Stoddard News

A woman formerly from Minnesota pleads guilty to a lesser charge for punching a five-year-old boy in the face at the Oktoberfest Maple Leaf Parade in La Crosse.

STODDARD, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker stopped in Stoddard Friday as part of the state's "Read to Lead" program.

Lost and found area of the Vernon county sheriff's department probably will be holding on to one of its most recent acquisitions for awhile.

A controversial bill introduced in the Legislature Wednesday that would open an iron mine in northern Wisconsin was met by a sea of conflicting responses as advocates stressed job creation and opponents looked to detrimental environmental effects.

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Conservationists, business leaders and tribal leaders squared off Wednesday at the first public hearing on a Republican bill designed to kick-start an iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin.