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Postville struggling to find its way one year after raid
Former Postville, Iowa, school superintendent Dave Strudthoff remembers the urgent phone call from City Hall.

sports

Girls soccer: Onalaska earns bye for MVC tournament
The Mississippi Valley Conference girls soccer tournament begins Tuesday night with three first-round games in the area. Top–seeded Onalaska receives a bye and won't play until Thursday.

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opinion

Lucille Lylo: America, where are we going?
The words to the beautiful American patriotic song, “God Bless America,” written by Irving Berlin in 1918 about the “land that I love,” is seen in the nature around us in America.

Ben Lieberman: Is wind the next ethanol?

a+ achievers

A special gift for a special mom
Andrew Cox doesn’t know whether his mom likes butterflies, but he will find out today when she opens the Mother’s Day gift he created.

Blessed Sacrament artist’s work begins national tour

columnists

The council’s Committee of the Whole meeting tonight will provide the first real glimpse of the new full council in action.

business

(2009/05/10)
BCC Software has moved its area office from La Crescent to Suite 150 at 1052 Oak Forest Drive, west of the La Crosse Area Harley-Davidson store in Onalaska.

(2009/05/10)
Corn and soybean prices are down from a year ago, but recent rainfall has improved soil moisture levels, making many area farmers more optimistic about this year’s crops.

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ST. CHARLES FIRE: Jenni Hulsizer surveys the damage of her church, the St. Charles United Church of Christ, on Sunday morning in St. Charles, Minn. A fire engulfed the building Saturday evening, months before the congregation planned to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The blaze, believed to be an accident, is the second catastrophic fire in three weeks to strike tiny St. Charles, population 3,600. To read more, click here. Winona Daily News photo

CRIME MAP: The Tribune now offers a daily map of crimes reported in La Crosse County. To check it out, click here. We continue to provide a longer list of calls handled by La Crosse County Dispatch at this police blotter link.

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(2009/05/10)
Extravaganza might be the best way to describe Viterbo University’s 2009-10 Bright Star Season.

(2009/05/10)
Family entertainer Hans Mayer got by with a little help from some friends — big and small — on his latest children’s album.

(2009/05/10)
Most boys graduate from La Crosse Boychoir when they enter their freshmen year of high school.