By KATHY NEIDERT Vernon Economic Development Council Economic activity continues to develop at the Food Enterprise Center at 1201 N. Main St. in Viroqua. Building tenants are busy producing or gathering and distributing food-related products and creating jobs, and...

By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism State bureaucrats, it seems, are less than enthusiastic about the law requiring an annual report itemizing how much Wisconsin spends contracting out work to various service providers. Under Democratic Gov....

By SANDRA McANANY | Murfreesboro, Tenn. I have been reading the news articles online about Kelly Talsky and the heroin in Monroe County. It is easy for a community to point fingers at one individual, but there are so many unanswered questions for drugs and the...

By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism In late October, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the second presidential debate, in which Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney fielded questions from a town hall audience. One question: “I was...

By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Scott Walker isn’t anybody’s idea of a champion of campaign finance reform. He was elected governor in 2010 after outspending the competition in what was then the costliest statewide race in Wisconsin...

By KATHY NEIDERT VEDA Board Member A granite sign identifying the Food Enterprise Center and VEDA's new office now sets on the lawn outside the 1201 N. Main St. building in Viroqua. VEDA board member Dian Krause, who is profiled in this column, generously donated the...

The following letter was signed by the Monroe County Local History Room board of trustees: Carolyn Habelman, town of New Lyme; Joan Cook, Sparta; Jack Harr, town of Sparta; Rick Kast, town of La Fayette; and Cheryl Roscovius, Tomah. Monroe County is now accepting...