The whippoorwill welcomed the infant hours of July with its night song in a tree just outside our bedroom window.
- Todd Krysiak | River Valley Media Group
The River Valley Region has had a few days of sunshine to dry out after a wet weekend, but more storms may be on the way.
- Heather Drievold Coulee Region Humane Society
Summer has a way of opening the door, literally. Longer days, greener yards, more time outside. For pets, it’s a welcome shift.
- Home and Community Options
Home and Community Options believes that every person deserves the opportunity to be heard, valued and included in their community. For many of the individuals supported by HCO, self-advocacy has become one of the most meaningful ways they share their experiences, build confidence and help o…
- Dr. Frank Bures For River Valley Media Group
Cysts in skin are desperately common. A cyst, whatever its tissue of origin, is a true growth. It is hollow sac that emerges for reasons we cannot fathom. It fills up with the material that its tissue characteristically produces, whether skin, lung, kidney, liver, etc.
- Chris Hardie For River Valley Media Group
Fifty years ago a new word entered my vocabulary as our nation celebrated our bicentennial, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
- Gavin Michaelson | River Valley Media Group
With summer in full swing, River Valley residents are spoiled with beaches across the region. Here are 10 beaches to visit for a day of swimming and sunbathing.
A current news story that is evolving has quite clearly demonstrated and validated the value of vaccines for individuals and the community in contact with them.
Starting our new garden area last year was a lot of work but we are finally experiencing the fruits of our labor.
A Lewiston man was arrested Sunday after police say he damaged 17 solar panels owned by Lewiston-Altura Public Schools.

Developers pitched a 500-acre project for rural Grant County but, as opposition mounted, they ‘ghosted’ the county’s point person. The potential deal appears to be dead.
A $2 billion proposal, then silence: How a Driftless Area data center deal fell apart is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
- Heather Drievold Coulee Region Humane Society
It doesn’t take long for summer travel plans to turn into departure day. One day you’re thinking about it, the next you’re packing the car. If your plans include bringing your pet along, now is the right time to prepare, not the night before you leave.
- Todd Krysiak | River Valley Media Group
After two days of alerts from the National Weather Service in La Crosse about possible severe weather, Thursday again brings the potential for damaging storms to the River Valley Region.
- For the Tribune
Steve Cahalan was one of the most trusted business journalists in the Coulee Region until his passing in 2025 at age 73
- Dr. Frank Bures For River Valley Media Group
Our oldest son is a writer (and a darned good one I might add, no bias!). He has written and published a book on canoeing with many different stories, the main one about the many decades of annual canoe races from northern Minnesota to Minneapolis. The title is “Pushing the River” and it is …
- Gavin Michaelson | River Valley Media Group
Western Wisconsin has a variety of camping options for people to explore the wilderness near La Crosse.
- For the Tribune
The city of Onalaska is proud to announce the grand opening of the expansion to Dash Park at 200 Main St. A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, June 5, to celebrate the completion of this landmark project.
- Chris Hardie For River Valley Media Group
“I shall be telling this with a sigh
- For the Tribune
It’s gonna continue to feel like summer this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
- For the Tribune
It’s shaping up to be a beautiful weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
- Dr. Frank Bures For River Valley Media Group
Whooping cough is an infection not on many people’s minds anymore. But when it pops up, it creates a real awareness. The reason for this primer is to remind folks of a once very familiar but now mostly “just heard of” disease. The story begins with an 82-year-old man getting sick and coughin…
- For the Tribune
Sunny Thursday, with a high near 82. East wind around 6 mph.
- Chris Hardie For River Valley Media Group
I’m not a superstitious person, but I sometimes wonder if someone has placed a curse on my power equipment.

