By ELIE DOLGIN Tornadoes and rainwater stormed over Wisconsin last week. But the torrential downpours were not the only waters on the rise. New research indicates that the volume of water trickling under our drenched feet has increased as well.

By The Associated Press LAKE DELTON, Wis.

By Ryan J. Foley Associated Press LAKE DELTON, Wis. -- Flash floods inundated a southwest Wisconsin town Monday for the second time in 10 months, while 60 miles away an embankment along a man-made lake gave way, unleashing a powerful current that ripped homes off their foundations.

By Joe Orso La Crosse Tribune, The Wisconsin State Journal Feb. 12--GAYS MILLS -- The pronoun that threads together Robert Horwich 's stories is "we. ""We were raising cranes behind doors with puppets, " he said regarding his work with the International Crane Foundation in 1985 and 1986.

By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Feb. 11--GAYS MILLS, Wis. -- The pronoun that threads together Robert Horwich's stories is "we.""We were raising cranes behind doors with puppets," he says regarding his work with the International Crane Foundation in 1985 and 1986.