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Republicans fighting to hang onto Senate -- in 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate majority in hand, ascendant Republicans are set to challenge President Barack Obama and the Democrats on Capitol Hill come January. But a much tougher election map two…
FSC marks 30 years of helping people in spirtual quests
Sister Kathleen Kenkel remembers getting cranky phone calls from priests and laypeople alike when the Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse first began offering yoga.
In the Service for Monday, Dec. 22, 2014
BASIC TRAINING
Wildcat Mountain has everything cross-country skiers need -- except snow
ONTARIO, Wis. — These December days framed in fog and light rain are not doing Bob Ramsey’s winter welcome to cross-country skiers at Wildcat Mountain State Park any good.
Hazardous driving and a chance of a slightly white Christmas
The National Weather Service warns travelers that freezing drizzle and fog could make driving hazardous today and tonight.
Extra Effort: Melrose-Mindoro senior finds way to excel despite disability
MELROSE — When Jessica Windsor was growing up, she was teased for being different.
Christmas 1914: The day even WWI showed humanity
PLOEGSTEERT, Belgium — With British and German forces separated only by a no-man’s land littered with fallen comrades, sounds of a German Christmas carol suddenly drifted across the frigid air…
Winona native to read from new teen series
WINONA — Shawn McGuire, a Winona native and author of “The Wish Makers” teen-oriented book series, is coming to Winona for two book reading and signing events this week.
UW-Madison oak tree grew into a legend, now will be felled
MADISON — Long before the tract of land next to Lake Mendota became the University of Wisconsin, an acorn embedded itself in the soil not far from some burial mounds created by the original oc…
La Crosse natives take on Rickshaw Run to raise money for local charity
Three La Crosse-area natives are setting off on the adventure of the lifetime this month, as they trek across India in a “glorified lawnmower” to raise money for charity.
Area students join in growing computer coding movement
ONALASKA — Katelynn Cadogan leaned over her iPad, puzzling over how to get the little robot on the screen to travel around a square path, lighting up designated tiles on the path as it progres…
Record-shattering suicides confound La Crosse County health officials
The record-shattering number of 26 suicides in La Crosse County this year baffles and demoralizes those who work to stanch the bleeding.
Golf course changes cut into Hixon Forest
Hixon Forest will lose perhaps 3 acres so two Forest Hills Golf Course holes can be shifted to make way for BNSF Railway’s proposed second line of tracks along east La Crosse.
Check forging ring busted
SPARTA -- Authorities have busted a check forging ring that netted at least $9,000 and is linked to the recent string of mail thefts in the area.
United Way, corporate partners distribute hats, gloves
On Saturday, December 20, Great Rivers United Way and representatives from corporate partners Trane Company, Crown Beverage, and WKBT will be distributing hats, gloves, and mittens at WAFER Fo…
Club for Growth: Staff participated in probe without OK from GAB judges
MADISON -- The state Government Accountability Board’s top officials proceeded with a secret probe into coordination between Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative political groups for …
Federal judge halts gray wolf hunting, trapping in Wisconin
A federal judge on Friday threw out an Obama administration decision to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list — a decision that will ban further…
'The wall is gone' at Prince of Peace; church to perform same-sex marriages
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — For members of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and their church council, the decision was easy. As debate swirled in the court of public opinion, as elected officials took…
