Westby News

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 9, 2009, organic farmer Allen Moody is seen on his farm in Westby,... In this photo taken Tuesday, June 9, 2009, organic farmer Allen Moody is seen on his farm in Westby, Wis.

The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. Tuesday, June 23 The Goodman Community Center is offering a free food and recreation program for children under age 18.

Photo by Sara Bredesen Winter fog A layer of early morning fog lifted off a field after a recent central Wisconsin snowstorm.

Dairying in Wisconsin is big business -- very big business. Not only are there 13,274 individually owned family farms that are home to 1.25 million milking cows, there are thousands of agri-dairy marketers who provide goods and services to the industry of producing milk.

Longtime Cashton resident, Jeannette Marie Gilbeck, age 94, passed away March 23, 2009 at Norseland Nursing Home in Westby, WI where she had resided since May 2007.

There's a new student roaming the halls of Westby High School. Toby, the yellow lab, is a service dog who just met his life-long companion.

Vernon County says it needs $11 million to repair dams that were damaged by significant flooding in the last two years.

Experts say there are 100,000 people in America are right now waiting for an organ transplant.

What will be the fate of Roth Kase's award-winning artisanal cheeses, now that the Monroe-based company has been sold to Emmi, a Swiss multi-national company that is the leading global producer of Swiss cheese? ...

After a trying year in 2007 and again in 2008, the village of Chaseburg is hoping to kick off 2009 with a new outlook and large turnout for the community's 39th annual Trail Days festivities on Jan.

Westby Police Officer, Matt White, was in the right place at the right time after a break-in at the Heartland Cenex Mini-Mart early Friday morning.

News Channel 19 or La Crosse will be doing a live Weather Academy broadcast from Westby Elementary on Thursday, Jan.

Westby's Syttende Mai Committee will meet Thursday, Jan. 15. Committee president Gary Daines said the committee would meet in the basement at Our Savior's Church in Westby at 7:30 p.m. Committee members are ...

The Westby Area School District Board of Education moved another step closer to finalizing a districtwide strategic plan, which Administrator Mike Murphy feels is an important step in bringing continuity to the ...

The Snowflake Junior Ski Jump Tournament will be held this Sunday, Jan. 11, in Timber Coulee.

The Times January, 14, 1999 10 Years Ago Newly crowned 1999 Chaseburg Snowtrailer royalty are Queen Danielle Clements, the daughter of Debbie and Mike Clements, and Princess Neshay Evers, the daughter of Gary ...

A portion of State Highway 27, in the city limits of Westby, was closed for three hours on Monday evening, Dec.

The city of Viroqua will act as the administrator for an area groundwater study slated to begin this summer.

Ring the bells, blow the horns, and drop the ball in Times Square. Behind us, another year is disappearing into the sunset.

The Times January 7, 1999 10 Years Ago The 1999 Northern Wisconsin Tobacco Exposition and sample judging have been postponed indefinitely because of a lack of case weather needed to strip tobacco.