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ONALASKA, Wis., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- L.B. White Company, a leading global provider of agricultural heating solutions, has announced Smart Sense--an innovative pig building climate management solution that saves up to 35% in fuel costs. Smart Sense(TM) is a variable-rate heat technology that automatically controls and maintains consistent pig building temperature. This newly engineered technology works in all pig development applications (wean-to-finish, farrowing, nursery)...

By Terry Rindfleisch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 31--Summer months are a boom time for food-borne illnesses, and county health inspectors have the data to prove it. Jim Steinhoff, a sanitarian and food inspector for the La Crosse County Health De-partment, said he was disappointed that many restaurants had more than 10 violations in the second quarter of 2008 -- about 12 percent of those inspected in the three months. "It's a real bad quarter," Steinhoff said. "There's more food-borne...

By Ryan Stotts, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 24--ONALASKA, Wis. -- Great Rivers United Way kicked off its Pacesetter campaign with a big show of support. Pacesetter co-chairwoman Julie Bartels, an administrator for women and children's services at Franciscan Skemp, said this year marks a high point in participation, with 18 local companies vowing to raise money before the main fundraising campaign begins in September. "You are setting the pace for our community," Bartels told the...

By Rindfleisch, Terry ONALASKA, Wis. - Cornerstone Healthcare, which established the first free-standing urgent medical care center in the La Crosse area only three months ago, has closed. The urgent-care clinic, located in the Kwik Trip building at 1800 E. Main St. in Onalaska, featured full-time walk-in service and fast access to nurse practitioners or physician assistants for the public and employer-required medical care services. John Harrington, Cornerstone Healthcare president, said...

By Autumn Grooms, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jun. 21--ONALASKA, Wis. -- Kassie Praska got the attention of her classmates Thursday with a loud shriek. She'd struck an animal bone while lightly scraping the soil with a shovel in a trench about 25 yards from Sand Lake Road in Onalaska and wanted classmates in the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Archaeo-logy Field School to see it. "Everyone usually goes to take a look when someone screams," said Wendy Holtz-Leith, site director and an...