Laura Dowling's new photo book, "Floral Diplomacy at the White House," gives a behind-the-scenes look at White House flower decorations, including the traditions, design concepts and logistics that go into them.
For the second time in several weeks Westby City Council members split down the middle, with the mayor casting the tie breaking vote, denying Joanne Kjome’s last ditch request for additional time to find homes for the remaining cats located…
Westby advanced three to the WIAA Division 3 State Individual Wrestling Tournament, Feb. 23-25. Seniors, Hunter Groom (220-pounds) and Riley Cade (138-pounds), were joined by freshman Austin Mowery (126-pounds). At the end of three days of action, Groom reached the…
Westby gymnasts traveled to Baraboo to compete in the WIAA Sectional competition on Thursday, Feb. 23. Teams participating in the sectional included: Baraboo, Dodgeville/Mineral Point, Prairie du Chien/Fennimore, Reedsburg Area, River Valley, Sauk Prairie, Viroqua/Cashton//North Crawford, and Westby.
Westby finished out the regular season at top-ranked G-E-T on Friday, Feb. 23.
After dropping three stright games and both of its Coulee Conference games to West Salem it was sweet revenge for Westby to oust the Panthers from the playoffs with a 53-44 regional win at West Salem on Saturday, Feb. 25.
In her book, “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying,” Bronnie Ware lists some of the most common regrets expressed by dying people. While reading that book, I’ve concluded that most of us have many regrets.
Today I had the pleasure of story time with one of my favorite things — boxes. I absolutely love boxes, and our craft for the day involved boxes, of course, so I had to stop at the last minute to…
The youth ministry at Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church (WCP) has a very active and dedicated group of high school students working to make a difference in the area.
Don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. Even though the World Health Organization recently declared that the Zika virus is no longer a global health emergency, other diseases are growing more threatening each day.
Every week I write out the arrests for the records page in the Jackson County Chronicle, and every week there is at least one arrest due to drugs. It is quite sad really, that drugs would have such a huge…
As the Trump regime’s anti-environment onslaught begins, there are several terms used by men (and in the case of Trump’s cabinet, it’s nearly all men) attempting to turn us against protecting the air we breathe and water we drink.
The balance beam has been an obstacle for the Viroqua/Cashton/North Crawford co-op gymnastics team throughout the 2016-17 season, and has become a point of emphasis for the team and coach Darcy McClelland.
For the first time in the 50-plus year history of the program, the Viroqua wrestling team had four individuals compete at the Division 2 WIAA state tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison, Feb. 23-25.
Viroqua’s Naomi Sutherland will perform a harp concerto with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall in Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wednesday, March 29. She’ll perform Debussy’s Danse sacr ée et danse profane, as part of the…
Viroqua Middle School students brightened the stage with a happy production of “Magic in Me,” this past weekend.
Four Viroqua senior girls saw their high school basketball careers come to a too sudden end, Tuesday, Feb. 21, when the Blackhawks were defeated by Black River Falls 63-45 in a WIAA quarterfinal regional playoff game played on the Tigers’…
For the second time in the last two games, the Viroqua boys basketball team had an opportunity at a last-second game-winning basket, but this time good fortune was not in the cards for the Blackhawks, when a buzzer-beating half-court shot…
These are indeed troubled times. In light of recent revelations, I believe it is time for a high-level bipartisan investigation. We deserve to know the truth.
The central sands region of our state is seeing rivers and lakes drying up and citizens are demanding that our elected representatives take action. However, the actions being taken, far from resolving the issues, seek to abdicate responsibility, put off…
I want to thank you, the people of Vernon County, for electing me six times to serve as your district attorney over the past 14 years. I have proudly served in that capacity and my hope is that I have…
Friends, the upcoming April 4 election for State Superintendent of Public Instruction is a test of our passion to protect our public schools from billionaire investors and their privatization scheme. Wall Street politicians and investors can't wait to get their…
Despite our governor’s commitment to creating jobs in Wisconsin, there remains the need for livable wage employment opportunities for many in our communities. Adequately providing for one’s family isn’t necessarily solved through an opportunity to work a steady job. This…
It is Sunday morning. The sun is brilliant on the new snow. There are rivulets trickling from every rooftop where the sun shines its heat. Last week’s warm weather proved a joke on the many waterfowl on the Mississippi I…
Former Wisconsin Gov. Marty Schreiber is on a mission to help caregivers avoid the pitfalls that sometimes created friction between him and his wife, Elaine, during her deepening drift into Alzheimer’s disease — a slide that nearly ruined his health,…
