen. M…

The concert last weekend by the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra was remarkable.

Each year, Don Weber and the incredible staffs from Logistics Health Inc. and The Waterfront Restaurant collaborate to provide an amazing holiday dinner and entertainment for our region’s home…

MADISON (AP) — One group of potential candidates for president probably won’t be shuffling off to Iowa, New Hampshire or other early campaign spots in the new year. They’ll be hunkered down in…

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…

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MADISON -- Leaders of several key Wisconsin industries say 2015 should be a good year, according to forecasts prepared for the Wisconsin Bankers Association, but the state’s farmers will likel…

Gundersen Health System in La Crosse will host an open house in its recently updated labor and delivery area from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 4.

Ben Winnes of Caledonia, Minn., wanted to combine adventure with service reflecting his Christian faith — and he ended up more than 10,000 miles from home to do so.

After a warmer than normal December, the ice isn’t great, but that’s not keeping anglers on dry land.

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…