SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California lawmakers blasted state water officials Thursday for their oversight of the half-century-old dam that anchors the state's water system, in a hearing focusing on the design problems and aging that contributed to the evacuation of…
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to a drug charge after a New York dermatologist died of cocaine and alcohol intoxication in his apartment building was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.
Two days after his abrupt dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump only deepened the questions swirling around the episode on Thursday, leaving his aides scrambling to explain contradictory rationales and his allies wondering whether his governing agenda…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter thought he would be seeing the last of the Washington Nationals on Thursday night.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on an embattled Missouri sheriff (all times local):
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NFL has asked the public entity that oversees the proposed Oakland Raiders stadium in Las Vegas to attempt to approve a lease agreement before league owners meet later this month.
HONOLULU (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii says a deaf Japanese tourist was illegally denied a sign-language interpreter while she was detained and interrogated at Honolulu International Airport.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A man had to be treated for hypothermia this week and rescued from a snowy northern Arizona mountain that he hiked up wearing only shorts and other light clothing in a quest for free pizza, authorities…
The Tomah School Board will discuss staffing needs for the 2017-18 school year during its regular monthly meeting Monday, May 15 at Robert Kupper Learning Center.
DENVER (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed right-hander Kenta Maeda on the 10-day disabled list with tightness in his left hamstring.
WESTBY — Carol Elaine Bjornstad, 88, of Westby died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Gundersen Health System, LaCrosse. Funeral services are pending arrangements and will be announced. Vosseteig Funeral Home in Westby is serving the family.
SPARTA — Tracy L. Syverson, 46, of Sparta died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, Minn. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, at Lanham-Schanhofer Funeral Home, Sparta. Family and friends are…
Ardella “Della” Skoug, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Morrow Nursing Home in Sparta, in the company of her family. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Black River Falls. Friends may call…
Carol June Johnson, 86, of La Crosse died Thursday, May 11, 2017, at Bethany Riverside nursing. Sletten McKee Hanson Funeral Home is assisting the funeral home with arrangements.
Vern James Schermerhorn, passed away surrounded by family Sunday, May 7, 2017.
Beverly M. Swertfeger, 90, of La Crosse died peacefully, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Health System, La Crosse, with her loving family by her side.
HOUSTON, Minn. — Ione Helen McManimon, 81, of Houston died surrounded by her family at her home in Houston Wednesday, May 10, 2017.
READSTOWN — Cheryl Skenandore, 55, of Readstown died Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Vernon Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, at Lafarge Free Methodist Church. The Sime Funeral Home of Readstown is serving the family.
CALEDONIA, Minn. — Wanda L. Merzenich, 79, of Caledonia died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. In accordance with her wishes, private services for the family will be held. A complete obituary will follow.…
Timothy L. Hanson, 68, died May 4, 2017, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. A celebration of life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at the VFW in Trempealeau. A full obituary will follow. Coulee Region Cremation…
TREMPEALEAU — Norma “Jeannie” Wagner, 79, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. A funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Trempealeau Methodist Church with visitation from 1:00 p.m. until the…
CAMP DOUGLAS — Lawrence A. Jessen, 87, of Camp Douglas died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Serenity House in Tomah. A prayer service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, at Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home in Tomah. Burial will be…
SPARTA — Michael “Stubby” J. Schaitel, 75, of Sparta, and formally of Janesville, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Morrow Memorial Home, Sparta. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Sparta. Burial will…
MIDDLETON, Wis./LA CRESCENT, Minn. — J. Maxine Harris Mueller, 94, of Middleton and formerly of La Crescent, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the University Hospital, Madison. Funeral services will be Noon Monday, at Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services, La…
The fault lines of a national debates over free speech in higher education were on display Thursday.