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Two Winona Middle School teachers share WEA Teacher of the Year honors
Latest booking: Darrin Kenneth Mahnke · Nov 2, 1:27 PM
Slow-moving storm to bring multiple rounds of rain to the Northland through Thursday
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Fox Crossing police seek witnesses to six-vehicle rollover crash on I-41
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A slow-moving storm system is expected to bring repeated rounds of rain to northwest Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota from Monday through Thursday, with widespread totals of 1 to 2 inches and some spots up to 3 inches.
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Tommy Sawyer and Cody Weadge, both social studies teachers at Winona Middle School, have been named the 2026 Winona Education Association Teachers of the Year.

Winona State's women's basketball team pushed No. 2 Colorado Mesa to the closing seconds Sunday night before falling 64-57 in the championship game of the Hoops in Hawaii Classic in Honolulu.

The UW-La Crosse wrestling team opened its 2026-27 season Sunday with a 34-12 victory over Cornell College of Iowa in the Wisconsin Showcase at UW-Parkside.

UW-La Crosse fell 27-10 at UW-Eau Claire on Saturday at Carson Park, ending an eight-game winning streak in the series despite a record-setting day from quarterback Kyle Haas.

UW-La Crosse's men's cross country team won its ninth straight WIAC championship Saturday at Whitewater, scoring 27 points with all five scoring runners in the top eight for the program's league-record 41st title.

UW-La Crosse's women's soccer team finished its regular season Saturday with a 1-0 win at UW-Whitewater, scoring late in the first half and holding off the Warhawks the rest of the way.











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An Eau Claire mother-and-son business, Pawsitive Mold Detective, uses two specially trained dogs to locate hidden mold in homes and businesses across the Midwest and beyond.

Organizers of a first-in-Wisconsin eight-county outdoor recreation plan will hold a celebration and next-steps meeting Nov. 9 in Mondovi, after the regional plan won USDA approval and a companion urban plan won local endorsement.

A 42-year-old Eau Claire woman escaped a burning vehicle Sunday evening after a rollover crash on Highway 85 in the Township of Peru, and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Superior Public Library has moved its CLICK and Learn one-on-one technology help sessions to Mondays, with dates set for Nov. 9, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7.

The No. 15 UW-River Falls football team scored 28 points in the second half Saturday to come back from a 24-7 halftime deficit and defeat UW-Stout 35-30 at Ramer Field.

The Duluth Transportation Authority resumes free bus rides to warming shelters on Nov. 2, a winter program that provided 13,000 rides last season.




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Fox Crossing police are asking witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward after a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 41 on Friday shut down the southbound lanes for nearly an hour.

Wisconsin DOT officials say the Highway 51/29 project in Rib Mountain that began April 9 should wrap up Nov. 13, while Marathon County holds its 2027 budget hearing Monday ahead of adoption Nov. 10.

Holy Family Catholic Community Pastor Ryan J. Pruess plans to stay on the Holy Family Warming Shelter roof starting Nov. 18 until $200,000 is raised to cover the shelter's operating costs for the season.

Campbellsport won the WIAA Division 2 boys team title Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids with 104 points, led by senior Garrett Pickering's individual championship in 15:31.1.

Sturgeon Bay's Target has finished a multi-million-dollar overhaul that began in March and wrapped in September, expanding its food and beverage departments to roughly three times their previous size.

State election officials are urging Wisconsin voters to check their registration, plan how to return absentee ballots, and bring a photo ID for the Nov. 3 general election.







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Kenosha County Eye reported Nov. 1 that Bradford High School teacher Jennifer Sepanski said Kenosha Unified administrators directed teachers to publicly support the district's failed $115 million referendum.

Racine's Community Development Authority has approved demolishing a vacant duplex at 1026 Wilson St. to make way for a five-unit townhome building in the Lincoln-King neighborhood.

Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany are campaigning across Wisconsin on Monday, Nov. 2, in a final push before polls open Tuesday morning.

An interactive map lists every Racine County polling location for the Tuesday, November 3 general election, with addresses and ward information for each site.

Kenosha County Eye reported Nov. 1 that Mayor David Bogdala appointed Giacomino Ruffolo, 48, a used car salesman and close friend of the mayor, to the city's Police and Fire Commission.

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina campaigned in Wisconsin on Saturday, Oct. 31, with Democratic governor nominee David Crowley, launching canvasses and get-out-the-vote stops in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha.
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