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UWL women chase sixth straight WIAC cross country title at Whitewater
Latest booking: Timothy Joseph Callender · Oct 31, 4:47 AM
ATV Driver Charged in Douglas County Crash That Killed Eagan Man
Latest booking: William R Reimer · Oct 31, 7:17 AM
Wisconsin Rapids train crossing alert system launches Nov. 1 after delays
Latest booking: Milo Rocha Valberde · Oct 31, 9:17 AM
Mount Pleasant trustees pause Sanctuary at Pike River plat for two weeks
Latest booking: Shirleyann Caprice Hubbard · Oct 31, 9:28 AM

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.
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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.













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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.

Eau Claire police released images of three people connected to a burglary investigation and are asking anyone who recognizes them to call the department.

Construction is underway on a 70-acre Eau Claire campus for yeast-based products maker Ohly, with the first phase due in May 2028.

The utility is asking a court to remove an April ballot question on city acquisition of the water utility, arguing its wording could mislead voters.

Police say a Minnesota man was taken into custody Sunday night after threatening people with a knife at a Circle K on State Road 35 in Siren.






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

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.

Benjamin L. Feltz, 38, of Stevens Point was sentenced Oct. 29 to seven years of probation after pleading no contest in the Feb. 17 theft of a Wisconsin Rapids ambulance that still had a patient inside.

More than $3 million has flowed into the Assembly District 85 race between Republican incumbent Patrick Snyder and Democrat John Kroll, with most of the money coming through the two state parties.

Aspirus Health will recruit pharmacy technicians and pharmacists for jobs in six communities, including Wausau, during an online hiring event from 5 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 10.









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

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.

KTEC Schools of Innovation are marking the opening of their unified 4K-12 campus in Kenosha with Best of Kenosha County awards, a chamber beautification honor and a $7,500 state financial literacy grant.

Pleasant Prairie Police Chief David Selvidge, who took command Jan. 19 after 25 years in Arizona law enforcement, has drawn praise from Village President Dave Klimisch and brought the Grappler Police Bumper to the department to stop fleeing vehicles.
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