The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its pending home sales index climbed 5.5 percent in February to 112.3, its highest point since April and its second-highest point since 2006.
The accomplishments of women during a time when most women did not work outside the home is something to be acknowledged. This is Women’s History Month and we are continuing our look back at notable women in Westby. This article…
Chaseburg Village Board trustee candidates Ken Bluske and Tom Heller were both given the same list of questions to answer. These election profile questionnaires are provided as a public service, free of charge. Both candidates are running unopposed, but wanted…
Westby City Council has two open ward seats after incumbent aldermen Brad Mashak (Ward 1) and Bob VonRuden (Wards 2 and 4) both filed no candidacy papers. Mayor Danny Helgerson and Ward 3 alderman Lyle Lund are both running unopposed.
On April 2, at 10 a.m., Stoddard United Methodist Church will have a grand opening and the new church will be dedicated. The public is invited to join in this celebration. The new location is at 900 Broadway St. Watch…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An 88-year-old convicted sex offender accused of grabbing an Iowa state mental hospital worker has been found unfit to stand trial.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nearly half the students at a high school in Pennsylvania's capital city have been given suspension notices for missing too much class time.
BERLIN (AP) — A top police official says Germany needs to remain vigilant against the threat of extremist attacks.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — The director of a Massachusetts organization that finds homes for retired racing greyhounds that might otherwise be euthanized has pleaded not guilty to an animal cruelty charge.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An unlicensed tree-trimming service from California is in hot water in St. Paul after removing 22 city-owned trees to create parking spaces at a shopping center.
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday voiced readiness to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming Arctic summit, while reiterating rejections of allegations that Russian meddled in the U.S. presidential election.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A college in Susan B. Anthony's western New York hometown has acquired a trove of 19th-century letters she wrote to a fellow leader in the women's rights movement.
CONCAN, Texas (AP) — Federal investigators will get their first look Thursday at the scene of a head-on collision between a pickup truck and small church bus in southwest Texas that crumpled the front of the bus and killed 13…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the United States and Turkey must make "difficult decisions" about how to fight the Islamic State group in Syria.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster rate in the fourth quarter than earlier estimates, as consumers powered economic momentum heading into 2017.
Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are ditching the bikinis and getting back to the burgers.
NEW YORK (AP) — A highly praised and proudly off-beat literary magazine, where contributors have ranged from Nick Hornby and Anne Carson to Daniel Handler and Leslie Jamison, is changing ownership.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia says it has agreed to release the body of Kim Jong Nam to North Korea in exchange for the return of nine Malaysians held in the North's capital.
(AP) - South Korea's disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye was being questioned Thursday by a court that will decide if she should be arrested over corruption allegations that have already toppled her from power.
(AP) - A federal judge in Hawaii decided Wednesday to extend his order blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban.
(AP) - Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths last year - the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday.
(AP) - Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday over President Donald Trump's executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally.
(AP) - A small shuttle bus carrying Texas church members home from a retreat collided head-on with a pickup truck, killing 13 people and injuring two others Wednesday on a two-lane highway in southwestern Texas, officials said.
(AP) - She has a West Wing office, facetime with world leaders and unrivaled access to the president. And as Ivanka Trump's White House role grows, so does the backlash.
BAGHDAD (AP) — As the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul drags on, many might ask: Why has it taken the combined militaries of the United States and Iraq backed by an international coalition more than two years to…