WAUWATOSA, Wis./INDEPENDENCE — Lucille Wiench Micheau, 83, of Wauwatosa, formerly of Independence, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at Eastbrooke Manor, Oshkosh, Wis. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church,…
BANGOR — Robert “Bob” Michaels, 73, of Bangor died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at Gundersen Health System in Lacrosse. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bangor, burial to follow in…
HOUSTON, Minn. — Floreen Sanden, 93, of Houston died Oct. 28, 2016, at Valley View Healthcare in Houston.
Herb Long had a reputation for being one of the kindest, nicest, hardest working men you’d ever want to meet. He had a deep faith, great smile, and a quick wit. After a long 14-year battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis, Herb…
SPARTA — Arlene J. Roberts, 95, of Sparta died Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, at Gundersen Health Systems, La Crosse. Arrangements will be announced by Lanham-Schanhofer Funeral Home, Sparta.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Julio Garcia, 28, of Chippewa Falls died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Schiefelbein Funeral Home in Osseo, Wis.
BLACK RIVER FALLS — Margaret Guinane, 70, of Black River Falls died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at Black River Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Torgerson’s Funeral Home, Black River Falls.
Harold R. Jerue, 70, of La Crosse died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. Funeral Mass will be held in St. James the Less Catholic Church, La Crosse. Blaschke & Schneider Funeral Homes are assisting…
ONTARIO — Emma Switz, 75, of Ontario died in her home Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. Funeral services will be at noon Thursday at Grace Community Church in Ontario, with burial in Hilltop Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.…
LANSING, Iowa — Barbara “Barb” Mulholland, 94, of Lansing died Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with inurnment at Oak Hill Cemetery, both in Lansing.…
Patricia “Pat” M. Ristow, 84, of La Crosse died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, at Eagle Crest South, La Crosse. Memorial services are tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday at Jandt-Fredrickson Funeral Home, La Crosse. Private inurnment will be in St.…
David “Pro” Alan Neumeister, 65, of La Crosse passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, at Hillview Health Care Center surrounded by his family.
With 33 fewer students enrolled this year, the La Crosse School District’s tax levy will decrease 1.7 percent to $48.7 million.
Colonial Pipeline Co [COLPI.UL] shut down both of its main gasoline and distillates pipelines on Monday following an explosion and fire in Shelby County, Alabama, the second time the pipeline has been closed in two months. A segment of the pipeline was undergoing maintenance on Monday afternoon when it exploded, resulting in several workers suffering serious injuries, according to the Shelby County sheriff's office. The explosion occurred near Shelby County Highway 13 and River Road, the sheriff's office said... Читать дальше...
Box office top 20: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terrible reviews and a seven-year gap since the previous installment helped extinguish Inferno, the third film in the Da Vinci Code franchise, at the North American box office. The film, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard, flopped with $14.9 million domestically, according to final box office figures Monday. The unexpected swoon for "Inferno" allowed Tyler Perry's "Boo! A Madea Halloween" to lead the box office for the second straight week. The... Читать дальше...
The NBA team with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant is struggling to make wide-open 3-pointers.
What’s going to happen to the 4.3 million Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that Samsung Electronics Co. has recalled over exploding batteries? No one is really sure, and Greenpeace on Monday urged the company not to merely dump the phones, warning of “environmental disaster.”
What’s going to happen to the 4.3 million Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that Samsung Electronics Co. has recalled over exploding batteries? No one is really sure, and Greenpeace on Monday urged the company not to merely dump the phones, warning of “environmental disaster.”
The veteran defenseman was placed on waivers prior to the beginning of the season.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Prosecutors in El Salvador say government officials embezzled at least $246 million during President Tony Saca’s 2004-2009 administration. The head of the prosecutors’ financial investigations office says $116 million in government cash was transferred to accounts held by employees of the president’s office and was later channeled to private firms.
Pop star Justin Bieber has settled a lawsuit in which a judge threatened the singer with arrest if he didn't appear for a deposition. Miami...
The maker of snow-moving and ice-fighting products diversified its exposure with a key acquisition that could have big implications for the future.
Minnesota is like a sea of neutral sweaters and heritage brands.
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat on Monday met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as part of an effort to support dialogue between the government and the opposition amid an escalating political standoff and a worsening economic crisis. The arrival of Tom Shannon, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and an expert on Latin America, may help spur negotiations between the two sides, which over the years have repeatedly held talks that generated few concrete results. Читать дальше...
Symphony Parnassus, the chamber orchestra that he leads, offers consistently ambitious programs, which Paulson conducts on top of his day job as principal bassoonist of the San Francisco Symphony. The orchestra’s new season begins with nothing less than a Mahlerian double-header, the deliciously Mozartean Fourth Symphony and the song cycle “Songs of a Wayfarer.” To start things off, there’s Leonard Bernstein’s fizzy “Candide” Overture — a tricky piece on which many a performance has come to grief.