La Crescent-Hokah Community Education, along with the Houston County 4-H Extension Office is offering a $27 Babysitting Clinic for those in Gr…
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The La Crescent-Hokah High School boys basketball team has made a renewed commitment to the 2-2-1 full-court press defens…
Question: What is the law about pickup trucks with flashing amber lights? I noticed some of them traveling down the road when they are not act…
An article from the HuffPost, Feb. 1, discussed U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass) who tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving both doses o…
To my knowledge, Feb. 20, 2020, is the date of the first printed medical report in the New England Journal of Medicine on the (then) new and n…
Question: What items should I have in my vehicle during this extreme cold weather? What is the proper procedure if I become stranded and/or go…
It was an appropriate birthday card I received, but the age “65”, a full 30 years short of the correct age. Applying science and proficiency, …
In December 2020, the final results from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Township Testing program were published for Houston C…
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Howard E. Munson Sr., 85, of La Crescent died of heart failure Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, while battling COVID-19 at a hos…
After getting (not taking) the COVID vaccine, should you still wear a mask? There are currently divergent opinions. A very strident opposition…
Jan. 2, 2021
Air purifiers or cleaners can help reduce the airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in closed spaces that aren’t well ventilated.
ONALASKA — The Caledonia High School boys basketball team was able to come back once, but Onalaska's Nick Odom, Sam Kick and Gavin McGrath mad…
Lenora “Lennie” Jean Mercer, 86, of Houston died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab in Houston.
MADISON, Wis. — Charlotte “Char” Ann Flottmeyer, 84, of Madison passed away Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. She was born Nov. 1, 1936, right after her…
How important in transmitting infection are the Sars-CoV-2 viruses found on surfaces? What a difference a year makes, in so many ways! A recen…
A first-person narrative by a gentleman about his experience with COVID infection appeared on a social media site, shared with us by his relat…
LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Marilyn Gladys (Inglett) Klawitter, 84, of La Crescent died Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, at her daughter’s home, with family by…
Question: My neighbor’s cattle are always out. They don’t take care of their fence and they are getting into my yard. I can deal with that, bu…
Question: I was wondering if you could address what someone, such as my spouse should do if needing to call 911 and cannot speak or type as bo…
Dec. 22
Any medical test for anything is not infallible. We have heard in the last 4-6 weeks some interesting results from COVID tests in people close…
When we are hardly able to think about anything else but COVID, coronavirus, testing, vaccines, etc., it might help to get a little respite fr…
DAKOTA, Minn. — Kyle Dulek, who freely admits he thinks about white-tail deer hunting 365 days a year, imagined that someday, somehow, he woul…
Dec. 1, 2020
At Christmastime, one tradition is to hope. In this medical column, can I prescribe some pill, balm, salve or nostrum that will give us hope? …
ONALASKA — Florence “Flo” Page, 77, of Onalaska passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, after a five-year battle…