In April of 2001, the national media kept track of severe flooding on the Mississippi. For a couple of days, the focus was on La Crosse,...
Fifty years ago, on February 19th, 1971, towns from Dubuque to Prairie du Chien saw the late morning sky turn dark enough to cause street lights to come...
Two Minnesota residents have been sentenced to federal prison for trying to sell meth in western Wisconsin. Jeffrey Costillo of Blaine, Minnesota received a 7-year prison...
La Crosse Mayor Pat Zielke predicted in 1992 that the north-south corridor idea was “dead” for the decade after Plan 5 was voted down by the...
In August of 1979, President Jimmy Carter took a Mississippi River cruise on the Delta Queen, along with First Lady Rosalynn and their daughter Amy. The...
A Prairie du Chien man has been arrested for the death of a three-year-old boy, after a manhunt earlier today. Chase Harville was captured in...
A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld the drunk-driving conviction of a South Dakota man arrested after an apparent motorcycle crash in Prairie du Chien. In May of...
A months-long investigation into drugs in Prairie du Chien led to an arrest Monday. Sandy Xiong was caught trying to sell meth at a south side...
In January of 1958, the U.S. launched a satellite successfully for the first time. The Explorer was described in newspapers as a “chatterbox,” making noise as...
BANGOR, Wis. — Carter Horstman rushed for 222 yards and four touchdowns in leading second-ranked Bangor back to the state semifinals for the fifth consecutive season....
HARTFORD, Wis. — It may have made for a scenic game but wet, slippery and snowy weren’t ideal conditions for football between the Hartford and Holmen...
In May of 1973, Crawford County Sheriff Ray Childs called for an end to the ‘Ye Olde Fyre Engine Muster’ held in Prairie du Chien. The...
The Prairie du Chien Middle School principal, who was tried for scrubbing a student’s skin with a harsh chemical, will leave his job early next month. ...
As the WIAA boys basketball tournament gets underway tonight, the final AP poll was released. Central (20-2), which has a first-round bye, remains the second-ranked team...
The latest and last AP poll boys basketball poll is out, as are the WIAA playoff brackets, despite a week to go in the regular season....
A recent western Wisconsin holiday tradition is ending. Prairie du Chien will not have a “carp-dropping” this year at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The ritual...
For high school students in the marching band, Saturday has to be one of the highlighted events — a college football halftime show. It’s the 8th...
