More than perhaps anyone else in America, David Blankenhorn personifies the struggle so many have experienced over same-sex marriage.
To the world-weary, Lance Armstrong’s confession to Oprah was just one more in a series.
’Tis the season when columnists write mea culpas, make predictions and list their resolutions.
In today’s world of social media, where everyone’s every little thing is on display, it is sometimes difficult to recall a time when exhibitionism wasn’t ubiquitous and was, in fact, not admired.
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday night, senators took a break from the hard work of rescuing the nation’s finances. They summoned Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg, ordered in popcorn and watched the movie “Lincoln.”
After word leaked from the White House late last week that Chuck Hagel was in line to become the next secretary of defense, Bill Kristol’s Weekly Standard manned the Patriot missile batteries to shoot down that trial balloon.
Much speculation has followed the private luncheon between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, about which little is known.
The following editorial appeared in Thursday’s Chicago Tribune:
Just before noon on Jan. 14, Mitch Daniels ceased to be governor of Indiana. By 2 p.m. he was in West Lafayette conducting a meeting as the soon-to-be president of Purdue University. A true Hoosier calls that a promotion. But his elevated new stage is a smaller one. And as national Republica…
The following editorial appeared in Saturday’s St. Paul Pioneer Press:
I can’t believe I’m actually going to type the words “reality TV has hit a new low.”
“Everybody got a pistol. This must really please the NRA” — from “Gun” by Gil Scott-Heron
Everything that everyone loathes about Washington was present in the “fiscal cliff” bill just passed by Congress. It is 153 pages long; most members probably hadn’t read all of it before voting on it; it was delivered in the middle of the night; it was loaded with pork — the mother’s milk (t…
America lost one of its iconic brands last month when Hostess, maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other staples of postwar Middle America, closed up shop.
Minnesota’s governor has legalized recreational marijuana for people over 21 starting in August. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed the bill on Tuesday, making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize the drug. Former Gov. Jesse Ventura spoke at the signing ceremony. He served as the state’s governor from 1999 to 2003 and has been a longtime advocate for marijuana legalization. Ventura said the new law is a dream he’s had for over 20 years, and it has finally happened. By August 1, marijuana will be legal to possess, use and grow at home in the state. People who have marijuana-related convictions can also get their records expunged.
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Protesters gathered at the site of the collapse in downtown Davenport, saying more people are still missing and could be inside.
About 175 million tons of freight travels on the Mississippi yearly, and from the river’s headwaters to southern Illinois, a series of locks and dams guide barges through the journey.
A recently completed merger between two top-tier rail lines will send more trains along the upper Mississippi River — and in some areas, thousands more carloads of hazardous materials.
Engineers who operate trains for Union Pacific will soon have much more predictable schedules that will allow them to plan when they are going to be off.
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A 37-year-old man with no permanent address is being held in the La Crosse County Jail on a $100,000 cash bond after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman inside an elevator May 16.
Phillip Prokopowicz, the former chief deputy attorney for Dakota County, will serve as a special prosecutor in the investigation of Madeline Kingsbury’s disappearance.
A preliminary charge of attempted homicide against a 17-year-old Onalaska boy accused of firing a gun inside a La Crosse home May 12 during an alleged robbery was dropped in favor of lesser charges Friday.
An arrest has been made in connection to the death of a child in February.
About 175 million tons of freight travels on the Mississippi yearly, and from the river’s headwaters to southern Illinois, a series of locks and dams guide barges through the journey.
🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
The Winona County Board moved to discuss amending zoning ordinances related to dog breeding facilities at Tuesday’s meeting in a 3-1 vote, beginning a process that could change how and if Winona County provides permits to dog kennels.
Winona County is offering septic system repair and replacement funds to qualifying homeowners and businesses.