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GREEN BAY (AP) — The wife of Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr said in a statement Sunday that her husband is recovering from two strokes and a mild heart attack and is making progress in re…

MADISON — Candidates for Wisconsin governor are trying to win over women, with first lady Michelle Obama making two stops in eight days to boost Democrat Mary Burke's campaign and Gov. Scott W…

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Mavis Schroeder and her family have enjoyed driving past Darold Mayer’s farm, largely because of its massive display of lawn ornaments.

Last month’s sexual assault charge against a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student might be the most recent publicized incident of sexual assault on the campus, but sexual violence has lon…

The monarch butterfly resting in a blue-lidded peanut butter jar last week at North Woods International School may have looked innocuous, but the work Stacy Yellick and her second-grade studen…

ONALASKA — When it comes to his plans after graduating from Onalaska High School, senior Asher Freybler is setting his sights high. Literally.

RICE, Minn. — You can tell the anecdotes have been passed from parent to child, told and retold again. They have the ring of family stories that have become folktales.

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Participants in Saturday morning’s Big Muddy Run awoke to a dusting of snow, followed by a drizzly, gray skies and temperatures in the 40s.

MADISON — When Festival Foods opens next August on East Washington Avenue, shoppers will be introduced to a new grocer and a new way in which to build a store.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A freeze could stop the growing season in the upper Midwest as far south as Nebraska and Iowa, leaving farmers in a difficult situation because much of the region’s cor…

Jacob Wetterling seemingly dropped off the face of the earth nearly a quarter-century ago, but efforts to find answers to his unsolved kidnapping continue among his family, classmates and frie…

La Crosse School District property owners shouldn’t see their taxes go up this year, and might actually see a drop, if the district’s 2014-15 proposed budget forecast holds up.

Annie Holliday is accustomed to watching her step as she pursues her passion for dancing, but hundreds of others will follow in her footsteps of a different sort today.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — It all started with a ukulele Brian Archer received as a Christmas gift.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Patting his notes for emphasis, Sen. Al Franken made an impassioned case: The Internet needs to be free for all, he said, not customized so that big corporations can optimize it.

BRICE PRAIRIE — Gov. Scott Walker said his initiative to require drug testing to receive state unemployment benefits would benefit small businesses during a campaign stop Friday on Brice Prairie.

I want to give a big thank you to the members of the La Crosse Police Department. As a local business owner, I appreciate the men and women who patrolled the area around West Avenue and La Cro…

I often visit the Burger King near Bridgeview Plaza, and not only is the food fast and good, but the people there are particularly nice. I’m treated warmly each time I go there.

MADISON — No one in America has more faith in democracy than a long-shot candidate for public office.