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Mt. La Crosse Free Learn-to-Ski Program Aims for 200 Fourth Graders
Latest booking: Melissa M Schmalenberg · Nov 3, 1:27 PM
Siren voters decide $750,000-a-year school operating referendum on Nov. 3
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Driver killed after vehicle leaves road and crashes into Oshkosh house
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Allstaff to lay off 148 workers at Visual Pak plant in Kenosha
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Siren School District voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to let the district exceed its state revenue limit by $750,000 a year for four years to fund day-to-day operations.
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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.

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.











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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 59-year-old Canadian citizen living in Superior has been charged in federal court with knowingly voting in the November 2024 presidential election while not a U.S. citizen, the third such Canadian case filed in Wisconsin in recent days.

A new Eau Claire performing arts nonprofit, River Theatre Co., plans a curated series of performances in unconventional spaces, with its first large-scale musical set for August 2027.

The ninth annual Eau Claire Global Market will bring 21 vendors selling handmade goods from more than 40 countries to First Congregational UCC on Nov. 14, with Ukrainian restaurant Borsch House serving food this year.

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.




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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.








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

The Allstaff Group will lay off 148 workers at a Visual Pak plant in Kenosha on Dec. 31 after Visual Pak chose a different staffing vendor, according to a WARN notice reported Nov. 2.

Wisconsin records list the Mary Lou and Arthur F. Mahone Foundation as delinquent with no annual reports on file, and no independent IRS tax-exempt listing was found, Kenosha County Eye reported Nov. 2.

The District 21 State Senate race between Jim Croft and Trevor Jung could help decide which party controls the Wisconsin Senate, FOX6 reported.

Wisconsin Democratic candidates held a final-day rally at Racine County Democratic Party headquarters on Monday, Nov. 2, with gubernatorial candidate David Crowley urging supporters to turn out ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election.

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.
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