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The Latest: Summerfest postpones event due to coronavirus
MILWAUKEE (AP) —Organizers of the music festival that draws hundreds of thousands of people to Milwaukee's lakefront each summer has postponed the event for the first time in its 52-year history. Summerfest was scheduled to run from June 24 to…
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Women's Fund honors Patty Barge for service to community
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - The Women's Fund of Greater La Crosse is awarding Patty Barge its 2020 Roberta Zurn Outstanding Women in Leadership Award for creating Amy's Closet in Holmen, which provides emergency support for women and families. The…
News 8 Now This Morning clip featured in popular Netflix show
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)-- If you've been watching a lot of Netflix, then you might have caught a clip of News 8 Now This Morning on a trending show. 'Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness' was just released a few…
Bishop Callahan's private Mass to be live-streamed Sunday
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - Bishop William Callahan's private Mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman will be live-streamed at 9:30 a.m. Sunday on the La Crosse Diocese's website. The bishop and other priests are saying daily Masses…
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Singer, actor, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, who embodied “The Gambler” persona and whose musical career spanned jazz, folk, country and pop, has died at 81. A representative says Rogers died at home in Georgia on Friday night. The Houston-born balladeer with a husky…
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TUNE IN! Local Music Live Streams
Enjoy this listing of area musicians offering Live Stream performances! This is an opportunity for you to sing along, play along and invite your children to join the jam as well! Message the musicians and enjoy the camaraderie. News 8…
ATTENTION AREA MUSICIANS: Sign up for our 'Local Music Live Streams' listing
We are looking for area musicians that are offering Live Stream performances! News 8 Now will provide a list of your streaming site - Facebook, YouTube or Website - for community members to tune in to. It's an opportunity for…
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Packers cancel tailgate tour, which had included La Crosse
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WKBT) - The Green Bay Packers canceled their 15th annual Tailgate Tour, which originally had been scheduled to stop in La Crosse, Madison and Milwaukee from May 15-17, but the team will donate $25,000 to each of…
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La Crosse, Winona-Rochester dioceses cancel public Masses until May
The bishops of the La Crosse and Winona-Rochester dioceses have taken the unprecedented move of canceling public Masses for weeks because of health concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The cancellations will leave the pews empty during Holy Week, which…
La Crosse mayor cancels meetings, lists exceptions
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - All La Crosse city committee meetings have been canceled, because of state and federal coronavirus mandates, for the rest of March and the month of April, with a few exceptions, Mayor Tim Kabat said. The…
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Life well lived: Sara Slayton was 'champion' of storytelling art form
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - Superlatives abound as friends reflect on Sara Slayton’s life and stories --- especially the hundreds of stories that flowed from her lips like nectar from a flower. The 66-year-old La Crosse woman died of lung…
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Live in studio: A preview of Art Dash in La Crosse - 3/12/20
The fourth annual Art Dash is happening in La Crosse in just a few weeks. We have Stacey Kalas, the communications director for…
Community Conversation to address mental illness as spiritual path
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - The monthly Community Conversation of the La Crosse Interfaith Leaders' Coalition will feature Alice Holstein addressing the topic of "Tough Grace: Mental Illness as a Spiritual Path" at noon Wednesday, March 18, at English Lutheran…
Four area educators saluted for leadership potential
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) - Sixty school personnel throughout Wisconsin, including four from the west-central part of the state, have been named 2020 Educators of Promise, acknowledges their strong potential for educational and community leadership. Teachers, pupil services staff and administrators…
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Wis. Gymnastics Hall-of-Famer Cheryl Hancock marvels at sport's enrichment of her life
HOLMEN, Wis. (WKBT) - Oddly enough, Cheryl Hancock ended up specializing in the gymnastic event she disliked the most, but she ended up qualifying for state on the balance beam when she was a senior at Cashton High School decades…
