April 30, 2025 VIROQUA, Wis. – The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, in partnership with the Viroqua Police Department, is holding a free bike safety rodeo on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the parking...
Archive - April 2025
Wisconsin National Guard welcomes new commander
MADISON, Wis. — Maj. Gen. Matthew Strub, former deputy adjutant general for Army, became Wisconsin’s 32nd adjutant general April 21, during a change of authority ceremony in the state Capitol assembly chamber. As the...
Coon Creek Community Watershed Council hosting Coon Creek Confluence on May 3 at the Westby Rod & Gun
April 29, 2025 TIMBER COULEE, Wis.– The Coon Creek Community Watershed Council (CCCWC) will host its third annual Coon Creek Confluence watershed celebration 11-5:00, Saturday May, 3 at the Westby Rod and Gun Club in...
National Weather Service confirms four tornadoes touched down in Eau Claire area
April 30, 2025 The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least four tornadoes touched down in the Eau Claire area as a large storm system swept through the Midwest and much of the country late Monday night and...
Trump’s tariffs loom over the economy as shipments from China fall
April 30, 2025 By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER – AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and...
Assembly Corrections Committee questions DOC Sec. Jared Hoy on budget plan
by Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner April 30, 2025 Department of Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy took questions from lawmakers on the Assembly Corrections Committee Tuesday, explaining the plan for Gov. Tony Evers’...
U.S. economy shrinks 0.3% in first quarter as Trump trade wars disrupt businesses
April 30, 2025 By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER – AP Economics Writers The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years, as President Donald...
Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
April 30, 2025 By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma. The...
City of Viroqua spring hydrant flushing underway
VIROQUA, Wis. – Viroqua Utilities has already started their Spring Hydrant Flushing program. The program began on Monday, April 28 and will be taking place on several more dates in the coming weeks. Hydrant...
The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have active outbreaks. Here’s what to know
By DEVI SHASTRI – AP Health Writer With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks, the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to figures posted Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
