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News In Your Area
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Flutist looks forward to musical ‘Homecoming’ with La Crosse Wind Symphony
Flutist Genevieve Eichman returns to southwestern Wisconsin as the featured soloist in the La Crosse Wind Symphony concert on Feb. 2.
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Wisconsin small businesses navigate higher egg prices
Avian influenza has continued to take a toll on U.S. egg and poultry production since the virus started to spread in 2022. In recent months, it’s left businesses and consumers paying higher prices for what’s usually considered a low-cost protein.
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With housing in short supply, Wisconsin communities, developers look to shuttered schools
Since 2017, communities and developers have sought state grants or tax credits to redevelop around 20 schools as Wisconsin contends with a housing shortage.
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Study finds deadly disease reduces deer survival, population growth in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s largest study on deer and chronic wasting disease shows the deadly disease substantially reduces deer survival and population growth, especially where it’s most widespread.
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Proposed listing aims to keep monarch numbers from fluttering away
Federal wildlife officials are proposing to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species due to population declines, and researchers in Wisconsin hope it will prompt more conservation of monarch habitat.
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La Crosse airport hopes to attract new airline service
An effort by the La Crosse Regional Airport to attract a new airline is gaining momentum after years of declining service.
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Suspect in New Lisbon triple homicide apprehended
The Juneau County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that 47-year-old Virgil Thew was apprehended Thursday afternoon.
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Audit finds reclamation programs are struggling to oversee nonmetallic mines
More than half of nonmetallic mine reclamation programs audited in the past five years are out of compliance due in large part to staff turnover, according to state environmental regulators.
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Mauston school leaders hope third referendum attempt will prevent district cuts, closure
The School District of Mauston will put a referendum on the Feb. 18 ballot asking voters to allow the district to exceed the state-imposed revenue limit by $1.75 million annually for the next four years.
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Study committee recommends bill linking sandhill crane hunt to aid for farmers
A committee studying management of the state’s growing sandhill crane population is recommending a bill that would allow hunting the birds and provide aid for corn growers experiencing damage from them.
