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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit in 2015 fell to its lowest level in eight years, spurred by gains in tax revenue that outpaced greater government spending.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson has been the exception to many NFL rules.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of Gov. Scott Walker's unpaid presidential campaign bills is a $10,741 rental fee for the Waukesha County Expo Center where he launched his run for the White House in July.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The health care law's historic gains in coverage may be leveling off: The Obama administration announced Thursday it expects only a slight overall increase in enrollment next year.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The final US Airways flight is taking off from Philadelphia and stopping in Charlotte, North Carolina, then Phoenix and San Francisco.

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Some unusual travelers caused a delay for one American Airlines flight.

Students at five high schools will be busier than hamsters on treadmills in their race to raise a quarter-million items for the largest one-day food collection ever in connection with La Cross…

The Onalaska School District has a track record for gaining students from open enrollment, but this year the increase in resident students almost equaled the number of number of new students c…

West Salem Superintendent Troy Gunderson had bad news at Monday’s West Salem School Board meeting.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is expanding its collaboration with Five Prime Therapeutics Inc., which could receive more than $1.75 billion if they succeed in turning…

River States Truck and Trailer President Joe Laux remembers when the company was just a tenth of its present size. Now the fast-growing Freightliner franchise has landed on a list of Wisconsin…

Monday was a night of recognition at the Holmen School Board meeting, as board members welcomed new staff members as well as the considerable proceeds of the annual pork feed.

The Holmen Village Board approved rezoning a nearly six-acre parcel north of Amy Drive and east of Ryan Street from commercial to multi-family residential at its monthly meeting Oct. 8.

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The Onalaska Town Board reviewed the latest version of the Holmen Area Fire Department Association’s agreement, and members were satisfied with two of three proposed provisions.

At Saturday’s Onalaska Fire Department annual open house, held in observance of Fire Prevention Month, area residents could get up close and personal with the city’s emergency responders.

Onalaska’s Great River Landing project took a step forward this week after the city approved paying up to $147,400 to Short Elliott Hendrickson for design and engineering costs for the first phase.

Water lettuce doesn’t exactly sound like a major menace, but it was enough of a threat to Lake Onalaska that several dozen volunteers mobilized Sunday to remove the plants by hand. Thanks to t…

Letter writer Helen Herold thinks it’s a good idea for the West Salem School District to basically donate our current middle school with an estimated value of $10 million so the Boys & Gir…

The board of directors for Sunshine on the Trail Bangor Area Cancer Support Group wish to thank all business and individual sponsors, helpers and those who made any kind of donation that helpe…

“Everyone’s heard us, but no one’s heard of us.” That’s how Rick Benjamin, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra’s founder and director, describes the unusual relationship the PRO has with new audiences.

When Jena Dorn was younger, she remembers watching Luther High School’s theater performances and the excitement of watching the actors. On Monday, Dorn will be one of the actors students look …

I have an old house that needs lots of updating. I don’t yet have the skills to do all the renovations that I would like to do. But with the help of resources from the La Crosse County Library…

West Salem High School junior Brigitte Baker has been recognized as October’s art student of the month.