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Program offers look at Onalaska’s yesterdays
ONALASKA — Up until the 1940s, Onalaska High School’s sports teams were called the Vikings, and OHS athletes sported red-and-white uniforms — the school colors at the time.
YWCA program helps women find work
A YWCA program is helping area woman get back on their feet.
Wisconsin first to test repeat drunken drivers with alcohol biomarkers
People lie. But their blood and fingernails do not.
Tribune seeks Person of the Year nominations
As 2014 draws to a close, the Tribune is preparing to honor its 14th Person of the Year. Readers are encouraged to nominate someone they believe had a significant and positive effect on the co…
For Goodness' Sake for Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014
Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.
Extra Effort: Black River Falls senior Jeremy Ekern bounces back after surgery
BLACK RIVER FALLS — During his freshman year, Jeremy Ekern had trouble keeping up with the other kids in his class.
Births for Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014
Gundersen Health System
After Honeycrisp, fruit breeder looking for the next ‘rock star’ apple
EXCELSIOR, Minn. (TNS) — On a crisp late fall afternoon, David Bedford plucks an apple from a young tree, chomps into the fruit and chews thoughtfully.
UW-Whitewater professors examine winter driving
JANESVILLE, Wis. — It happens every year. People who were perfectly fine driving on snow in March go sliding all over the streets and highways when the first snowfall makes things slippery. Do…
Interior designer creates ‘calm’ home environments for autistic kids
MINNEAPOLIS (TNS) — A.J. Paron-Wildes’ home, a walk-out rambler in suburban Oak Park Heights, Minn., is a study in calm — all clean, uncluttered spaces and earthy, neutral hues that echo the a…
November: cold, but not that cold
It has been a cold November.
DNR: Waunakee manure plant polluting air, water
The spill-plagued Clear Horizons manure processing plant near Waunakee is now facing nearly 90 alleged air pollution violations on top of a slate of water pollution problems regulators want a …
Wisconsin barn reborn as Iowa lake home
LAKE SUNDOWN, Iowa (AP) — Lorin Hayden wandered beneath the massive wooden skeleton that had risen on the lakeshore and craned his neck to glance at the peak nearly 30 feet above.
Wisconsin whitetail hunt continues slide
Wisconsin’s 2014 whitetail gun deer season gave hunters another year of disappointment: After a soft 2013 season and a brutal 2013-14 winter, fewer hunters chased fewer deer.
Hidden video camera provides a close-up look at condor living
FILLMORE, Calif. (TNS) — A new reality TV show unfolded this year in a cave in a sandstone cliff about 75 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
School gives scholarships to video-game players – really good ones
CHICAGO (TNS) — It was a shoulder injury during his junior year of high school that ended Derek Micheau’s dreams of being a pitcher. Later that season, a knee injury ended his hopes of playing…
A life remembered: Sister Leclare Beres
Sister Leclare Beres devoted her life to helping others, especially the poor, the sick, the disadvantaged. Ministering to people, she told others, was the reason she believed God had called he…
Person of the year
As 2014 draws to a close, the Tribune is preparing to honor its 14th Person of the Year. Readers are encouraged to nominate someone they believe had a significant and positive effect on the co…
Hunters four shy of Wisconsin's 150-wolf limit
MADISON — Hunters are four wolves shy of reaching Wisconsin’s statewide kill limit, raising doubts about whether anyone will be allowed to use dogs to hunt wolves once the gun season ends.
