Corn, carnival and cars were among the top attractions at the 53rd annual Kornfest in Holmen last weekend. Other attractions at this year’s celebration were the parade; a fun run; softball, volleyball and horseshoe tournaments; bingo; dance performances and live…
Even before he was officially signed on, Paul Menches hit the ground running as the new fire chief for the Holmen Area Fire Department. Menches officially became the new fire chief at the Holmen Area Fire District Association board’s Aug.…
Although budget season started months ago for the Onalaska Board of Education, it’s now time for the public to weigh in. On Monday, the school board approved a public hearing for Sept. 26 at the start of the regularly scheduled…
Budget work for the upcoming school year continues for the Holmen School District.
A judge Aug. 12 sentenced an Onalaska sex offender convicted of photographing a nude child to serve five years on probation.
During the month of September, the Heider Center will exhibit works by former West Salem resident Eldora Schober Larson and Cashton woodcarver Howard Von Ruden. Although from the Coulee Region originally, both Von Ruden and Larson have lived in other…
What should I read next? I am positive that this question has been asked of librarians since the beginning of time. Well, at least since the beginning of books. It’s not any easy question to answer, and one we librarians…
La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson said last week she’d be open to investigating a library system merger with the city but would like to do it through a more public framework than contract negotiations.
As the president of the village of Bangor, I would like to commend our police department for their outstanding work on a recent act of vandalism.
Bill Soper acknowledges that “Y North was not a very clever name” when the YMCA in Onalaska picked it up — “temporarily” — a decade ago. But that changed Aug. 18 when the curtain was dropped to unveil its new…
The village of West Salem made a change on an ordinance regarding razing abandoned buildings at its Aug. 16 meeting. The village board decided to amend the ordinance to allow the village to raze these buildings if the owner does…
The band Nailed Down has been hammering out tunes for the past year and a half, but this is the first time they’ll have a chance to play to a broad spectrum of the local crowd. The Onalaska-based band will…
Students in the Bangor School District will have a slightly different schedule when school starts again in a few short weeks. The Bangor School Board on Aug. 17 unanimously voted to change the daily schedule of the middle/high school in…
This November, the West Salem School District will hold it’s third-consecutive building referendum in three years.
A 15-year-old male and 16-year-old female were responsible for last week’s vandalism to numerous private and public properties in Bangor, according to police.
One chance too many.
The Bangor High School football team has spent a lot of time stressing both to itself and anyone who follows it that it isn’t the same one that won a WIAA Division 7 state championship last season.
Our grandchildren are enjoying their final summer vacation fling before they head back to the classrooms — two of them in Wisconsin and two in Colorado.
Authorities believe lightning caused a fire Aug. 16 that seriously damaged a house in West Salem, though they still are investigating the blaze.
BANGOR -- A 15-year-old male and 16-year-old female were responsible for last week’s vandalism to numerous private and public properties in Bangor, according to police.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some Missouri school districts are preparing to test for lead after elevated levels were found in the drinking water of several St. Louis school buildings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some Missouri school districts are preparing to test for lead after elevated levels were found in the drinking water of several St. Louis school buildings.
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FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (AP) — Jim Hardin, a Secret Service agent who protected President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family during and after their White House years, has died in Texas. He was 80.