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La Crosse County will get a very low interest rate on bonds to finance $3.835 million in road and highway work done or started in 2014.

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Viterbo University officials were hoping to collect 12,500 pounds of food to help those in need. Due to the generosity of two alumni, the university will be…

A coalition of groups opposed to a north-south corridor are calling on the La Crosse Area Planning Committee to reject a proposed modification to its resolution in support of a regional transp…

ONALASKA — Dozens of Gov. Scott Walker's supporters gathered Monday at L.B. White, with "We Stand with Walker" signs and "Made in America" and "Born in the USA" playing in the background.

Wisconsin voters had cast nearly 290,000 absentee ballots by Monday, easily surpassing absentee voting in any previous non-presidential election, including the 2012 gubernatorial recall, state…

Mike “T-Bone” Tessmer is a scrappy over-the-road trucker who steered clear of doctors for decades because of terrifying surgery experiences as a child — but now champions annual checkups as a …

On Tuesday, Wisconsin voters will write the final scene in 2014’s dramatic election campaign.

La Crosse County Tavern League members paid $60,012 to give 7,610 people safe rides home, according to its 2013-14 report.

Fifteen challengers will compete in the 2014 Coulee Region Chili Challenge from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday  at Eagle’s Nest, 1914 Campbell Road.

WABASHA, Minn -- The National Eagle Center will host a flag-raising ceremony and brief reception to honor all veterans and active duty members of the military at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The Boys and Girls Club Alumni Association will host a Hall of Fame celebration as it honors its 2014 inductees, Josh Gates, Jenna (Erickson) Fernholz and Steve Swanson.

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THE WAY IT WAS: This 1914 postcard scene shows a quiet day in Victory, Wis., with several people gathered on a dirt street outside the town post office. Victory, a small unincorporated communi…

CHICAGO -- A locally produced documentary, "Mysteries of the Driftless," has won a regional Emmy.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The action at the Redskins-Vikings game started Sunday morning outside the stadium in Minnesota, as a crowd estimated by organizers around 5,000 rallied against Washington's…

MILWAUKEE (MCT) -- At the start of an already exciting day, long before the sun had even risen, World War II veteran Bill Johnston got a real thrill when he saw one of the volunteers traveling…

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — World War II and Korean War veteran Neil Olson has seen swarms of rats in his life, and now the 89-year-old Lincoln Avenue resident is waging a one-man battle against the r…

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A more than 3½ hour standoff in Racine ended with the man arrested and a dog shot and killed.

MADISON (AP) — Public health officials in Madison and Dane County are preparing to deal with potential Ebola patients.