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Veterans Day breakfast at UWL ends after 13 years, football tribute planned Saturday
Latest booking: Nathen P Herzer · Nov 6, 1:27 PM
Chippewa Valley Democrats sweep state races, flipping the 92nd Assembly District
Latest booking: Randall Mark Thorn · Nov 6, 1:11 PM
Fond du Lac teen held after tip from outside U.S. about online mass-shooting statements
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Keys to Kenosha opens more than 50 sites for self-guided tours on Nov. 7
Latest booking: Ryan Michael Phillips · Nov 6, 1:17 PM

Freedom Honor Flight has ended its Veterans Day Breakfast at Mitchell Hall, while UWL plans a pregame tribute to veterans at Saturday's home football game.
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Couleecap and Haven for Special People have received the 2026 Governor's Award for Excellence in Community Action for the 70-unit Haven on Main development in downtown La Crosse.

Democrats won control of the state Assembly on Tuesday for the first time since the 2009-10 session, with Rep. Steve Doyle of Onalaska among the incumbents returned by voters.

People with an outstanding Winona County misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor warrant can meet with justice system officials in Courtroom 2 on Nov. 12 and take steps to resolve their cases without fear of arrest.

No. 5 seed Winona upset defending champion and top seed Blake 2-1 in the Class AA state semifinals Wednesday at U.S. Bank Stadium, sending the Winhawks to the first state championship game in program history.

Top-seeded UW-La Crosse, 18-1 on the season, hosts sixth-seeded UW-Oshkosh at 6 p.m. Thursday at Veterans Memorial Field in a WIAC Tournament semifinal, with a spot in Saturday's championship game on the line.

Health workers who have spent years building trust with Amish families in southwest Wisconsin are bringing care and vaccines directly to them as the state's measles outbreak, its worst in decades, passes 400 cases.












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Democratic candidates won every state legislative race in the Chippewa Valley on Tuesday, including Jeremiah Fredrickson's flip of the 92nd Assembly District covering Chippewa Falls and Menomonie.

The research vessel Neil Armstrong is expected to arrive in Duluth on Nov. 9 to deploy sensor frames in Lake Superior for a University of Minnesota Duluth neutrino experiment.

Top-ranked UW-River Falls beat No. 7 Augsburg 4-3 on Thursday night at Hunt Arena to improve to 3-0, behind goals from four different players.

After a warm fall and record rain on Nov. 4, the Northland expects temperatures to return to the 40s and 50s this weekend, with more above-average days than below through mid-November.

Five UW-Eau Claire women's soccer players were recognized on the 2026 WIAC All-Conference Team announced Nov. 5, led by four All-WIAC selections.

A slow-moving storm dropped 2.80 inches of rain on Superior from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4, part of a record-setting wet start to November across northwest Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota, with cooler and windier weather now moving in.








Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

A 15-year-old Fond du Lac resident is in secure detention after local, state and federal investigators looked into online statements referencing a possible mass shooting, police said Thursday.

Jennifer Gossick, 63, died on Nov. 3 after helping oversee the fall general election earlier that day, the city said. She had served Wisconsin Rapids as its city clerk since 2018.

Town of Grand Rapids voters on Nov. 3 rejected a referendum to exceed the state tax levy limit by $300,000, by 2,654 votes to 1,350, leaving the Town Board to decide how to balance its budget.

Defending champion Heritage Christian swept Columbus Catholic 25-16, 25-23, 25-18 in the WIAA Division 4 state semifinals on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Resch Center, ending the Dons' season at 33-10.

Green Bay Area Public Schools Superintendent Mike Hernandez says the voter-approved $158 million referendum will help the district keep current programs and staffing through 2031, after years of cuts and building closures.

Students in Green Bay East High School's production tech club are working alongside industry professionals to stage 'Natasha, Pierre and the Comet of 1812,' described as the biggest musical the school has done.







Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

More than 50 historic buildings, cultural spaces and local landmarks across Kenosha will open for self-guided tours on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a free trolley linking stops.

United Way of Kenosha County will hold its fourth annual Live UNITED Spectacular on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at Carthage College's Todd Wehr Center, honoring this year's Legacy Award winners.

Voters elected the state's first Black governor, its first Latina secretary of state and the first Hmong-American to win statewide office in the nation, and set up two women to lead both legislative chambers at the same time.

U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach granted summary judgment on Thursday, Nov. 5, for the City of Kenosha, former Chief Eric Larsen and Chief Patrick Patton, ruling that officer Pep Moretti did not produce enough evidence that he was passed over for promotion because he is gay.

Families can try circus challenges at KPL Kids at Uptown Lofts on Friday, Nov. 13, in an after-hours program running 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Assembly leader Greta Neubauer of Racine and Senate leader Dianne Hesselbein say Democrats will move quickly on cost-of-living measures after winning control of both legislative chambers for the first time in 16 years.
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