TOMAH/HOMOSASSA, Fla. -- Darrel Dean Cole, 81, of Homosassa, formerly of Tomah, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Crystal River, Fla. Services noon Wednesday at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Tomah, with visitation one hour prior and burial in Clifton…
INDEPENDENCE -- James R. Helgeson, 73, of Independence died Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at Azura Memory Care, Eau Claire. Edison Funeral Home, Independence, is assisting with arrangements.
ONALASKA — George E. Osterhout, 82, of Onalaska died Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at Onalaska Care Center. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at North Presbyterian Church, La Crosse, with visitation two hours prior. Dickinson Family Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting…
HOKAH -- Elsie Marie Geiwitz, 98, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Houston.
STEVEN'S POINT -- Mark H. Heberlein of Steven's Point passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, Wis., after an extended illness.
NEW YORK (AP) — All-Star closer Jeurys Familia got a sizable raise from the New York Mets on Friday while still waiting to find out whether he'll be suspended by Major League Baseball under the sport's domestic violence policy.
SYDNEY (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Australia on Saturday for talks with the nation's leader on trade and regional security issues amid China's growing military might in Asia.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a judge's order to send a notorious California serial rapist back to a state mental hospital for violating terms of his release (all times local):
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs and ace right-hander Jake Arrieta have agreed to a $15,637,500, one-year deal.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation is chipping in to support a new national monument in southern Utah that's been a flashpoint in the debate over public land use in the West, officials said Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Keeping Eduardo Nunez healthy and in the lineup could mean so much for San Francisco's infield and its chances.
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a woman is dead and two other people seriously injured after a house fire in Mountain Iron, on northeastern Minnesota's Iron Range.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman charged along with her boyfriend in the rape, murder and dismemberment of her adopted 14-year-old daughter took in 30 foster kids before her then-husband was deemed a sexual predator.
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Stolen from a hospital just hours after she was born, an 18-year-old woman finally learned her true identity and was reunited Friday with her birth family, by video chat. The woman she thought was her mother…
With Martin Luther King day upcoming, Graphiq looked at race relations in the U.S. today.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Miami Heat are having a tough road trip on and off the court.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge ended Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's marriage on Friday after months of bickering over the final terms of their breakup.
SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government is considering whether it should set up an area off Washington's San Juan Island where endangered killer whales would be protected from motorboats and other disturbances.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign announced Friday that he has fully paid off the debt he accrued during his short-lived presidential run, thanks largely to revenue generated by renting out his donor list in the closing…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a drug lord convicted in the 1985 killings of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a Mexican government pilot to pay relatives of the victims nearly $1 million in compensation,…
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Department of Justice's report from its yearlong investigation into the Chicago Police Department (all times local):
ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves avoided arbitration by agreeing to one-year deals with relief pitchers Arodys Vizcaino and Ian Krol on Friday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals have agreed to terms with Trevor Rosenthal and Kevin Siegrist on one-year contracts Friday to avoid arbitration with both of the pitchers.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two people participating in a sit-in at U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley's office have been arrested.
Hawaii state officials have reopened a stretch of shoreline on Maui after the remains of a dead humpback whale disappeared from view.