All or Nothing ticket sold in Onalaska hits $100,000
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All or Nothing ticket sold in Onalaska hits $100,000
Latest booking: Saulo Sanchez Rodriguez · Nov 4, 3:47 PM
Smith wins third term in Senate District 31 as Democrats take the state Senate
Latest booking: Carter J Hare · Nov 4, 5:17 PM
Wisconsin Rapids-area incumbents all win reelection in Nov. 3 state Senate and Assembly races
Latest booking: Antonio Joseph Morales · Nov 4, 4:19 PM
Berman defeats Steil in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District
Latest booking: Lazariah Sharee Taylor · Nov 4, 5:27 PM

Every incumbent on the ballot in the Wisconsin Rapids area's state Senate and Assembly districts won another term on Nov. 3, led by Sen. Cory Tomczyk in District 29.
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The Wisconsin Lottery says an All or Nothing ticket sold at a Kwik Trip on East Main Street in Onalaska hit for $100,000 over the weekend.

Winona State will honor its seniors Saturday when it hosts the University of Mary at Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium in the Warriors' final home game of the 2026 season.

Winona Area Hospice is marking National Hospice and Palliative Care Month with a 5-star rating based on feedback from patients' families and caregivers.

Democrat Rebecca Cooke has defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden in their rematch for western Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, in the most expensive congressional race in state history.

Madison police say shots fired from a passing vehicle early Monday damaged two vehicles and an apartment building on Rise Lane, and an 18-year-old was later arrested in Maple Bluff.

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.














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

State Sen. Jeff Smith of Brunswick turned back a challenge from Eau Claire County Board member Michele Magadance Skinner, and his party flipped control of the Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday.

Siren School District voters turned down a $3 million operating referendum by a wide margin Tuesday, the district's second failed funding vote of 2026.

A 26-year-old Menomonie man convicted on sex crimes charges involving child victims has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

A new Chipotle Mexican Grill opens on North Broadway in Menomonie on Tuesday, November 10, with a drive-thru pickup lane for digital orders.

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.

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.




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

With all 50 Wood County precincts reporting, unofficial Nov. 3 results show county voters favoring Republican Tom Tiffany for governor locally and turning down Grand Rapids' proposed $300,000 levy increase.

Columbus Catholic is back at the Resch Center for the WIAA Division 4 state semifinals on Thursday, Nov. 5, facing Heritage Christian after a season that brought a 10th consecutive Cloverbelt East Conference title.

A World War II-era German grenade found inside the Stevens Point post office on Election Day turned out to be inert, after an evacuation, a Main Street shutdown and a bomb squad response Tuesday morning.

Democrat Brandy Tollefson unseated Republican Rep. Ben Franklin in the 88th Assembly District on Nov. 3, while Democratic Rep. Ryan Spaude held off Bobby Lindsey in the neighboring 89th, in the Green Bay area's two most-watched legislative races.

Republican Michael Alfonso defeated Democrat Fred Clark in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, and at 26 he will become the youngest member of Congress.

Wausau-area voters elected a mix of familiar representatives and two new faces to the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly on Nov. 3, including John Kroll's win over longtime Rep. Pat Snyder in District 85.





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

Democrat Mitchell Berman defeated Republican incumbent Bryan Steil on Tuesday in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, flipping a seat Republicans had held for more than 30 years.

Democrat Trevor Jung defeated Republican Jim Croft on Tuesday for Wisconsin's 21st State Senate District, flipping a seat Republicans had held for more than a decade.

Gateway Technical College in Racine hosts a Microsoft Datacenter Academy training students for technician jobs, as Microsoft's first Mount Pleasant data center opened in June and a second is under construction next door.

Racine County voters have selected Democrat Don Vandervest as the county's next sheriff, the first new leader for the office in 16 years.

Kenosha's official Christmas tree, a 34-foot Colorado blue spruce donated by Kenosha Bible Church, was moved to Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday.

Pleasant Prairie police say Danial McCarthy, 69, left home Tuesday afternoon and has not been found, and a statewide Silver Alert is now in effect.
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