Новости за 07.04.2016

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Top-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez reached the Grand Prix Hassan II quarterfinals after rallying to beat Spanish countryman Nicolas Almagro 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.

THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Testing the length of the ends of your DNA strands may not be the best predictor of how long you will live, a new study suggests.

Onalaska Mayor Joe Chilsen didn’t sleep well in the days leading up to Tuesday’s election, but he could rest easy after the city’s vote totals finally came in. It took until after 2 a.m. to tally the votes, and Chilsen’s…

Onalaska police officer Jim Page really wasn’t ready to retire from a job he loves, but he knows he’s making the right decision.

Bangor High School senior Walker Sevier is no run-of-the-mill student. On top of a full schedule at school, he works two jobs and is an active athlete.

Area cooks have a new local cookbook to add to their bookshelves.

The West Salem School District has chosen its third new principal in a little over a year.

LETCHER, S.D. (AP) — A proposed wind farm project rejected by commissioners in Davison County might resurface in neighboring Sanborn County, and some residents there aren't happy about it.

It ain’t nothing but a hound dog, or so West Salem resident Aila Meeuwsen thought when she petitioned the West Salem Village Board for a permit for a third dog.

Area Rotarians joined the fight to eradicate polio from the Indian subcontinent, taking part in India’s National Immunization Day. The four members of the Rotary Club of La Crosse – Valley View who traveled to India in February were Mark…

The first rumblings of a pending eruption in development in Holmen were heard at the Holmen Planning Commission’s March 29 meeting. Holmen Village Administrator Scott Heinig alerted commission members that a number of new commercial development projects will come before…

West Salem Middle School teacher Heather Jehn is one of 100 Wisconsin teachers and only three in CESA No. 4 to be honored as a Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellow this year.

If a new ordinance is adopted, Holmen parents or guardians could be fined for turning a blind eye to their underage children and friends partying with alcoholic beverages.

For Rick and Terri Martinson and Heidi Ebert, partners in two pizza restaurants, life is about more than pizza. All three teach in the West Salem School District.

The ninth annual Freedom Fest to honor veterans and their families will bring a bit of “Sweet Home Alabama” to La Crosse, with Lynyrd Skynyrd as the headliner July 16 and an added pop for entertainment the night before.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky sued the state of Indiana on Thursday over its recently signed abortion law that bans the procedure if sought because of genetic abnormalities, calling the…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Ex-coal company chief Don Blankenship should have to serve his full, one-year sentence in a minimum-security federal prison because time off for good behavior applies to terms of more than a year, the former U.S. attorney…

After a year filled with planning, the stage is set for this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life Event at West Salem High School. The event will take place today (Friday, April 8), running from 5 p.m. to midnight.

Sometimes a performer is spurred to get into entertaining at an early age by an idol, inspired by greatness. Not so Kyle Gass, also known as “Kage,” partner of Jack Black in the comedic rock duo Tenacious D.

SEATTLE (AP) — One of two men who escaped from a troubled psychiatric facility in Washington state was caught Thursday, but the second fugitive, who was accused of murder but found mentally incompetent to stand trial, is still on the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, a prominent thoroughbred owner and breeder whose stable produced 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, has died. He was 75.

NEW YORK (AP) — For much of his career, CNN's Anderson Cooper rarely talked publicly about being Gloria Vanderbilt's son.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans don't know a lot about the Zika virus that is linked to birth defects and creeping steadily closer to the U.S. A new poll shows about 4 in 10 have heard little to nothing about the…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers are inching toward a roadmap for how to handle a $900 million budget surplus.

The La Crosse County Conservation Alliance — a group made up of 27 area organizations — held its 40th annual awards and recognition banquet April 7. During the event at Drugan’s Castle Mound Supper Club, one organization and three individuals…