7:30 p.m. La Crosse Central at Wisconsin Rapids; Assumption at Pittsville; Necedah at Port Edwards; Wisconsin Dells at Nekoosa; Wautoma at Adams-Friendship 7 p.m. - Wisconsin Dells at Wisconsin Rapids 7:30 p.m. - Nekoosa at Black River Falls

The following local students were named to the Western Technical College, La Crosse, president's list of high distinction for 2009 fall semester: Maribeth Barrick, Adams; Jessica Schultz, Adams; Timothy Brockwell, Necedah; and Jacqueline Eckes, Vesper.

Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 3:58 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 3:58 p.m. DUNNELLON - Printed on the side of a white Operation Migration truck are the words, "Fewer than 500 Whooping Cranes remain between survival and...extinction." More Photos: Whooping Cranes Return 1/19/10 Ten of those birds - all chicks making ...

Jan. 15, 2010 11:59 a.m. Twenty whooping cranes arrived in Florida this week after following ultralight aircraft from Wisconsin to their wintering grounds.

SPENCER -- The Federal Junior Duck Stamp program guides students to communicate visually what they have learned through an entry in the Junior Duck Stamp art contest.

Note: These are among the most discussed court and public safety stories of 2009.

Contributed photo by Mark Guse An eagle flies over Castle Rock in Necedah. You may share your photos with readers of the Daily Tribune.

Twenty endangered birds are learning how to migrate from Necedah, Wis., to Florida.

A vandalism incident at the aircraft hangar used by the whooping crane migration escorts in Necedah has not been solved, so the Juneau County sheriff's office has offered a $3,000 reward for information on the crime.

Dec. 10, 2009 10:08 p.m. The shooting took place between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, when a tracker from the International Crane Foundation discovered the dead crane near the Illinois border in Vermillion County.

A traditional Mexican festival to honor the Virgin Mary has found a home in Wisconsin Rapids.

Dec. 9, 2009 5:51 p.m. Authorities in Indiana are investigating the shooting death of an endangered female whooping crane that produced the only chick hatched in the wild in the eastern United States since birds were reintroduced in 2001.

December 2, 2009 - A recent burglary and vandalism discovered at Operation Migration's hangar on the Necedah, Wisconsin, Airport has perplexed members of the organization and its many followers around the world.

While the staff of Operation Migration was working at a wildlife refuge in Florida last month, helping to establish a migrating flock of endangered whooping cranes, their hangar in Necedah, Wisc., was broken into by vandals who stole and destroyed thousands of dollars worth of gear and slashed the fabric wings of four ultralights.

Old Guy has many reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. But the biggest reason is because Linda Raap is still my Still-Young Bride.

The Operation Migration effort that is escorting young whooping cranes to Florida has been dealt a blow with vandalism at ita sa aircraft hangar in Juneau County.

Joe Duff, co-founder and lead pilot of Operation Migration , said today that the hangar used by the pilots and crew in Necedah, Wisconsin, has been vandalized, and many of its contents were destroyed or stolen.

A woman accused of having several cats in poor health pleads no contest to a misdemeanor.

More than 600,000 people from every state in the Union and many foreign countries are converging upon our Wisconsin woods this weekend to shoot, it is hoped, deer.

It has taken 69 years, but we've finally solved a local mystery -- the 'Bloody Apron' mystery, which was featured recently in my column and has piqued the interest of generations for decades.