Arthur “Art” Merlin Ford, 103, passed away on February 27, 2025, at his home. He was born June 27, 1921, to Alvin and Minnie Forde at the Forde family farm. He was baptized an ...

Elmer Lee “Al” Snyder, 79, passed away on February 20, 2025, at the VA hospital in Tomah, Wis. Born on May 16, 1945, in Wisconsin, Al dedicated his life to service and family. He proudly served as a ...

As we walk through each day and navigate our way through ups and downs, joys and concerns, happy moments and heartache, it becomes very clear that this earthly life is anything but redundant, mundane ...

The original Ben Gurion Canal was designed to skirt north of Gaza, but the alternative routes are more attractive to world leaders because they are much less costly and they run right through the ...

Finns have Sisu. No, that’s not something Kleenex produced. It’s a unique Finnish concept combining grit, resilience, determination, hardiness and a backscratcher.

At the February 18 Houston County Commission meeting, the board approved hiring Decorah, Iowa resident Brent Parker as the county’s new Human Resources officer. His official start date is March 3.

In the cold of winter, a large crowd could be found on the ice at the bass pond in Lanesboro for an event that makes even the coldest of days bearable. No matter the temperature and no matter the ...

If you follow Julia Child’s teachings on the matter, you’ll learn that a crêpe has a public and private side, as well. The batter that’s first swirled in the pan will cook more evenly; the flip side ...

Edith Isabelle Thompson (1873-1950) was most widely known for her poetry about rural life and nature. The La Crosse Tribune once called her “the Coulee Region’s poet laureate.” She believed there was ...

Apparently some people don’t know that some kids are born with both male and female genitalia. The ancient Greeks wrote about this intersex phenomenon thousands of years ago so it is hardly some new ...