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Just as it is comforting to people living with mental illness to know that they are not alone, their families, friends and caregivers also need encouragement to persevere as they assist their loved ones.

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WEST SALEM — This summer’s Hwy. 16 closure between West Salem and Onalaska may have had less effect on local businesses than many first feared.

It started like a normal Wednesday ... three steers to take to the local meat processor. I had sorted the three Tuesday night, so all I had to do was load them on the trailer first thing in the morning…

BLACK RIVER FALLS — The Ho-Chunk Nation will begin $153 million in expansions and renovations at three casino locations, including Black River Falls, next month.

A grand opening and dedication ceremony Saturday named the park at 500 Hood St. for George C. Poage, the first African-American to win an Olympic medal.

MADISON — After Jesse Sparks died from a drug overdose in Madison July 25, his obituary didn’t mince words.

The La Crosse County Board and the county’s health department are so worried about the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ failure to oversee holders of wastewater discharge permits that the board passed a resolution urging the agency to follow “what’s…

The organizers of Coulee Con have embraced gamification, making a game out of everything from the program booklet to raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

LA CRESCENT, Minn — A pastor and one of his parishioners recently went on a special trip together.

Over the years I’ve played guitar in at least eight bands, if you count my first one back in 1971 when I was in elementary school. We played maybe three songs — I only remember one of them was “One”…

Tammy Baldwin’s story of growing up in an unconventional home, where she was raised by her grandparents, resonated with the teens who sacrificed sleeping in Saturday morning to meet a U.S. senator.

VIROQUA — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin heard alarming testimony from Vernon County officials at a round table discussion about heroin and opioid drug abuse.

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

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.

HOKAH, Minn. — Hidden off a fork in the road on Hwy. 44 just outside Hokah, there’s something special.

VIROQUA — Nannette Tuttle has been all sewn up in her work. The owner and operator of the Blue Bobbin Studio in downtown Viroqua has seen her business bloom into an integral thread in the fabric of the community.

MILLSTON — The marshes of eastern Jackson County — remnants of a prehistoric inland sea called Glacial Lake Wisconsin — are home to one of the state’s most unusual crops. From late spring until late fall, harvest of long-fibered sphagnum…

MADISON — Republican statehouse candidates benefited more than Democrats from Wisconsin's doubled campaign contribution limits during the first six months of the year, a new analysis has found.