Rochester News

Dec. 3, 2009 11:36 a.m. The Internal Revenue Service has reduced the standard mileage rates that taxpayers can deduct for business use of motor vehicles next year to 50 cents a mile from 55 cents.

So I trust everyone picking up this column has downed at least a few sentences of reading throughout the semester along with their shots and beer bongs.

Nov. 25, 2009 5:45 a.m. If you're at work this morning, we know you're eyeing the clock.

A 6-year-old boy and a 54-year-old were killed Tuesday near Edgerton when a driver lost control of his car and crashed into a minivan on I-39/90. The Capital Times of Madison says Ruby Alexander, 54, and the 6-year-old boy, both from Rochester, died in the wreck and three other people suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Five people are dead after three separate traffic accidents in Wisconsin over just a few hours.

Traffic on I-90 at the Newville exit was blocked for several hours Tuesday night following a two vehicle accident that resulted in two deaths.

There was a time, not so long ago, when the guys in the Sunstreak were, as lead singer Tony Rebis puts it, "young and naive and stupid." It's a winning combination.

A western Wisconsin woman has died from the swine flu. 48-year Debra Lindstrom's family says she went to the Hudson Clinic on October 29th with flu-like symptoms.

There's been another death linked to H1N1 in western Wisconsin. 48-year old Debbie Lindstrom of Hudson passed away yesterday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Mike Landers of Makyo Star. The annual Rock For Food event at Water Street Music Hall will make its third go-round on Sunday, Oct.

La Crosse, WI A Minnesota man faces charges after an altercation with police officers in downtown La Crosse early Sunday morning.

Members of the Gay Alliance gathered outside a Rochester concert hall Saturday to bring attention to a reggae performer whose lyrics reference murdering gays and lesbians.

GREENWOOD -- On behalf of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Lois Hagedorn, Clark County register of deeds, presented the 2009 Governor's Archives Award for Archival Innovation to Stan and Janet Schwarze, webmasters of the Clark County Historical Internet Library.

The U.S. Department of Transportation says Wisconsin and Minnesota will combine to receive more than $33 million in stimulus funds for transit improvements across the states.

Chad Wright has been the ignitor for the Wisconsin Woodchucks all season long, but on Thursday night he took it to a new level.

Chad Wright has been the ignitor for the Wisconsin Woodchucks all season long, but on Thursday night he took it to a new level.

Subsoil is consistently praised by fans as one of Rochester's best live bands, and its new album, Worm's Eye View , does nothing to undermine that belief.

July 8, 2009 7:18 a.m. A Racine County man found dead after a single motorcycle accident Tuesday has been identified as David Wilburth of Rochester.

A Burlington man was killed Saturday night when the car he was riding in rolled over twice and landed in a ditch in the Town of Rochester, according to the Racine County Sheriff's Department.

Wisconsin was one out from salvaging a split of a Northwoods League doubleheader with Rochester on Tuesday.