Frac sand mining slows -- for now; area companies, opponents say demand is still there
WINONA, Minn. — Frac sand mining may no longer be booming, but it hasn’t become a bust.
WINONA, Minn. — Frac sand mining may no longer be booming, but it hasn’t become a bust.
BLACK RIVER FALLS — The author of the nationally acclaimed book “Ordinary Grace” will visit Black River Falls this week.
Saturday morning left Dr. Erin Gensch grateful and inspired.
SEATTLE — In more than three decades of field work, Mauri Pelto has taken the measure of Washington’s glaciers during seasons of record-breaking snow and years that broke skiers’ hearts. But h…
Onalaska High School senior Hannah Nelson had always wanted to travel to different countries. Last year, her dream became a reality when she spent a year as an exchange student in Osaka, Japan.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates insist they aren't paying attention to the standings, but Pittsburgh is quickly tightening up the NL Central race.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays opened a season-high 4 1/2-game lead in the AL East, sweeping a doubleheader from the sagging New York Yankees 9-5 and 10-7 on a sodden Saturday when Troy…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants ace Madison Bumgarner has lost his bid for a perfect game when pinch-hitter Melvin Upton Jr. singled for the San Diego Padres with two outs in the eighth inning.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Davies relies on command to be successful. He didn't have it on Saturday.
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — Three inmates are dead and five injured after a disturbance at an Oklahoma prison, a spokesman for a company that owns and operates the facility said Saturday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Cody Asche hit a walk-off, two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pirates insist they aren't paying attention to the standings, but Pittsburgh is quickly tightening up the NL Central race.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield couldn't have played much worse in the first three quarters. He couldn't have been any better the rest of the way.
HOLMEN — The Holmen High School volleyball team placed second in the Gold Division, and Onalaska won the Silver Division before losing the overall championship to Eau Claire Regis on Saturday.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing cemented itself as the team to beat for NASCAR's championships with a dominating run Saturday night that ended in Matt Kenseth's fourth win of the season.
COBB, Calif. (AP) — The latest on wildfires in Northern California (all times local):
ANGELS CAMP, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of people rushed to escape a massive wildfire charging across the tinder-dry Sierra Nevada foothills and another fast-moving blaze that broke out in Norther…
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WATERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A small plane crashed into a wooded area behind homes in southern New Jersey on Saturday, leaving the pilot dead in the state's third fatal plane accident in less than a week.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays opened a season-high 4 1/2-game lead in the AL East, sweeping a doubleheader from the sagging New York Yankees 9-5 and 10-7 on a sodden Saturday when Troy…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As an Orthodox Jew, Rabbi Moshe Gray may not need a cross. But CrossFit? That's another story.
MINNEAPOLIS — The UW-L women’s volleyball team conquered both Northwestern (Minn.) and Minnesota-Morris Saturday afternoon, 3-0, 3-0, to finish out the Augsburg College (Minn.) Invitational. T…