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UWL women chase sixth straight WIAC cross country title at Whitewater
Latest booking: Richard J Merrill · Oct 31, 3:47 PM
Pavement marking and traffic signal work coming in Superior as Blatnik Bridge project advances
Latest booking: Aiden Russell Berens · Oct 31, 10:55 AM
Wausau chamber hosts free threat evaluation and reporting training
Latest booking: Jose Angel Onorio Villegas · Oct 31, 2:16 PM
Scooby-Doo, candy and cops at Frank Elementary trunk-or-treat in Kenosha
Latest booking: Maiara C Da Motta · Oct 31, 2:47 PM

The Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce hosted a free community session this week on evaluating and reporting threats, built around a Department of Homeland Security course on preventing targeted violence.
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UW-La Crosse will try for its 15th WIAC women's cross country championship, and its sixth in a row, on Saturday at UW-Whitewater.

UW-La Crosse was picked second in the WIAC women's basketball preseason poll after a 21-10 season that included the program's first conference tournament title and its first Elite Eight trip.

La Crosse Logan and West Salem won their WIAA second-round playoff games Friday night, while Melrose-Mindoro lost by three points to Glenwood City in Division 7.

Volleyball and soccer sectional finals, the next round of the football playoffs and the WIAA state cross country meet all fall on the same weekend across western Wisconsin.

La Crosse Public Schools held an open house on Oct. 29 for the Hintgen Elementary site as the district plans reuse for four school sites that are consolidating into two facilities.

Family & Children's Center is celebrating a record-breaking year for its Bridges to Better Tomorrows fundraising event, held Oct. 22 at Celebrations on the River in La Crosse.












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

Crews will start lane, pavement marking and traffic signal work next week on Hwy 2 in Superior and on the Hwy 2 ramps with I-35 in Duluth as work prepares for the Blatnik Bridge closure in early 2027.

The Nov. 3 midterm ballot in the Chippewa Valley includes an open race for governor, a rematch for the 3rd Congressional District, three statewide referendum questions and a City of Eau Claire healthcare committee question.

Neighborhood trick-or-treating runs Saturday evening, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in Eau Claire and Altoona, 5 to 7 p.m. in Chippewa Falls and Menomonie, and 4 to 7 p.m. in Augusta and Arcadia.

Superior Public Library says Libby users whose library cards have expired can no longer check out or place holds until they renew, and patrons can check their expiration date online or in the NWLN Libraries app.

A 38-year-old man faces a negligent homicide charge in Douglas County Court after a June ATV crash that killed a 71-year-old Minnesota man.

Superior's school board approved a balanced $59.6 million budget that lowers the levy by 2.12% and cuts the tax rate by 86 cents per $1,000.





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

Marshfield's football season ended Friday night with a 34-14 loss at Monona Grove in the second round of the WIAA Division 2 playoffs.

Wisconsin Rapids' new rail crossing alert system is scheduled to go online Nov. 1, with sensors at 12 crossings sending train warnings through the TrainLinq app.

Marshfield's Common Council voted 5-3 on Oct. 29 to advance a revised 2027 budget after removing a $56,000 Chamber Foundation allocation and trimming Main Street Marshfield to $25,000, amid warnings the city's economic development fund could fall to about $810,000 by the end of 2027.

DeShawn Dickinson, a Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley staff member and Home Base assistant director, has received the Ren Svanoe Award from the Wisconsin Association of Runaway and Homeless Youth Services.

Appleton poll workers will need to process nearly 8,000 absentee ballots on Nov. 3 as statewide absentee voting runs nearly 7% ahead of four years ago, and clerks in Appleton and Green Bay are urging voters not to mail ballots back at this point.

Rory Williams and Diane Perschbacher have been named the Wisconsin DNR's 2026 State Natural Areas Volunteers of the Year for maintaining prairie habitat and documenting rare species at the Oshkosh-Larson Trail Prairies State Natural Area.









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

Frank Elementary students celebrated Halloween Friday afternoon with an after-school trunk-or-treat joined by a Kenosha police officer and the school dean dressed as Scooby-Doo.

Congregations United to Serve Humanity drew a packed banquet hall in Kenosha on Thursday evening for its annual dinner, honoring advocates for the homeless and State Senator Bob Wirch.

Mount Pleasant trustees voted Oct. 26 to hold off on final approval of the Sanctuary at Pike River plat for two weeks so the developer can make requested revisions.

Running the Racine County Jail would cost $21.1 million in 2027, and property taxpayers would cover $17.2 million of that under County Executive Ralph Malicki's proposed budget.

David and Dawson Cottrell are hosting their Caledonia haunted trail one last time, hoping donations push their total for childhood cancer causes to $20,000.

Every Racine County community on this year's list holds trick-or-treat on Oct. 31, 2026, with most hours falling between 5 and 8 p.m.
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