West Salem News

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 3:50 a.m. Vote 0 Votes The Assembly saw heated debate Tuesday over a bill that would prohibit certain criminals from associating with child care providers.

ASALMS/Oktoberfest 2009 WEST SALEM, WI -- On a chilly Western Wisconsin Saturday night, the stars of 'America's Premier Short Track Series' saved some of their best for last, contesting a thrilling curtain closer for the 2009 ASA Late Model Series North Division season.

The Lakeshore area has been a longtime friend of the nuclear power industry. We are home to the nuclear plants at Point Beach in the town of Two Creeks and a few miles away near Kewaunee.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:39 a.m. Vote 0 Votes Three Republican legislators proposed ideas for new legislation Monday to repeal the state's ban on construction of new nuclear power plants.

Investigators are trying to identify a man who showed his face while apparently trying to get rid of a surveillance camera near a marijuana grow.

Sept. 2, 2009 6:23 a.m. After a land owner near West Salem found marijuana plants growing on his property, police put a surveillance camera in a nearby tree to see who was tending the plants, according to this story in the La Crosse Tribune .

WEST SALEM, Wis. -- James Robert "Talking Buffalo" LaJeunesse, 58, of West Salem, Wis., died unexpectedly Tuesday, Aug.

WEST SALEM, Wis. -- James Robert "Talking Buffalo" LaJeunesse, 58, of West Salem, Wis., died unexpectedly Tuesday, Aug.

A Western Wisconsin man was killed in a car crash on Tuesday. The State Patrol says the deadly crash happened around 5:30pm on I-90 near Sparta in Monroe County.

One in five state Assembly aides earn higher salaries than their positions should pay under a practice that costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, an Associated Press review found.

A long weekend visiting friends in the West Salem/ La Crosse area offered a combination of spiritual humor, prayer and reflection.

Current and former Department of Natural Resources employees told lawmakers on Tuesday that morale has plummeted and the department has become more political since 1995, when the governor assumed authority to appoint the secretary.

A total of $760 million is now available for direct loans to farmers, announced Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack in West Salem, WI, last week.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack listens to organic dairy producer Darlene Coehoorn. Skeptical yet hopeful, about 100 organic dairy producers and supporters banded together in West Salem, WI, on July 16 to ask Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to enforce current organic dairy laws and keep big-business organic dairies from shutting down family farms.

A crash in a construction zone sent one man to the hospital. The Wisconsin State Patrol says a pickup truck was driving through a construction zone on I-90 near West Salem.

From food labels, to falling milk prices, and federal stimulus dollars... farmers filled the stands for a town hall meeting with top Obama officials Thursday.

An accident Thursday morning shuts down a stretch of Interstate 90. Emergency personnel say the westbound lanes of I-90 between Bangor and West Salem will be temporarily closed while crews work at the scene.

The DOT says park and rides throughout Wisconsin are becoming increasingly popular.

A few weeks ago, we told you about a giant flag carved out in the grass near West Salem.

WEST SALEM, WI: A glut of organic milk, fueled by giant factory farms, threatens to wash family farmers off their land.