Elementary school built for 700 now has 864 kids
West Salem Elementary has reached the cap of students it can comfortably accommodate, Superintendent Troy Gunderson said.
West Salem Elementary has reached the cap of students it can comfortably accommodate, Superintendent Troy Gunderson said.
West Salem and Bangor high schools are gearing up for for next week’s Homecoming festivities.
Holmen’s preliminary 2016 village budget calls for an increase in spending of more than $4.4 million, but property owners should pay about the same as last year for the village’s portion of th…
Sam Dahl always had a ready reply for his three older sisters if they called him “weird.” “I’m too awesome to be normal,” he would shoot back, displaying an advanced sense of humor for one so …
The village of Bangor’s proposed tax increment financing district received the green light from a joint review board Thursday, which voted unanimously to approve the project.
At Onalaska’s Northern Hills Elementary, school announcements have been updated for the digital age.
The former president of the Onalaska Area Historical Society was sentenced to five years probation Wednesday after he admitted to stealing more than $30,000 from the organization.
Myra and Randy Burkhardt broke ground last Friday at the site of their new physical therapy center in West Salem.
Cornerstone Community Church will host a free, public Great Date Night to teach relationship-building skills at 4 p.m. Oct. 24 at 130 Fifth Ave. N. in La Crosse.
Roger King, an agriscience teacher at Holmen High School and Wisconsin’s 2015-16 High School Teacher of the Year, will represent the state in the National Teacher of the Year program.
Onalaska High School was honored for high academic achievement on Tuesday as it was among nine Wisconsin schools recognized as 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools.
The owner of a $200,000 home in the Holmen School District could see a property tax hike of $34 under the district’s proposed 2015-16 budget.
Merle Evenson — this year’s Holmen Viking Alumni Award winner — is a fervent believer in the power of learning. “Education opened all kinds of doors for me that I never expected,” Evenson said.
Last week, organizers and major supporters of Celebrate Onalaska got together to celebrate the celebration’s debut this summer and get started on planning next year’s event, which will be held…
State Bank will hold its 24th annual DARE/GREAT chili cookoff on Saturday, Oct. 10, and the Onalaska Police Department is getting ready for another battle.
The Holland Fire and Emergency Review Committee held its first meeting Sept. 23. Though the official mission statement has not yet been finalized, the committee will be tasked with researching…
Karla Schroeder wants to open the eyes of the members of law enforcement and other assistance agencies about the need for an immediate response when an endangered adult is reported missing.
After two years, Oliver the Yorkshire terrier is home again. The little dog has been reunited with his owner Troy Larson and his Yorkie buddy, Benny.
The by-gone days of rural schools will be recalled at the October meeting of the Holmen Area Historical Society.
In 2017, a mere two years away, the world will recognize the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution – a violent, prolonged event that saw the demise of the nation’s once great tsarist emp…
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind works to protect those things which are important in our daily lives. Those of us who have lived along the Mississippi River for much of our lives understand how important t…
The reaction to gun violence, from Group A: "The number of people shot in the U.S. is heart-breaking. Let's fix that." From Group B: "We can't do anything to completely stop shooting, so why e…
The banner for Tamarack Garlic Farm caught my attention as Gretchen and I visited the Cameron Park farmers market in La Crosse last Saturday morning. We decided the small bags of garlic bulbs …
The presidency of the United States is the biggest political stage in the world, and since the Great Depression, American voters have filled the office with larger-than-life figures.
Bangor Elementary claimed the public schools division first-place trophy in the La Crosse County Library System’s summer library program for the 12th consecutive year with 17.84 percent of stu…