UWL men's swim and dive tops UW-Whitewater 195-99 in WIAC dual
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UWL men's swim and dive tops UW-Whitewater 195-99 in WIAC dual
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Racine Case shuts out Kenosha Indian Trail 42-0 to win Southeast Conference outright
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UW-La Crosse won both relays and nine individual events Friday night to beat UW-Whitewater 195-99 at the Richard L. Pein Natatorium.
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A 90-yard kickoff return by Anthony Jones helped Central edge Onalaska 29-28 on Friday, while Logan's overtime win over Holmen gave the Rangers the MVC championship outright.

Holmen sophomore Carter Sinn won the MVC boys cross country title in a school-record 16:01.9 on Thursday in West Salem, leading the Vikings to a third straight team championship.

Winona State student-athletes will host the annual Warrior Spooktacular for elementary-age children and younger at Maxwell Field on Sunday, Oct. 18, from 3:15 to 5 p.m.

La Crosse crews will collect loose leaves curbside this fall, with up to four passes planned through each neighborhood.

The Holmen co-op won all but two events in a one-sided dual meet at Menomonie on Thursday.

The 13th annual outdoor painting festival wraps up this weekend with a quick-paint contest, an awards reception and a final day of art sales.










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Flags flew at half-staff across Wisconsin on Oct. 10 for Trooper Bradley Ritger, 29, who died Oct. 2 from injuries suffered in the line of duty in Dunn County.









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Marquette curator William Fliss will present materials from the university's Tolkien collection in Wausau on Oct. 24, with fan oral-history interviews offered beforehand.

Now called Ronald McDonald House North Central Wisconsin, the Marshfield house says its mission of keeping families close to children in care is unchanged.

Schooley took 57.5% of the midseason MVP vote, ahead of Marshfield quarterback Ethan Foemmel in second place.

Marshfield's Common Council voted Oct. 13 to restore an in-person requirement for the public comment period, revising City Policy No. 1.120.

A preliminary federal report released Oct. 14 ties the September crash landing in Lake Wausau to a loss of engine power after a late fuel-tank switch.

Merrill and Wausau East enter Friday's regular-season finale tied for second in the Great Northern, with the winner strengthening its case to host a Level 1 playoff game.


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Case beat Indian Trail 42-0 in Kenosha on Friday to finish 7-0 in the Southeast Conference, winning its first outright conference title since 1980.

Microsoft paid $12.75 million for 70.9 acres of mostly vacant farmland at 12734 Louis Sorenson Road to support data center construction already underway in Mount Pleasant.

Apple picking in Sturtevant, Boo at the Zoo and a downtown Candy Crawl in Racine, Pumpkin Palooza in Union Grove and scarecrows in Waterford headline Racine County's late-October calendar.

Foster, a Racine Case graduate, won the 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke Friday night in La Crosse, where UW-Whitewater's men fell 195-99 and its women 208-86 to the Eagles.

Milwaukee swept the defending champion Dodgers in four games to reach its first World Series since 1982, and fans took to social media to celebrate a pennant 44 years in the making.

The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Public Library, Pabst Mansion and Milwaukee Ballet all posted sweep celebrations after the Brewers beat the Dodgers to win the National League pennant.
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