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The following people have filed for a marriage license in La Crosse County:

The La Crosse Center was the site of an epic sword fight Saturday, as Garrett Braaten and Nathan Kurtz took to the floor for the battle of their lives.

A light mist was falling as the last of the hay bales came off the elevator. It was difficult to see in the hay mow but one doesn’t need much light to stack bales.

HOLMEN — Chuck Olson has lived his entire life in Holmen, graduating from Holmen High School in 1967 with about 70 classmates.

MADISON -- Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to provide new funding for the University of Wisconsin System based on its performance in measures such as graduation rate and job placement would subject the System to a budget model that critics say…

ST. JOSEPH — The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Stargazing Hike will be offered from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Villa St. Joseph, W2658 Hwy. 33. The hike is part of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy “Linked…

One of Winona's tourism icons, the Trester Trolley, caught fire in Winona's south bluffs Saturday afternoon, with no injuries reported.

MADISON — The attorney for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix series “Making a Murderer” filed a motion Friday seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence she believes will show he’s innocent.

When it comes to glorious summers, last year’s weather thrashed the daylights out of this summer’s hotter, wetter conditions in the Coulee Region, according to the whimsical Summer Glory Index.

Nearly two decades after the former Plaid Pantry closed, the building at 618 Jackson St. could see some new life as a community center.

In 1852, a young German woman left her birthplace of Württemberg to travel by ship to New York City. Johanna Catherine Bantle was 21 years old and unmarried.

The Red Cross and Sport Clips Haircuts are offering free haircut coupons to blood and platelet donors in September.

When FSC spiritual director Deb Hansen suffered a miscarriage 25 years ago, she found little to no support.

“Slaying Giants” is the theme of New Image Women’s Ministries fall study, which begins Wednesday, Sept. 7.

Olivet Lutheran Church will host three-part presentation about loss titled "Moving On,' led by Gerald Baldner.

The National Weather Service Office in La Crosse will host an open house from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at its facility atop Grandad Bluff.

MADISON -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Division of Food and Recreational Safety issued a consumer alert for 4 percent cottage cheese made by Westby Cooperative Creamery.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

CALEDONIA, Minn. -- More than 50 children got to see feathers, scales and fur up close and personal on Friday.

A convicted con man with a record at least 30 years long is back on the streets, and prosecutors say he’s still running game in his golden years.