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Downtown Winona detour Monday and Tuesday for final bridge work
WINONA, Minn. — You know a big construction project is drawing to a successful close when there’s a detour for washing and painting.
Jourdan Vian: UW controversy esposes senator's PC hypocrisy
State Sen. Steve Nass would like you to know he is very offended.
Kleefisch dreams of day cancer is just another illness but not death
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch is mixing a jocular attitude of thanks with a serious message during what she calls her “victory lap on cancer” throughout Wisconsin, including her tour Friday of oncology facilities at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse.
Monroe County sand mine seeks rail terminal for access to new markets
A Texas mining company plans to build a $10 million rail loading terminal near Tomah that would allow one of the state’s largest frac sand mines to ship its product to new markets.
Ben Bromley: We must do more than wave flags
Independence Day has passed, and you know what that means: My lawn was knee high on the Fourth of July, and radio listeners somehow survived around-the-clock broadcasts of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”
Salvation Army to take appointments for new school clothes for kids
The Salvation Army will begin to take calls Monday for appointments to register for its popular Steppin’ Back to School program, in which children receive new outfits for school.
La Crosse County Circuit Court felony cases
The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
Ex-park official gets home detention, jail in theft of bones from Effigy Mounds
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A retired National Park Service official was sentenced Friday to one year of home detention and 10 weekends in jail for stealing the ancient remains of Native Americans in 1990 and stashing them in his garage…
At the Pumps on Friday, July 8, 2016
Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:
La Crosse panel OK's engineering restructuring that emphasizes streets, floodplain relief
The restructure of La Crosse city engineering positions to make way for increased emphasis on streets and the approval of the floodplain relief program Thursday brought up questions of whether more of the department’s time should be dedicated to floodplain…
Taking to the sky: Winona's Max Conrad air show returns Sunday
WINONA, Minn. — After a one-year hiatus, planes will hit the runways of the improved Max Conrad Field on Sunday for the 32nd Max Conrad Fly-in and Drive-in Aviation Show.
UW-L small business center offers planning basics for business
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW–La Crosse is offering “Planning Basics for Business” from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, on campus.
The farm Lewiston grew around: Operation honored as Winona County Century Farm Thursday
LEWISTON, Minn. — Henry Ahrens met his wife, Paulina, when she was selling butter door-to-door in the early 1900s.
From Nose to Tail program available at Northside
The Coulee Region Humane Society and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater La Crosse are offering “From Nose to Tail: Lessons to Inspire Care and Compassion for Dogs” from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 3, at Northside…
UW-L ‘Hear, Here’ project earns national recognition
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse history project has received national recognition for preservation and interpretation of state and local history.
MVAC Public Field School open house set for July 21
The public is invited to see what the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Public Field School participants have been doing this summer from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the Norskedalen Heritage Farm (Skumsrud site) to see the…
Woman gets time served in extortion case
MADISON — Cassandra Doerr, 23, of Balsam Lake, Wis., was sentenced Thursday to time served — just over four months in custody — to be followed by three years of supervised release, for sending threatening communications with the intent to…
Video shows gruesome aftermath of Minnesota police shooting
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A woman who watched as a police officer fatally shot her boyfriend during a traffic stop streamed the gruesome aftermath of the slaying live on Facebook, telling a worldwide audience that her companion had been shot…
Lawyer: Footage shows US student tried to swim after fall
ROME — The lawyer for a homeless man accused of pushing an American student into the Tiber River in Rome says surveillance footage shows the teen tried to swim a few strokes after falling in but was carried off by…
New Salvation Army leaders gauge needs for service, possible expansion
Deciphering people’s needs and evaluating facilities top the to-do list for Majors Jeff and Deb Richardson as the new leaders of The Salvation Army in La Crosse, entering an era that may require expansion or building.
