(2008/07/20)
The most significant road construction project in La Crosse in recent years is nearing its third and
(2008/07/20)
More than a week ago, Quillin’s closed its doors after 60 years as a neighborhood grocer on north West Avenue.
(2008/07/20)
WASHINGTON (AP) The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.
(2008/07/20)
BEAVER DAM, Wis. Undecided voter Allan Peck says he’s open to Barack Obama as the nation’s first black president “as long as he’s not prejudiced.”
(2008/07/20)
BEAVER DAM, Wis. Lifelong Republican Steve Smith said his party’s presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, is too old and that he will vote for Democratic Illinois senator Barack Obama in November.
(2008/07/20)
La Crosse School Board members have a full agenda for Monday’s regular meeting.
(2008/07/20)
WEST SALEM, Wis. Virgil might not be much to look at, but this rooster can crow.
(2008/07/20)
Organizers of a statewide child abuse training center in La Crosse are still looking for the funds needed to start the program.
(2008/07/20)
TOWN OF TREMPEALEAU, Wis. Two people were injured when the motorcycle they were riding struck a turkey Saturday afternoon in rural Trempealeau County.
(2008/07/19)
The attorney for a La Crosse teen accused of letting her newborn daughter die last fall challenged whether facts in the case support a first-degree intentional homicide charge.
(2008/07/19)
Most people didn’t know or won’t remember Dawn Lyn Torgerson.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE Liz Jorgensen moved in with her folks to save enough money to move out again.
(2008/07/19)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Homicide charges were filed Friday against a former La Crosse man accused of fatally stabbing another man at an Eau Claire intersection after an argument developed as their vehicles sat at a stop light.
(2008/07/19)
Jack Larson works retail sales during the week. But on rendezvous weekends, he’s Blueberry Jack, the flint knapper.
(2008/07/19)
A bench warrant has been issued for a La Crosse man police say is responsible for stealing thousands of dollars worth of materials from several La Crosse businesses.
(2008/07/19)
OREM, Utah The Utah board of regents appointed Elizabeth Hitch as the interim president of Utah Valley University on Thursday.
(2008/07/18)
Storms this week have left La Crosse nearly 10½ inches ahead of normal precipitation.
(2008/07/18)
WEST SALEM, Wis. There were high-fives galore when the poultry judge left Crackle’s cage.
(2008/07/18)
TOWN OF ALBION, Wis. Legal clashes between Jackson County towns and Amish farmers over building code violations have drawn the attention of a national group created to preserve religious freedom.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE Pabst Brewing Co. doesn’t operate breweries anymore, but it wants to be the first choice for every red-blooded American beer drinker.
(2008/07/18)
ONALASKA, Wis. Cameras, video recorders and cell phones will be prohibited from Onalaska school
(2008/07/18)
CASHTON, Wis. Cashton Farm Supply on the west edge of Cashton was destroyed by a fire that started late Wednesday and flared up several times Thursday.
(2008/07/18)
About 200 years ago, her ancestors sailed to the coast of West Africa and brought back men, women and children into slavery.
(2008/07/18)
LA CRESCENT, Minn. Minnesota Public Radio’s La Crescent stations, KXLC 91.1 FM and KLSE 88.1 FM, had unexpected programming this week dead air.
(2008/07/18)
For Friday, July 18, 2008 The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/07/18)
WINONA, Minn. Rosemary Ingham liked to joke that she’d married into theater.
(2008/07/17)
Health officials are warning parents about the dangers of leaving children inside vehicles in hot weather after two such incidents in the past month.
(2008/07/17)
Wednesday’s storms dropped 2.5 inches of rain at La Crosse Municipal Airport and as much as 4 inches in La Crescent, Minn., according to the National Weather Service office in La Crosse.
(2008/07/17)
WEST SALEM, Wis. Chelsey Nuttleman’s calf required a clipping, and her lambs and pigs were in need of a bath.
(2008/07/17)
Could it be our fascination with George Washington’s Mona Lisa-smile? What else keeps the dollar bill alive despite its obvious obsolescence?
(2008/07/17)
Oil prices fell sharply Wednes-day for the second consecutive day, and the cumulative drop of $10.58 a barrel for crude has sparked hopes that this year’s steep rise in prices finally may be reversing.
(2008/07/17)
TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Wis. Three people stranded on Lake Onalaska when their boat motor died are safe after being rescued Wednesday evening by the town of Campbell fire department, officials said.
(2008/07/17)
Criminal charges have been dropped against a California truck driver who had nearly one-half ton of marijuana in his trailer at an interstate weigh station in November near West Salem, Wis.
(2008/07/17)
VIROQUA, Wis. Vandals Tuesday afternoon spraypainted negative remarks about presidential candidate Barack Obama on the Democratic Party headquarters for Vernon and Crawford counties in downtown Viroqua.
(2008/07/17)
John Kimmel, mayor of Arcadia, Wis., will not be on the ballot this fall for the 91st District state Assembly seat.
(2008/07/17)
Visitors to the Myrick Hixon EcoPark will have to watch their step: black swallowtail butterflies like to rest on the ground.
(2008/07/17)
ONALASKA, Wis. Students need to be responsible, reliable, honest and have initiative in the classroom the same skills they need when they enter the work force.
(2008/07/17)
Several area Safe Routes to School programs received a boost Wednesday when Gov. Jim Doyle approved funding for their projects.
(2008/07/17)
Children will be able to explore a county fair designed just for them Saturday at a fundraising event for Family Resources.
(2008/07/17)
The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:
(2008/07/16)
The price of unleaded gasoline climbed above $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in La Crosse.
(2008/07/16)
There’s social English and then there’s content English.
(2008/07/16)
Do herons float? Evidently, fiberglass ones do. On July 8, Sue and Steve Hildahl were putting their boat in the water at the Municipal Boat Harbor to go to a sandbar when they noticed something odd in the water. They decided to go out and investigate, and what they found was one of the 6-foot-tall fiberglass herons from the Pump House Herons of La Crosse project caught in a tree branches.
(2008/07/16)
Holmen, Wis., officials did violate the state’s open meetings law while working on the controversial Star Hill land sale this year but will not face charges because the sale also was discussed in open session, the La Crosse County district attorney said Tuesday.
(2008/07/16)
Freedom Honor Flight Inc., a new La Crosse-based affiliate of the national Honor Flight Network, is chartering an airplane to take veterans of the conflict to see the National World War II Memorial and other memorials in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8.
(2008/07/16)
GENOA, Wis. A federal appellate court decision that drastically changes future federal clean air emission requirements will apparently not stop Dairyland Power Cooperative from installing air scrubbers at its Genoa power plant.
(2008/07/16)
WINONA, Minn. It already has a Tiffany and a Monet, but on Monday night, the Minnesota Marine Art Exhibit added a Renoir to its collection on display. “La Fιte de Pan” by Pierre-August Renoir, is part of the museum’s “Exceptional Art of the Impressionist Era” exhibit, on display through Sunday.
(2008/07/16)
An estimated 900 American Legion members will converge today at the La Crosse Center for the state veterans’ organization’s 90th annual convention.
(2008/07/16)
TOWN OF GARFIELD, Wis. Six people were arrested over the weekend for drug violations during the Effit music festival, Jackson County Sheriff Duane Waldera said Tuesday.
(2008/07/15)
A La Crosse teen confessed she stopped breastfeeding her daughter last August two days after giving birth at home knowing the infant would die, prosecutors said Monday.
(2008/07/15)
“Not in my backyard” was the common phrase as a group of 25 stern but civil North Side residents told
(2008/07/15)
The woes of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac haven’t created problems at La Crosse-area banks, Coulee Bank Chairman Dirk Gasterland said Monday.
(2008/07/15)
WEST SALEM, Wis. Prepare to be thrilled, entertained, educated and well fed the La Crosse Interstate Fair begins this week.
(2008/07/15)
Tim Dienger did nothing halfway and had the scars to prove it.
(2008/07/15)
Felony charges were filed Monday against a 55-year-old La Crosse man with a revoked license arrested early Sunday for his eighth drunken driving violation.
(2008/07/15)
WEST SALEM, Wis. When the Boys & Girls Club of West Salem Area opened July 16, 2007, organizers expected it to take three years for the club’s membership to reach 280.
(2008/07/15)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. The city’s Common Council is set to vote tonight for the second time this month on whether to undo its 2003 decision to allow the state to install roundabouts on Marquette Road.
(2008/07/15)
TOMAH, Wis. A Tomah man was arrested and then taken to a mental health facility after barricading himself in an apartment with a woman and her 10-year-old son.
(2008/07/15)
Rushford, Minn. Last summer, Rushford Area Society for the Arts had fun with “Minnesota Nice” in “How to Speak Minnesotan.” This year, they’re having fun with political scandal in “The Sensuous Senator.” Playwright Michael Parker based the play on the Gary Hart/Donna Rice scandal of the late 1980s, but it seems scandals in politics never really go out of style.
(2008/07/14)
TOWN OF HAMBURG, Wis. — It was the first time Jean Nash brought an extra bouquet to Brinkman Ridge Road.
(2008/07/14)
Sixty-three years later, Ray Sundet of La Crosse returned to the farm field in Poland where his Army Air Corps B-17 bomber crash-landed after being shot up by a German Me-262 jet fighter.
(2008/07/14)
Whether he was on patrol, investigating a homicide or making sure a major county structure was being properly built, sheriff’s Sgt. John Schmidt attacked the job in the same way with all of the attention, tenacity and dedication he could muster.
(2008/07/14)
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is taking the LEED in sustainability.
(2008/07/14)
Two people were hospitalized Saturday night after their motorcycle collided with a deer.
(2008/07/14)
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. A Black River Falls couple is traveling across the country this week to see first-hand the results of the gift of organ donation and to celebrate the memory of their son.
(2008/07/14)
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. With wind gusts of more than 25 mph at the Catfish Days annual egg toss contest, luck was as important as strategy when it came to catching and throwing the eggs.
(2008/07/14)
The La Crosse Blue Stars are looking good. They placed fifth Saturday in a 10-corps field at DCI Orlando in Florida and should get a good seeding for the DCI Southwestern Championships next Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.
(2008/07/13)
With buildings in need of repair and a potential budget shortfall looming, the La Crosse School Board faces hard decisions in the coming months.
(2008/07/13)
If recycling rules are too complex and confusing, people just won’t do it.
(2008/07/13)
The sound of tin cans clanking and glass shattering is constant as a front-end loader pushes bottles and other recyclables onto a conveyor belt that moves upward to employees working on a sorting line.
(2008/07/13)
Caroline Gundersen steadied herself on the 12-foot-long, carpeted red cedar log bobbing in Memorial Pool.
(2008/07/13)
TOMAH, Wis. Beverly Schwab has put in a lot of time as a military wife and mother. But it wasn’t until she had sewn on her husband’s Coast Guard Auxiliary insignia that she realized she had sewn on military insignias for all five branches of the United States military.
(2008/07/13)
At Stella’s Point in Tanzania, only 600 vertical feet from the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mike Callan of Coon Valley was overcome with emotion.
(2008/07/13)
SPARTA, Wis. The Monroe County Board’s Administrative Committee agreed last week that an administrator would benefit the county and voted to move the idea forward to the full county board at its July 22 meeting.
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 BARN QUILT: Betsy Pieper and her husband, David, and his father, Bernie, hung the family's barn quilt last on Thursday. Betsy spent over 100 hours designing and painting the quilt. To read more about the Caledonia, Minn., project,, click here. Melissa Carlo photo
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