Новости за 20.07.2016

Two Westby area teenagers are lucky to be alive after the vehicle they were in left the roadway, struck a tree and landed on its roof at the bottom of deep ravine in the town of Coon.

I want to share these observations with the readers of Across the Fence. They were written on the FaceBook page of my double cousin, Sue Ostrem.

The Westby/Coon Valley Legion baseball team hosted Viroqua in Coon Valley, Wednesday, July 13, and hosted Onalaska at Coon Valley, Sunday, July 17. A twin bill with the La Crosse Raiders on Thursday, July 14 was cancelled.

The Chaseburg Coon Valley Blues traveled to Copeland Field to play the La Crosse Legion on Wednesday, July 13 (6 p.m.), traveled to Redwing on Friday, July 15 (7;30 p.m.); and hosted La Crescent on Sunday, July 17 (7:30 p.m.).

The Viroqua American Legion baseball team ended its regular season with a record of 24-16 with a win over Sparta, 11-1, Sunday.

Long before Alicia Leinberger decided to run for Wisconsin State Assembly on the Democratic ticket this fall, she had a conversation with her family about doing so.

There has been a lot of talk around the country about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership is good for our agricultural economy. I’m not buying it.

I hope everyone is having a lovely summer and enjoying the weather.

Thoreau College, an initiative to start the world’s first Waldorf-inspired undergraduate college, is starting this summer in Viroqua with a summer program called The Prelude.

Working as a church secretary and in a community action program couldn’t fully satisfy Yvonne Kiefer Marshall’s drive to help people with their Christian faith, so she became an ordained Lutheran minister.

We would like to thank the Viroqua Fire Department and all of those who came to our aid when an exhaust problem caused a fire for our Recreational Vehicle on Friday, July 8.

Gov. Walker is going around Wisconsin touting “Broadband Forward!” as advancing Internet access and speed. But there’s more to the story that makes it doubtful whether our governor is putting our best interests ahead of big business, this time AT&T.

A Fly-In Breakfast is planned at the Viroqua Municipal Airport on Sunday, July 24, from 7:30 a.m. to noon.

Four members of the Black River Falls FFA chapter attended the 87th state FFA Convention June 13-16.

There is nothing like waking up from a deep sleep with a boom! Darn lightning strike was so close, I literally saw red and the thunder was so fierce that the house shook so bad long enough so my cobalt…

Black River Memorial Hospital has been recognized as a 2016 top performing hospital in inpatient and outpatient services.

Jonathan D. Barhyte, 21, Black River Falls, was arrested on a warrant.

July 4

Philip J. Abbott, 69, Merrillan, was fined $10 for vehicle operator fail/wear seat belt.

TOKYO (AP) — It was another day of disappointment in Japan for fans eagerly awaiting the launch of "Pokemon Go."

Two La Crosse men arrested last week in raids were charged Tuesday with drug and gun crimes.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The hordes of zombies, legions of Stormtroopers, leagues of superheroes and crews of Starfleet officers have already begun crawling, marching, flying and beaming into San Diego for that other big convention this week: Comic-Con International.

NEW YORK (AP) — International art dealer Gagosian Gallery has agreed to pay $4.28 million in back sales taxes.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The state may purchase nearly 1,000 acres of land along the Lower Chippewa River in northwestern Wisconsin from Xcel Energy which once had plans to build a nuclear plant on the site.

Roosters will have to have good timing if they want to win the crowing contest at the Monroe County Fair.