Ames remembered as caring mentor
The La Crescent community lost an influential woman on May 7 when Sue Ames succumbed to a form of blood cancer called Myelofibrosis.
The La Crescent community lost an influential woman on May 7 when Sue Ames succumbed to a form of blood cancer called Myelofibrosis.
Volunteers from La Crescent Animal Rescue were visibly upset when they heard that the La Crescent Township Board of Supervisors will be holding off on a decision involving the rescue organization’s collection of stray animals in the township until 2017.
This week was yet another primary election in the presidential race. Despite both Minnesota and Wisconsin having their primaries well over a month ago, the conversations online or in the grocery store do not seem to have died down. Many…
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At its May 10 meeting, the Houston County Board of Commissioners once again heard of the need for a new highway and maintenance facility, this time with the addition of a possible site where the Roverude Building sits near Spring…
Monday, May 9, 2016, marked the 95th day of the 2015-16 legislative session. We ended that week with the 4,000th bill being introduced in the Minnesota House. Minnesota’s constitution allows the legislature to be in session only 120 days over…
From the public files of the La Crescent Police Department.
Eugene G. Wiedman
Loren K. Olson
Miriam Hatlem
Oh the things a girl can do. Girl Scouts will be doing amazing things all year because you supported their Girl Scout cookie program. During a brief five-week period in February and March, the community purchased more than 1.5 million…
Ronald A. Peterson
Despite mid-winter conditions, La Crescent High School’s track and field teams had solid performances in Chatfield at the Three Rivers Conference Championships on Saturday. The boys team finished second, a scant seven points out of first place, and the girls…
La Crescent High School has had a pretty busy year in 2015-16. Among the new things added to the school are a Trap Club, a new mascot, Wi-Fi on activity busses, and a new sound system in the gymnasium.
Nicola Luisotti will step down as the San Francisco Opera’s music director when his contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 season. Luisotti currently holds no other conducting position, but is often in demand internationally as a guest conductor. Luisotti made his company debut in 2005, leading superb performances of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino.” [...] he has conducted more than 30 productions and concerts, including the world premiere of Marco Tutino’s “La Ciociara” (“Two Women”) and works by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Mozart and more.
Airlines are using new computer systems to rebook passengers; Delta’s ”Viper,” Southwest’s “the Baker” and others give travelers choices for new flights, tap unpublished routes.
The team that struggled to protect a fourth-quarter lead all season long suddenly has figured out how to stage late comebacks in the postseason - against the toughest teams and in the most hostile environments, no less.
One of the judges named on Donald Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees thinks the GOP presidential contender is a joke.
Gov. Cuomo proposed bills to reform New York’s liquor laws that included a measure allowing bars to sell booze on Sunday mornings.
Newsnight is invited to a sneak preview of artist Jeff Koons' new exhibition, which is being hosted by fellow artist, Damien Hirst.
The pharmacy benefits business of UnitedHealth Group won bid for business in California.
Federal Reserve officials said an interest-rate increase in June was possible if incoming data showed an improving economy and sought to push back against market expectations that such a move was unlikely, minutes from the Fed’s April meeting show.
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Chicago on Wednesday agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle cases where a black man and a Hispanic man were each fatally shot by police officers who were part of a department now under fire for racial bias and the excessive use of force.
The settlements come as the third-biggest U.S. city's police department grapples with a strained relationship between officers and minority communities, and a federal probe that was launched after the release last fall of a video showing... Читать дальше...
Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown has compared Australian teenager Ben Simmons to NBA greats Magic Johnson and LeBron James.