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Mt. La Crosse Free Learn-to-Ski Program Aims for 200 Fourth Graders
Latest booking: Zachary S Tabor · Nov 3, 9:27 AM
Chippewa County measles cases reach 33 as state confirms local spread
Latest booking: John Joaquin Aguilar · Nov 3, 10:56 AM
Driver killed after vehicle leaves road and crashes into Oshkosh house
Latest booking: Julie Eileen Barta · Nov 3, 9:16 AM
Latest booking: Aaron B Mack Bell · Nov 3, 10:57 AM

Mt. La Crosse is getting ready for winter with a free learn-to-ski program for fourth graders, described as the first program of its kind in Wisconsin.
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The Winona Health Volunteers' annual Holiday Happiness sale opened Monday, November 2, at the hospital in Winona and runs through Wednesday, December 23.

The 700 block of Charles Street in La Crosse is closed to through traffic while crews replace water and sanitary lines, with reopening expected by the end of the day on November 4.

Trempealeau County is taking applications to fill County Board of Supervisors vacancies in six districts, with a deadline of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2026, for seats running through April 2028.

The Winona Ice Park has opened for the 2026 season, drawing regional media attention to the manufactured ice climbing park above the Mississippi River in Winona.

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.











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Chippewa County has 33 confirmed measles cases as of Oct. 30, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services now classifies the cluster as an outbreak in which the virus is spreading locally.

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.

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.


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A driver died early Monday after a vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a house near Merritt Avenue and Grand Street in Oshkosh, police said.

Green Bay fire officials say the body recovered from the Fox River near West Mason Street on Monday evening is that of Thai Yang, 25, who was last seen at his home on Oct. 25 and reported missing the next night.

Central Wisconsin voters are heading to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, to decide races for governor, Congress and the state Legislature, along with three statewide referendums and local referendums in several communities.

Marshfield High School student groups will host a Veterans Day breakfast on Wednesday, Nov. 11, starting with fellowship and coffee at 8 a.m., followed by a presentation and a salute through the school hallways.

Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield members took the first swings on Oct. 13, breaking into the walls of the club's future permanent home as work begins on an $8 million project backed by more than 150 donors.

An angler fishing the waters of Green Bay south of Oconto on Friday landed a 9-pound, 11-ounce smallmouth bass that state biologists certified Saturday as a new Wisconsin record, topping a mark that had stood since 1950.





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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.

An 18-year-old driver was killed late Sunday night when a driver fleeing Milwaukee police crashed into another vehicle near Layton Boulevard and Greenfield Avenue on the city's south side.
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