Europe's migrant crisis may have found a new front line in the Channel Islands, as French authorities dismantle the Calais 'Jungle' and refugees spread out along France's northern coast in their bid to reach the UK
The Secret Service arrested a suspect in the shooting of an Idaho pastor after the man threw several objects over the White House fence, authorities said. Kyle Andrew Odom, 30, was taken into custody without incident Tuesday night in Washington. His arrest came after he threw some flash drives and other unknown items over the […]
Ivan Plis
Society, Americas
Meet the evangelicals who support the GOP front-runner.
For decades, Republican electoral politics has relied on “the evangelicals”—a vague swath of socially conservative low-church Protestants who would reliably support GOP candidates saying the right things about abortion and family values. Ever since Ronald Reagan told the Moral Majority in 1980 that although “I know that you can’t endorse me. . . I endorse you,” the Republican establishment... Читать дальше...
New scanning techniques make it possible to image tiny insect brains.
Leona M. Haakenson, 87, of Westby died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse.
TOMAH — Hospice Touch of Tomah Memorial Hospital will begin a five-week training series in Mauston March 31 for volunteers to support terminally ill patients and family members.
MADISON (AP) — Transportation officials are attributing a sharp increase in the number of traffic deaths in Wisconsin this year to low gas prices and warmer weather.
MILWAUKEE — An anti-gay column Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote when she was a college student in 1992 drew a torrent of negative responses from fellow Marquette University students at the time.
The family of George Ready omitted that he is further survived by a sister-in-law, Carol Gittens.
ARCADIA — Clara T. Walters, 100, of Arcadia died Monday, March 7, 2016, at St. Michael’s Assisted Living, Fountain City. Wozney-Killian Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Dorothy A. (Arentz) Schwanbeck, 89, of La Crosse died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Hillview Health Care Center. Mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with burial in Catholic Cemetery, both La Crosse. Visitation 10 a.m.…
LA CRESCENT — Robert “Bob” J. Justin, 88, of La Crescent died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Golden Living Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in conjunction with his wife’s funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at the…
Betty J. Potts, 91, of La Crosse died Monday, March 7, 2016, in her home. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, a Schumacher–Kish Funeral & Cremation Services. Entombment in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. Complete obituary to follow.
CALEDONIA — Delmar “Del” Cochran, 93, of Caledonia died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Caledonia Care and Rehab. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Caledonia. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, at…
PIGEON FALLS — Clark A. Kohnert, 77, of Pigeon Falls died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Trempealeau County Health Care Center, Whitehall. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, at Peace Lutheran of Pigeon Falls, with burial in Melrose Cemetery. Visitation…
CALEDONIA — Angela Murphy, 72, of Caledonia died of cancer Monday, March 7, 2016, at home.
COOLIDGE, Ga. / WARRENS — Nell (Griner) Gebhardt, 69, of Coolidge, formerly of Warrens, died March 6, 2016, at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be noon to 1 p.m. Friday, at Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, Tomah, with burial in Warren-Mills…
LAKE CITY / RED WING, Minn. — Cynthia Diane Kohner, 59, of Lake City, formerly of Red Wing, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at River Oaks Health Care Center. Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Mahn Family Funeral Home,…
MINDORO — Marcella Stetzer, 60, died March 7, 2016, at her home. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, at Zwickey Funeral Homes, Melrose, with visitation two hours prior. Burial at a later date.
SPARTA — Lillie R. Habhegger, 65, of Sparta died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Morrow Memorial Home. Arrangements will be announced by Lanham-Schanhofer Funeral Home, Sparta.
Jessica L. Joyner, 29, of La Crosse died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Gundersen Health System. Dickinson Family Funeral Home and Crematory is assisting the family.
HOUSTON, Minn. — Irene A. Orr, 96, of Houston died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab. Memorial Mass will be 2 p.m. Friday, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Houston, with visitation one hour prior. Burial at…
SPARTA — Eleanor V. Ebert, 81, of Sparta died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Morrow Memorial Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Lanham-Schanhofer Funeral Home, Sparta.
Verna Marie Huber, 82, of La Crosse died Friday, March 4, 2016, at Gundersen Health System. Private burial at a later date. Coulee Region Cremation Group is assisting the family.