Local Red Cross fund drive to help Oklahoma tornado victims

Local media outlets, including News 8, are teaming up with the American Red Cross to host a fund drive on Thursday.
Homeowners beware of contractors not certified in lead training

The La Crosse County Health Department receives a handful of complaints every year about improper paint removal and the concerns with lead.
Oktoberfest to be 4 days long beginning 2014

A big change for La Crosse' biggest festival: Oktoberfest announces it's dropping five days off its schedule.

Local And Regional News

Moore, Okla, tornado damage — Sgt 1st Class Kendall James/U.S. Army

Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday

The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday.

"We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," Glenn Lewis said.

The ordinance …

National And World News

CNN: Army suspends general

» More National News

Video

Advertisement » Watch video in a new window

Features

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Moore Oklahoma tornado damage — REUTERS/Richard Rowe

Common tornado myths busted

NY Rep — Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Biggest political comebacks

Cruise ship night 2 — Italian cruise ship disaster

Wrist pain — Arthritis: the root of inflammation

Boy Scouts of America

By the numbers: Boy Scouts of America

Joplin house damaged by tornado — Ed Zurga/Reuters

On this day: May 22

Golden Globes Bradley Cooper — JASON REDMOND / Reuters

Bradley Cooper through the years

House destroyed in Moore, Okla — Rebecca Vitsmun/iReport

Monster twister hits Moore, Okla.

Tornado file — Deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history

college, diploma, hat — istock

Graduation gear-up

Paycheck, check, payroll — iStock

Companies that owe workers a raise

Charles Lindbergh, Spirit of St. Louis — Library of Congress

On this day: May 21

Vin Diesel in Fast & Furious 6 — Universal Pictures

Bald and beautiful celebrities

Ray Manzarek, The Doors, 2009 — TriviaKing/Wikimedia Commons

Notable deaths of 2013

Yahoo headquarters — Jim Castel/CNN

Notable online startup sales

Jeans on mannequins — iStock / amete

Blue jeans turn 140

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart — Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Celebrity breakups of 2013

Lottery-Blurb — Biggest U.S. lottery jackpots

Woman sleep, sleeping — iStock image

Better Sleep Month: sleep tips

Phil McCarten/Reuters

Turn back time: Cher then and now

Graduates, graduation — iStock / LawrenceSawyer

States with the highest graduation rates

Vasco da Gama arriving in India, 1498 — Library of Congress

On this day: May 20

Severe storms wreak destruction across Oklahoma

Generic, abortion protester — Jim Young/Reuters

History of abortion in America

Powerball — Mega odds: Events more likely than lotto win

Wisconsin News

» More Wisconsin News

Minnesota News

» More Minnesota News

Iowa News

» More Iowa News

Best Of Segments

click on the titles below to view more

Latest Best Of Stories

Assignment: Education - Motorcycle Fabrication

La Crescent High School Students Build Motorcycle for S&S Cycle

In Search Of...Sparta's rodeo queen

A stand out athlete from the Sparta area is gearing up for graduation and looking ahead to competing in college.

Assignment: Education - Y5210

A pilot program in the Onalaska School District hopes to create healthy lifestyles

Irresistible

Beer thief leaves apology note, cash

A man who had regularly stolen beer from a couple's backyard refrigerator has finally come clean.

Entertainment

Tom Larson/CNN

Carol Burnett to receive Mark Twain prize for humor

Being the recipient of the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor must be the feather in Carol Burnett's legendary comedy cap.

» More Irresistible

» More Entertainment

Sports

REUTERS/Phil Noble

Woods: Garcia's fried chicken jibe 'hurtful'

Golfer Tiger Woods has described a jibe aimed at him by Sergio Garcia as "wrong, hurtful and inappropriate," though the world No. 1 insists he wants to move on…

Politics

Pool

IRS official takes the 5th at hearing

The Internal Revenue Service official who headed the division involved in targeting conservative groups invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimina…

» More Sports

» More Politics

Family

iStock/ tepic

'Grandparent scams' steal thousands from seniors

Across the country, law enforcement officials are warning seniors to beware of so-called "grandparent scams," in which fraudsters are impersonating a grandchil…

Money

Jose Santos/CNN

Bernanke warns against hitting the brakes too soon

The U.S. economy is on stronger footing than a year ago, but Ben Bernanke wants to be careful not to squelch the recovery now.
"A premature tightening of moneta…

» More Family

» More Money

Education

Heroes or just doing their jobs? Teachers save kids

Many have called teachers -- some of whom literally shielded children with their bodies from a deadly tornado -- heroes.

Health

iStock/fstop123

5 ways to handle chronic pain

Chronic pain conditions now affect more than 116 million Americans, according to the Institute of Medicine, a figure that dwarfs the number of people who suffe…

» More Education

» More Health

Weather

Sgt 1st Class Kendall James/U.S. Army

Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday

The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday.
"We'll try to get …

Technology

merriam-webster.com

Creator tells us how to pronounce 'GIF'

We can't settle iPhone vs. Android or "Star Wars" vs. "Star Trek" for you. But another long-running geek debate was put to rest Tuesday night.