Walker blames dealmaking in train contract Republican candidate for governor Scott Walker accused Democratic leaders of stifling the Milwaukee job market by buying trains from a Spanish company rather than from a local train maker run by one of his big-dollar donors.
Council OKs Omni project, refinancing The Onalaska Common Council approved $110,000 in spending on the Onalaska OmniCenter to make year-around ice possible, with much of the cost offset by savings from refinancing OmniCenter debt, also approved at Tuesday’s monthly meeting.
SKOL: We could use a wee bit o’ luck for health reform Our daughter, Jen, called one evening recently and told us our grandchildren, Allison, 6, and Ben, 4, wanted to show us their newly constructed leprechaun trap. I hustled down to my office, snatched up the laptop and opened Skype, the grandparent-friendly free video communication program.
Schools give big to Pennies for Peace Onalaska and Holmen students and teachers’ contributions toward the regional Pennies for Peace campaign accounted for about $6,600, or 15 percent, of the total raised by students in more than 45 area schools.
Chelsea Dubczak, a junior at Holmen High School, is crowned the first Miss Seven Rivers Outstanding Teen by pageant emcee Maria White Saturday at Holmen High School. At right is Kathryn Williams, a 21-year-old UW-La Crosse student from Whitewater who was crowned the first Miss Seven Rivers. For more details, see this week’s edition of the Courier-Life newspaper, on newsstands Thursday.
Photo by Ryan Henry