Aug. 31, 2025 VIROQUA, Wis. – A veteran Iowa engineer is urging Vernon County and other parts of Wisconsin’s Driftless Area to consider adopting on-road flood mitigation structures, a tool he says has proven...
Archive - August 2025
US judge bars government from sending Guatemalan children back, for now
Aug. 31, 2025 By VALERIE GONZALEZ and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — After the U.S. government loaded children onto planes overnight to be sent back to their native Guatemala, a federal judge...
Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities
Aug. 31, 2025 By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, JESSE BEDAYN, MICHAELA HERBST and AARON KESSLER Associated Press/Report for America Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in...
DHS Sec. Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown
Aug. 31, 2025 By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that the Trump administration will soon expand immigration operations in Chicago...
Wonewoc man faces charges for allegedly crashing a stolen vehicle into a building in Hillsboro
Aug. 31, 2025 HILLSBORO, Wis. — A 20-year-old man was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly crashing a stolen vehicle into an unoccupied building in Hillsboro, authorities said. The Hillsboro Police Department...
Crackdown on immigrant workers at a Wisconsin cheese factory triggers backlash, solidarity
by Ruth Conniff, Wisconsin Examiner August 29, 2025 “This fight is all of labor’s fight,” Kevin Gundlach, president of the South Central Federation of Labor, declared at a “solidarity dinner” for 43 immigrant workers...
In La Crosse, Democratic candidates meet with voters, Vance warns of urban crime and migrant health care
By: Henry Redman – Wisconsin Examiner Vice President J.D. Vance decried what he described as the crime-ridden streets of American cities and Democrats’ alleged efforts to take health care away from U.S. citizens...
Viroqua’s McIntosh Memorial Library welcomes new Adult Programming and Outreach Coordinator
Aug. 30, 2025 We’re so pleased to welcome April Anderson to the team as our new Adult Programming and Outreach Coordinator. April brings a wealth of knowledge to the position as she spent several years working at the...
Trump administration tells states to remove references to ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed materials
Aug. 30, 2025 By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration this week told 40 states to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education...
Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer
Aug. 30, 2025 By PETER SMITH and TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press Thoughts and prayers. The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable. As if the slaughter of...
