Новости за 18.08.2015

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two ninja-clad teens armed with a machete and expecting an easy robbery at a Pittsburgh convenience store got quite a shock when a cashier pulled out a sword and started chas…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police officers pulled over a car and wound up helping with the birth of a baby — and it was all recorded on a patrol car's dashboard camera.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since the first time Cody Kessler pulled on a Southern California jersey, the quarterback has known all about the impossible expectations that come with it.

MADISON — The steady spread of the tree-killing emerald ash borer has reached Jackson County in west central Wisconsin.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott and the Ohio State offensive line could make most quarterbacks look good.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh greeted the start of fall camp with his usual zest.

“It’s pedal to the metal on broadband policy—for both consumers and competitors,” said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler at a recent address to the Brookings Institute as …

Today there are 40 million Americans age 65 and older. By 2030, when all of the baby boomers pass the age of 65, the population over 65 will reach 73 million people, or 20 percent of the U.S. …

HOLMEN -- Holmen fire officials are investigating a weekende blaze that damaged a house.

MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Parrotheads are apparently too busy wasting away in Margaritaville to wait in line for the bathroom.

One of the best news photographs of the year was circulated by the Associated Press out of Des Moines, Iowa, from the Iowa State Fair, Monday.

BERLIN (AP) — Police in western Germany are looking for thieves who broke into a store selling alcohol and stole the caps off 1,200 bottles of beer — presumably to collect points for a prize c…

The Westby Flora Garden Club is branching out by hosting a “Vintage Bridal Show and Tea” on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 1-3 p.m., at the Huntington Wedding Barn, east of Viroqua.

NUTLEY, N.J. (AP) — Police have solved the case of a mysterious gravestone that was found by a maintenance worker at a northern New Jersey bus terminal earlier this month.

WINONA, Minn. -- A 30-year-old Wisconsin man was stabbed Tuesday morning at the East End Recreation Center, according to Winona police.

The American Red Cross is offering the following opportunities to donate blood:

While Donald Trump has kept the political world transfixed, Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent her summer methodically rolling out a long list of policy proposals. They add up to a platform you …

The following editorial was published in Friday’s Wisconsin State Journal:

I couldn’t agree more with letter writer Chip DeNure that Sen. Jennifer Shilling caved in to special interests in the recent Bucks arena deal. However, let’s add a few more cavers to the deal.

Gov. Scott Walker has been saying recently that Hillary Clinton could be the “deceiver in chief.”

A recent news report showed how police officers in San Bernardino, Calif., were aggressively ticketing motorists for using cellphones while driving. I encourage La Crosse area police departmen…

The majority of our representatives — whether at the local, state or federal level — vote as they are told by the people in power. This is especially true in Congress.

After more than a year since the first complaint was filed, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has settled with employees Jay Lokken and Sandra Sieber.

A 19-year-old man was baby-sitting his four younger siblings Friday evening at 1102 S. Fifth Ave. when gunfire erupted outside and a bullet came sailing through his bedroom wall.

Lois A. Wohlhoefer, 86, of La Crosse died Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at Benedictine Manor, La Crosse. Arrangements will be announced by Jandt-Fredrickson Funeral Homes and Crematory, Woodruff Chap…