Новости за 02.09.2015

Westby Area School District Administrator Chuck Norton is on a mission to make Westby schools an attractive destination for new hires and to keep recent hires motivated to stay in the school district.

On Sept. 22 it is expected the Vernon County Board of Supervisors will approve a Farmland Preservation Plan. Currently the Vernon County Land and Water Conservation Department is putting toget…

Please let me add my voice to the very thoughtful, kind words of Anne and John Tedeschi (Aug. 27 Broadcaster).

With the ringing of school bells and the roar of high school football games, students across Wisconsin are heading back to class. But in many classrooms, the start of school is also marked by …

The Viroqua volleyball team started its season in fine fashion, Saturday, earning a 3-2 record at the Westby Invitational.

The Viroqua-Westby girls golf team participated in the Holmen Invitational, Tuesday, Aug. 25, and hosted two nine-hole Coulee Conference meets at Viroqua Hills, Wednesday, Aug. 26.

Robert I. Johnson, 82, of Westby, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at the Vernon Manor in Viroqua.

Daniel Ross “Dan” DeGroodt, 54, of Viroqua, previously of Huntington Beach, Calif., passed away peacefully on Aug. 12, 2015, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse.

Elling Sidney Sherry, 91, of Viroqua, passed away on Tuesday morning, Aug. 25, 2015, at the Bland Bekkedal Center for Hospice in Viroqua.

Dr. Wayne A. Cook D.D.S., loving husband and father, 86, of Viroqua, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse.

Arland McKittrick, 91, of Viola, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua.

Roger B. Helgerson Sr., 79, of Prairie du Chien, passed away Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at his home.

The 2015-16 school year has started and now the Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. Three Vernon County communities are ready to host the final celebrations of summer.

It was overcast with some rain each day during Aug. 17, 18 and 19, resulting in the first three days in a row, during the summer, that appeared to be good for trout fishing.

Wesley Dale Olson, 3 ½ month old son of Kyle and Sheena (McCracken) Olson of Gays Mills, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. He was born on May 9, 2015, in Viroqua.

Aug. 24

Huawei launched a luxury smartphone on Wednesday as it looks to shake the dominance of Apple and Samsung.

Twitter says it will expand its self-service ad platform from 33 countries to the rest of the world.

Generation Y is making big mistakes with credit cards. Here's why.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to visit beaches this Labor Day weekend, but the holiday comes amid an increase in shark sightings.

The death toll from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at a western Illinois veterans home has climbed to seven, and the state's public health director has warned that more fatalities could occur.

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- David Hill and Reginald Hudlin are to produce the 88th Oscars telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced.

Social media has been inundated with messages of condolences for former Constitutional Court judge Thembile Lewis Skweyiya.

Het nummer Drank & Drugs van Ronnie Flex en Lil' Kleine kent al vele parodieën, maar sinds deze week is er ook een Feyenoord-variant. In het nummer 'Naar de Coolsingel' nemen De Rotterdamse Dichter en Ome Bennie alvast een voorschot op het kampioenschap, waar het Legioen al sinds 1999 op wacht.

The tennis competition is particularly buzzy this year, thanks to Serena Williams’ record breaking potential. Williams has been fashion’s darling this year, covering everything from Vogue to New York magazine, and now her famous fans are showing up to support her in real life.