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Local taxpayers to pay more to Wisconsin’s pension program
Area local governments and their taxpayers will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars next year to help offset double-digit investment losses in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
local news
Hard easement: City stuck in the middle of neighborhood drainage dispute
Taxpayers across the city of Onalaska might have to pay to fix a neighborhood dispute they can’t seem to work out between themselves. Even though the city claims certain properties are encroaching on a city easement, and other residents believe the encroachments are causing water to run over to their property, the Board of Public Works voted Tuesday to recommend the city pay to try to fix it.
opinion
SKOL: A pill to make you go like a deer?
A red-coated buck, its broad spread of antlers in velvet, bounded easily down the logging trail ahead of me recently on a morning run. Watching the graceful animal as it disappeared into the woods, I compared it to my own plodding gait. I had helped a neighbor move the day before and I was still a little bit fatigued. My butt, as they say, was dragging.
school
OHS students go to national FBLA event
Onalaska High School students Brandon Hernandez, Sarah Strack, Rachel Caron and Sam Andersen represented the state of Wisconsin at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference June 25-29 in Anaheim, Calif.
obituaries
Obituaries for Thursday, July 9, 2009
John E. Fleis | Bernadette ‘Bea’ A. Thurston | Robert ‘Bob’ A. Hanson | Sydney ‘Sid’ V. Lundstad | Evenelle ‘Evie’ Verna Lewison | Erna L. Luecke
community calendar
Community Calendar
Here’s a rundown of activities going on in the Holmen and Onalaska area starting July 10, 2009:
police
Police and fire calls
The following log is based on reports from the Holmen and Onalaska police and fire departments.
Photo
Austin Sanders, Paige Lofald and Erich Berg, from left, head a large cast of Onalaska High School actors in "Babes in Arms." The play hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at OHS. Check out our ONLINE GALLERY for more pictures.
Photo by Randy Erickson

features
Strutt delights in commodore role
Dawson Strutt and his family have attended just about every Riverfest in its 26 years of existence, but this year will no doubt stand out as the most memorable of all. That’s because Strutt was named 2009 Riverfest Commodore at a reception on June 17.
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