The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has rejected a controversial solar plant proposed for the Mojave Desert’s Soda Mountains, citing concerns that the project would destroy habitat and block ancient trails used by bighorn sheep for thousands of years.
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Four Iranian gunboats sped close to a U.S. guided-missile destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz in what the U.S. Navy called an "unsafe and unprofessional" encounter. Iran warned that its forces would respond to any foreign vessel entering its territorial waters.
The Nitze and guided missile destroyer USS Mason were transiting international waters when approached by four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels at a high rate of speed.
Soon after Laura Malcom learned she would be playing the lead Aug. 25-27 in Colonel Mustard Amateur Attic Theatre Company’s original musical, “Robyn Hood (and Her Merry Men & Women),” she popped in a DVD to do some character research.
Eric Veglahn had just pitched six solid innings Sunday for the St. Paul Saints, striking out six and walking two, when skipper George Tsamis called him into his office.
The La Crescent High School boys soccer team will be relying on plenty of new faces this season. After losing six starters, the varsity team is composed of mainly underclassmen and just two seniors.
The La Crescent High School girls soccer team put on quite the show last year on their way to a 15-4 record. While the team is happy with how they played in the regular season, they’re looking to go deeper…
As opposed to last year, warm weather was plentiful for those who attended last week’s Houston County Fair in Caledonia. Despite the heat (and some rain), the 4-H events, kids’ attractions and assortment of music made the fair’s five-day run…
The best things in life can be free after all.
As a child, Matt Nelson looked forward to finding new Nerf toys under the Christmas tree each year, and last May he turned his childhood passion into Project My Neighborhood, a Maple Grove-based nonprofit. The organization holds community events focused…
“Two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.”
Dr. Fred P. Meyer, 85, of West Salem, Wis., died Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse.
When Gail Meyer, executive director of ABLE, Inc., looks around the organization’s new 12,000 square-foot office facility and rec center in Caledonia, it’s hard for her not to see a dream come true.
Liesl Allen has been on multiple mission trips over the years and has met a lot of people while completing her mission work. The 2015 La Crescent High School graduate has met plenty of people through her everyday life as…
The La Crescent-Hokah School District is set to ask voters for more money come Election Day.
One of the best suggestions I heard during the more than 30 years that I taught came from a principal in my first year of teaching. Dr. Wayne Jennings, an award-winning principal about whom I’ve written before, recommended listening to…
It isn’t often one hears Proverbs quoted at a county board meeting.
Philip Otis Dahlen, 83, of La Crescent died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, in La Crosse.
From the public files of the La Crescent Police Department.
A proposal to limit frac sand operations in Winona County made its final stop Tuesday, arriving before the Winona County Board of Commissioners for a final decision.
The Apple Jacks Base Ball Club of La Crescent didn’t wait long for a victory on Saturday at Abnet Field, gaining domain over the Lanesboro Excelsiors 10-4 in the first of three 1860s games. The Afton Red Sox, led by…
These conviction records are provided by Houston County’s clerk of courts, courthouse, Caledonia.
Romeo J. Becker, 93 of Hokah died in Lakewood, Colo., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Arrangements are pending with Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services of La Crescent.
Carl L. Fewell Jr., 80, of La Crosse passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.
Betty Jane Ask, 88, of St. Charles died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester.