Holmen News

Jeanne Chojnacki, 79, of La Crosse, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at her home.

Paul and Sue Jahnke, Columbus, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elle Jahnke, to Aaron Jermier, son of Craig Jermier, Holmen, and Jayne Jermier, McFarland.

A Mindoro man is dead after a car crash Thursday near Holmen. The La Crosse County Sheriff's Department says that 78-year-old John L.T. Dolbier died in the crash.

Residents in Holmen are asked to check their cars after a series of car break-ins. Holmen Police Chief Michael McHugh says a suspect was arrested Friday who admitted to entering numerous cars in the area of Deerwood Park and Linden Drive.

They're getting older and workers are harder to find. So for the first time in about 50 years, there will no longer be a retail shop at Shefelbine's Orchard and Pumpkin Farm off Highway M, between Holmen and West Salem.

Northside Development, located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Kinseth Hospitality Corporation , an Iowa based hotel development and management company, are pleased to announce the ground breaking of the Candlewood Suites, a 92-unit, four-story hotel.

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare is offering several seasonal flu shot clinics in the area.

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin ---Shantel Petersen grew up in South Dakota...she was primarily raised by her father after her mother left.

Fall harvest time brings with it good wine. And what better to serve that good wine in than Depression glassware? American-made Depression glass was first introduced in the mid-1920s and continued to be produced by some companies well into the 1950s.

A 17-year-old Holmen girl is dead after falling from a bluff in La Crosse. Authorities on Thursday identified the teen as Rachel Cody.

Senator Dan Kapanke held a listening session in Holmen today. He has been holding several sessions in recent weeks to learn more about what the people of Wisconsin are thinking about government policies.

Police are looking for the driver of a van that hit and injured a man riding a bike over the weekend.

John Koepke, the newest member of the Wisconsin Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, said it was difficult to say no when Gov.

He spends his days walking, searching for the unknown along the Great River Trail.

He spends his days walking, searching for the unknown along the Great River Trail.

Jeff Benson of Holmen, Wis., and Travis Brueggen of Cashton, Wis., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Great Lakes Division tournament on the Mississippi River Saturday each with a five-bass catch weighing 14 pounds, 11 ounces.

Putting it mildly, Abby Bushendorf is dedicated to rodeo. After years of roping cattle and riding horses for two hours every night at her parents' home west of Eau Claire, she has all the moves committed to memory when she competes.

The Eau Claire Area School District is pleased to announce the appointment of David Oldenberg as the new principal at Memorial High School.

Jeni Roberge now competes in marathons. Jeni Roberge, a 34-year-old radiology technician, figures she gained most of her weight after she got her driver's license as a teenager in Holmen, Wis.

McCartney nets $2,157 as the co-angler winner thanks to five bass weighing 13 pounds, 2 ounces.