Prescott News

M&I Bank is collecting new and gently used childrena s books in support of Read Indeed, a local childrena s literacy initiative.

Two west-central Wisconsin projects, in Pepin and Pierce counties, have been approved for low-interest loans.

Writes Transplanted Hodag: "The one time I was fired from a job was back in 1973, when I was a student at UW-Oshkosh. I was working at the Hardee's one block from my apartment.

It seems a week doesn't go by without reading something about the Lake Park land deal or the Menasha steam plant debacle in The Post-Crescent. City leaders have wandered from their primary mission, which should be responsible borrowing, proper management of city funds and sticking to providing basic services for taxpayers.

The Titans selected Schommer with their second seventh-round selection out of North Dakota State University in the 2009 NFL Draft.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide Tuesday whether a lawyer who has been repeatedly convicted of drunken driving should have his law license suspended.

A reported die-off of sturgeon in the Mississippi River south of Prescott, Wis., prompted an inconclusive search Wednesday by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries staff.

BAY CITYa 'Members of Bay Citya TMs Cub Scout Pack 3 spent this past school year raising money, having fun and serving the community.

A 61-year-old town of Clifton man has apparently committed suicide, according to the Pierce County Sheriffa s Department.

" The Prescott Police Department announces an investigation into alleged drug activity at Prescott Senior High School has resulted in an arrest of 17-year-old James Lindsay for alleged possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver at the Prescott Senior High School last Tuesday.

The 19-year-old Prescott man killed in a single motorcycle crash Saturday has been identified.

Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton told members of the Pierce County Democratic Party Thursday to "brace yourselves." More cuts to the state budget were being announced in light of a shortfall resulting from the faltering economy, Lawton said during the party's Unity Dinner at the Great River Road Visitor Center in Prescott.

Turns out, Roy and Nancy Christianson found a good place to take advantage of Mother Nature for powering and heating their Town of Salem home when they moved there a couple of years ago.

Nick Schommer was a better baseball prospect than football recruit out of high school.

Prescott's Nick Schommer becomes Pierce County's first-ever NFL drafted player as he was taken in the 7th round by the Tenesssee Titans.

The Borner Farm Project, a group devoted to bringing a community garden to Prescott, will have its first kick-off event from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at St.

PRESCOTT a ' Guests are invited to stop by Freedom Park in Prescott Saturday, April 25, for an Earth Day Extravaganza.

Due to dry conditions, fire officials are spreading the word: No burning until the region gets a drenching, soaking rain.

The curse of the Lower St. Croix River, perhaps, is its proximity to the sprawling Twin Cities metro area and development pressures that come with it a ' aided by timidity by state and local officials from enforcing seemingly simple things like setback requirements for home sites and allowing oversized mansions to be built on small "original" ...

The Lower St. Croix in northwest Wisconsin was named today as one of the countrya s 10 most endangered rivers.