While scouting plants in your yard or garden, perhaps you have noticed unusual bumps or growth extensions on the leaf ...

The Amery Area Community Center will use grant funds from the St. Croix Valley for mental health initiatives. The center will ...

With utility work at Sundance Place nearly halfway finished and wastewater treatment upgrades reaching 70% completion, Amery city officials say they're focused on timing critical repairs before road c ...

The Polk County Fair is coming up soon, happening in the next few weeks. Thursday, July 24, the gates will open at 7 a.m. for ...

Laura Alvarez, Interim Media Advisor ...

Gov. Tony Evers today appointed Jodi Kummet as Barron County Sheriff. The appointment fills a vacancy created by Sheriff ...

While all eyes have been on the Capitol Hill maneuvering around the 900-page bill carrying out President Trump’s agenda, something interesting has been happening in federal agencies: They’ve been brin ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is raising rates as part of its plan to achieve fiscal stability. A first-class stamp will now cost 78¢, up from 73¢. Nearly every category of mail will see ...

Oak trees are focal points of many home landscapes, parks, and green spaces throughout Wisconsin. Several species are native ...

I went swimming for the first time in probably seven years over the Fourth of July weekend. After talking with Stacia Bank for the Laker, it got me thinking about ...

The upcoming Music on the River event will take place this week. On Friday night, beginning at 5 p.m., bands, vendors, and ...

Growing up in Clayton, Wisconsin, a town of 571 people, Amanda Grant never imagined she’d be conducting research in Uganda ...