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HOUSTON, Minn. — The International Owl Center invites people to spend New Year’s Eve learning about and calling for owls in Houston, Minn.

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — On a recent Saturday night, Sean Crampton tucked two freshly rolled burritos into a “Star Wars” lunchbox and jumped on his bicycle.

After a year in which La Crosse turned its focus to core neighborhoods, community leaders want more of the same in 2015.

MADISON — The clock is ticking on Gov. Scott Walker to decide whether to approve a new Kenosha casino and it looks like he’s going to take every second before the Feb. 19 deadline. Here’s a qu…

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Shyanne Borchardt was delighted when she learned that a Wausau police officer had moved into a home down the street in her once crime-ridden neighborhood northeast of Marat…

MADISON -- Ron Johnson will start the new year with a high-profile post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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JANESVILLE (TNS) — In the five years since Tony Huml was diagnosed with a rare cancer, he has dared to live his dreams.

WEST SALEM — The West Salem Boys & Girls Club could start moving into the West Salem Middle School early next year.

Caleb Pedretti had to grow up fast. His parents divorced when he was 6. A few years later, his younger brother, Eli, was diagnosed with leukemia. After 3½ years of treatment, Eli is in remissi…

From breaking stories, such as deadly traffic accidents and an explosion that rocked La Crosse's North Side, to issues that moved forward inches at a time, the Coulee Region had no shortage of…

An old wives’ tale — long since debunked — suggests that babies smile because they have gas. These days, adults are smiling because they have gas — cheap petrol.

This is isn’t surprising: Crime news and fatal crashes dominated the the list of the 20 most-clicked-upon stories posted at lacrossetribune.com in 2014, just as they have for the two decades o…

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…