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Registration for Turkey Trot open
Registration for the seventh annual Festival Foods Turkey Trot 5-mile and 2-mile runs is now open.
UW-La Crosse student evacuated from Ebola outbreak zone
There was only one seat left on the plane departing Freetown, Sierra Leone.
City keeps same Oktoberfest fees
The city will hold firm again this year on what it charges Oktoberfest organizers to provide staff and services for La Crosse’s famous fall celebration, even though the public works director M…
Tomah VA to host town hall for veterans
TOMAH — The Tomah VA Medical Center will host a town hall meeting for veterans at 5 p.m. Thursday in the hospital chapel.
August home sales rebound in west; state numbers weak
Existing home sales rebounded last month in the Coulee Region even as the state saw another relatively weak month.
Austin man arrested in June crime spree gets jail, ticket back to Minnesota
An Austin, Minn., man was sentenced to time served Monday and returned to Minnesota to face charges for his role in an interstate crime spree.
AFL-CIO's Trumka decries Walker as anti-union 'poster boy'
Labeling Gov. Scott Walker the national “right-wing poster boy” for union-busting, national AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged Wisconsin labor leaders to mobilize to defeat Walker in November.
Riverside Center sold for $45 million
La Crosse businessman Don Weber’s development company received more than $45 million for the three Riverside Center buildings in downtown La Crosse.
Suspected car thief busted returning truck while drunk
Police arrested a suspected car thief Saturday when she returned the allegedly stolen truck while drunk.
For Walker-Burke, quiet differences on environment
MADISON — With the November election six weeks away, neither Republican Gov. Scott Walker nor Democratic challenger Mary Burke have put forward any grand strategies for new environmental or ou…
Valley Stewardship Network offers grazing workshop
LA FARGE -- The Valley Stewardship Network will offer a grazing workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Bear Creek Farm in La Farge.
CarFit event set for Friday
WHITEHALL -- Gundersen Tri-County Occupational Therapy and the Western Technical College Occupational Therapy Assistant program are hosting CarFit from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the Whitehal…
Red Cross asks for blood donations
The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood during Liver Awareness Month this October.
Tomah VA to host town hall meeting
TOMAH -- The Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center will host a town hall meeting for veterans at 5 p.m. Thursday.
About people for Monday, Sept. 22, 2014
RECOGNITION
Speaker to discuss the 'N-word' at UW-L
Educator and motivational speaker Eddie Moore Jr. will provide a look at the history of the “N-word” during his “N!ggar(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness” presentation at 7 p.m. Tues…
Ammunition and Explosives amnesty day Wednesday
FORT MCCOY -- Fort McCoy will host an ammunition and explosives amnesty day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
In the Service for Monday, Sept. 22, 2014
BASIC TRAINING
Hometown History: Cass Street bridge construction
THE WAY IT WAS: This 1939 aerial view shows the Cass Street Bridge, in foreground, during the final stage of its construction along with the old swing bridge it replaced — known as the Wagon B…
