Police: Motive in Koula deaths was money; son arrested A financially strapped West Salem man fatally shot his parents in the head May 21 in their rural town of Barre home to profit from their deaths, authorities revealed Thursday.
Tax rate hike coming for Holmen schools Property taxpayers in the Holmen School District will probably see a 47 cent increase in the tax rate next year — about 4.3 percent — thanks in part to the state of Wisconsin not coming through with expected funding, district administrators said at Monday’s Holmen School Board meeting.
County fair rebounds after slow start Substantial rains on the first day didn’t dampen spirits for long at the 120th annual La Crosse Interstate Fair, which completed a successful run Sunday.
SKOL: Loons may fall victim to the world’s craziness “Loon Magic,” a book by Tom Klein, had just been published about 20 years ago when we first went to our friend’s cottage on Whitefish Lake in far northern Wisconsin. It was on a table at the cabin, and it’s still there, helping to inform visitors curious about the lives of the loons that are part of the lake’s beauty.
OHS duo takes second at FBLA nationals Three Onalaska High students qualified for Future Business Leaders of America national competitions in Nashville, Tenn., and two of them, as a team, placed second, the highest FBLA national competition award ever earned by anyone from OHS.
Members of the Warriors Baton and Drum Corps’ national championship-winning flag corps include, from left: kneeling or sitting, Alice Gardner, Jessica Burrows, Stacy Smith, Brianna Herber, Camryn Larson, Rosemary Kuring; standing, Brooke Meyer, Harley Large, Erin Larson and Jade Kohls. Missing from the photo are Casey Hanson and Alex Herber.
Photo by Randy Erickson
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Million-dollar baby: Despite insurance, medical bills pile up for parents of preemie Connor Schlosser could be a million-dollar baby. Connor was born 15 weeks early, on Dec. 10, 2009. He weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces and had multiple problems with heart, lungs and brain. He was fighting for his life for more than half of his first three months.