Law professor named to lead Iowa Human Services Department
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The governor has appointed a law professor with experience in child protection and family law to lead the troubled Iowa Human Services Department.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The governor has appointed a law professor with experience in child protection and family law to lead the troubled Iowa Human Services Department.
WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — New restrictions aimed at preventing human-caused wildfires are about to take effect in two northern Arizona national forests.
NEW YORK (AP) — When big retail chains close stores, it can be a blow or a blessing for small businesses located near the shuttered merchants.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state lawmaker says the shooting at a congressional baseball practice outside of Washington "could probably have been predicted" given "disgusting commentary" about President Donald Trump.
DYMOCK, England (AP) — The woods were cool, a welcome balm on a hot day. Shafts of sunlight poured through the canopy. Slowly, I walked down a track thick with long-fallen leaves.
WINONA, Minn. — At three score and ten, Steamboat Days is still going strong.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammys Awards are transitioning to online voting and have updated rules for its top category, album of the year.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mandy Moore spent six weeks at the bottom of a London pool trapped inside a steel cage, hyperventilating and screaming while filming the underwater thriller "47 Meters Down ." It wasn't all called for in the…
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is a day away from a planned stunt to hang from a helicopter by her teeth as it flies over Niagara Falls.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices declined in May, reflecting a big drop in energy prices and smaller declines in a number of other areas. It was the second monthly decline in the past three months and underscores how inflation has…
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby (all times local):
Organized chaos was the order of the day at Westby Area High School on Wednesday, June 7 when area law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire departments and trained tactical units joined forces with school districtwide personnel to host a mock…
A former Westby man, Cody Kraabel, age 25, has been sentenced to five years’ probation in Monroe County Circuit Court nearly two years after he was originally charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide.
I’ve been privileged to have many good teachers. In fact, every teacher I’ve had was a good teacher, who helped me to gain knowledge and understanding. I’m deeply indebted to them, as well as to my parents and my pastor,…
It is with regret that I let you know that Westby’s 2017 Leif Erickson Day celebration has been cancelled. We planned for Oct. 7, then for Oct. 14, and now must cancel all together.
The defending Division 2 Central Region National Champion Viroqua Legion Post 138 baseball team kicked off their regular season schedule last week, picking up three wins while losing a pair.
Thursday, June 15
The Viroqua Sox home talent baseball team launched another summer season winning the season opener, before losing a pair of games.
The Viroqua Elementary School cafeteria buzzed with activity late Monday morning as children went through the serving line for a lunch of hot dogs, milk, fruits and vegetables.
Ellen presented me with a late birthday/early Father’s Day gift of a couple of nice shirts, one a dress shirt and one a fishing shirt, and two new trail cameras on Sunday. After I read the directions — and that…
Ah, for the good old days of black-and-white TVs that were so dumb that they pulled in maybe just one or two stations. Of course, the images sometimes were fuzzier than the Coulee Region skies were during that cotton tree…
The benefits of Wisconsin’s dairy industry reaches far beyond the barn doors. While our Wisconsin farm families rely on the dairy business for their livelihood, we all rely on dairy for the impact it has on our state’s economy, culture…
Happy anniversary! This month the Vernon Economic Development Association (VEDA) is celebrating its 10th year of coordinating economic development in Vernon County. In June 2007, VEDA hired Sue Noble as its first executive director to work with a group of…