Pleasant budget surprise: Local school administrators didn't expect $200 per-pupil increase
Tomah Area School District business manager Greg Gaarder had been using per-pupil increases of $0, $50 and $100 for his budget projections.
Tomah Area School District business manager Greg Gaarder had been using per-pupil increases of $0, $50 and $100 for his budget projections.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Tapper is working on a book that you could call fake news: It's his debut novel.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — When the Boston Red Sox started to report for spring training Monday, David Ortiz was missing.
(ESPN) - The New York Giants have released wide receiver Victor Cruz in a move that creates significant salary-cap space, a source confirmed to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Betsy DeVos got off to a rocky start with families of disabled children when she acknowledged being confused by a question at her confirmation hearing about a federal law that has governed special education since 1975.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The attention-grabbing "Make America Great Again" dress Joy Villa wore at the Grammys appears to have led to a bump in sales for her music.
A Corvette still covered in dirt and debris from its 2014 fall into a sinkhole has been moved from display to undergo repairs, as the car-swallowing phenomenon still drives attendance at a Kentucky museum.
The tall tales and colossal career of Andre the Giant will be told in an upcoming HBO documentary.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region's newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of residents.
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man accused of killing Maryland sisters who disappeared more than 40 years ago had tried to abduct two other girls around the same time.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University has lost an appeal in a federal free speech lawsuit that affirms student rights regardless of political viewpoint.
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- In a sign that powerful new ways to treat and prevent HIV are relaxing attitudes about safer sex, a new survey finds that gay and bisexual men are much less likely to use…
MONDAY, Feb. 13, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- There has been a sharp rise in the number of American seniors who take three or more medications that affect their brains, a new study reveals.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A national civil rights organization sued Monday on behalf of black voters in a rural North Carolina county, alleging how local officials are elected constitutes racial discrimination.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most drivers don't expect to be hit with a rate hike on their auto insurance after a car accident that wasn't their fault. But a consumer group says it happens, and it's a problem.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first major congressional attempt to address the advent of self-driving cars, two senators said Monday they're launching a bipartisan effort to help to speed up the deployment of the vehicles on the nation's roads.
China has voiced opposition to North Korea's test of a reported new ballistic missile more than 24 hours after reports of the launch emerged.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani judge on Monday banned all Valentine's Day celebrations in the country's capital, Islamabad, saying they are against Islamic teachings.
PARIS (AP) — A leading French presidential candidate's aides say Russian groups are interfering with his campaign but have offered little evidence to back up the claim.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers traded injured center Chris Andersen and cash to the Charlotte Hornets for a protected second-round draft pick.
BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people have formed a human chain in Dresden in a message of "peace and reconciliation" marking the anniversary of the deadly Allied firebombing of the eastern German city near the end of World War II.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a pretrial hearing for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, charged with endangering the lives of soldiers who searched for him after he left his post in Afghanistan in 2009. (all times local):
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro's special prosecutor on Monday asked the national assembly to lift the immunity of two senior opposition leaders allegedly involved in a pro-Russian plot to overthrow the government.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Superintendent Tony Evers has raised more than four times as much money as each of his opponents so far this year.
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two people are in custody but no charges have been filed in a mass shooting outside a rural Missouri nightclub that left one man dead and six others injured, authorities said Monday.