Новости за 27.01.2016

Speaker Robin Vos has changed the policy for how many days lawmakers can claim a per diem in the upcoming year.

Super Bowl time is just about here, and if you have invited friends over to watch the play-offs or the “big game,” you are thinking about what food you are going to serve that your guests will…

Three people have been charged with drug-related offenses after a false report of a gun in Melrose that prompted school lockdowns.

Officials plan to open the new Black River Falls community center in early April.

Dale Christopherson admitted he didn’t sleep much after watching the Bangor High School boys basketball team play on Jan. 15.

The Black River Falls girls basketball team put up a fight against conference-leading West Salem Saturday.

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal Merrillan house fire.

Five Titan wrestlers finished in the top four of their respective weight classes in Saturday’s 16-team Arcadia Challenge wrestling tournament, helping Melrose-Mindoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau …

The Lincoln girls basketball team used a 43-point first half to roll to a nonconference win over Lake Holcombe last week.

The Tiger wrestling team finished in 15th place at the Sparta Invitational Saturday.

The Melrose and Merrillan village boards will have contested races in the spring election.

The Tiger boys hockey co-op jumped out to an early 2-0 lead against West Salem last week but couldn’t hold on for the win.

The Lincoln boys basketball team ran its win streak to five games and went 2-1 last week in another busy stretch for the Hornets.

The Black River Falls boys basketball team was able to ride out an early lead to a win over West Salem on Saturday.

The Tiger girls hockey co-op took two losses in last week’s action.

Monroe County authorities have charged a mental health worker accused of sexually assaulting patients at the Tomah VA Medical Center with sexual exploitation by a therapist.

A New Jersey man was sentenced to serve jail time for stealing a vehicle near Black River Falls and leading authorities on a high-speed chase into Monroe County.

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas father who was accused of theft after he confiscated his 12-year-old daughter's cellphone over an inappropriate text has been acquitted of the misdemeanor charge.

The second half of the Independence and Melrose-Mindoro girls basketball game was the difference.

The Driftless Region’s diverse landscape provides habitat for some little known but important plants and animals. The Friends of the Black and their guests learned about these mostly overlooke…

A conservative advocacy group is standing by its claim that former Sen. Russ Feingold was warned of problems at the Tomah VA Medical Center and failed to respond, which Feingold — and the auth…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jude Medical Inc. (STJ) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $113 million.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Richmond police major has been named the new chief of police at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock are opening broadly lower as energy companies take another tumble and after Apple predicted its first sales decline in 13 years.

BEIRUT (AP) — One of the main Syrian opposition blocs said Wednesday that it was unlikely to attend Geneva peace talks this week unless progress is made toward lifting sieges in the country an…