Taxes plan boosts state share of La Crosse school costs
The La Crosse area eyes higher state aid as the plan raises the state share of school costs from 30 to 41 percent. James Wais explains the new formula clarifies how equalized aids, capital costs, and debt service may be included. Proposals also raise sales tax credits, adjust homestead relief, and promise 90 percent protection for many communities while sparking concern over potential inequities.
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James Wais
la Crosse Area
la Crosse
Wais
Kies
Lucey
Knutson
Joint Finance Committee
Sherman C. Stellpflug
Shelby
Lee
Rain Increases Flood Problems On Wisconsin Rivers
Overnight rainfall worsened floods across eastern and southern Wisconsin with 1.3 inches at Richland Center and over an inch in Beloit and Milwaukee. The Fox River watershed sees the worst flooding. communities evacuate in Fremont and New London eye dam concerns. U.S. 45 and other roads closed. crests predicted on several rivers with continued rain likely.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Richland Center
Lone Rock
Beloit
Oconomowoc
Milwaukee
Neenah
Madison
Green Bay
Fremont
Wolf River
Roger Schmoldt
Schmoldt
U.S. 10
Partridge Lake
New London
Shawano
U.S. 45
Clintonville
Leeman
Nichols
Shipcton
U.S
Arcadia
la Farge
Ontario
Papers Offer To Pay Part Of Stadium Losses
The Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. reportedly offered to assume up to 25 percent of the $600,000 annual business guarantee against potential losses from the downtown domed stadium. An unidentified businessman confirmed the report. The $53 million facility sits stalled in the city Board of Estimate and Taxation as officials seek private assurances to prevent deficits from falling on taxpayers.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co
City Board of Estimate and Taxation
Sparta Man Sentenced For Abusing Stepson
Michael Kuruzovich 31 of Sparta was found guilty of abusing his 10 year old stepson David Fagen and sentenced to six months in Monroe County Jail under the Huber Law. Judge James W. Rice imposed the term allowing continued employment in La Crosse. Testimony from David and siblings Marlene 15 and Joseph 13 described spankings and a threat to break the boy’s leg.
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Sparta
Wis
Michael Kuruzovich
David Fagen
Monroe
James W. Rice
Kuruzovich
la Crosse
David
Marlene Fagen
Joseph
Deaths and notices from local hospital and funeral homes
Ivah D. Kinney 81 of 1812 Kane Sr retired teacher died Tuesday March 13 after a 42 year career in Jefferson School. Funeral arrangements by Dickinson Funeral Homes. John Paul Bogie 86 of 2817 Lakeshore Drive died Tuesday March 13 in a local nursing home. Born Muskegon Michigan he worked 30 years at La Crosse Rubber Mills. Survived by wife Jennie two sons and three generations. Services Friday 2:30 p.m. Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel with burial French Island Cemetery. Masonic services at 7 p.m. Friends may call Thursday after 4 p.m.
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Kane Sr
Jefferson School
Dickinson Funeral Homes
John Paul Bogie
Lakeshore Drive
Muskegon
Mich
la Crosse
Medford Lodge
F & AM
Jennie
Edward
Marjorie) Taylor
Robert
Brookfield
Maurice
Dickinson Caledonia Street
Douglas Fraley
French Island Cemetery
Leonard Hemenway
New Lisbon
Wis
Leonard C. Hemenway
Oscar Hemenway
Merion
N.D
Laura Hale
Camp Douglas
Hemenway
Air National Guard
Yolk Field
American Legion
Leonard
Sun Prairie
Bernard
West Covina
Calif
Audrey
Chicago
Wayne
Don Bennett
Frank Machnik
Dorothy Nuttall
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Mark Walljasper
Hare Funeral Home
LA Farge
Ace Strait
George Sordahl
Viroqua
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Iler Anderson
Westby-Coon Prairie
Beier Funeral Home
Vernon County
Gunder Sordahl
Ella Eide
Deaths in three states mark the week
Obituaries from Wisconsin and Iowa mark the week with multiple deaths. Leonard C. Hemenway of New Lisbon dies at 57 from an apparent heart attack and leaves a large family. Ace Strait of La Farge dies at 78 in a Viroqua hospital with service at La Farge Free Methodist Church. Michael J. Haney of Wisconsin Rapids, born in Sparta, dies aged 60 with services held in Wisconsin Rapids. Hjalmer Swain of Waukon, an WW I veteran, dies at 81 with burial at East Paint Creek Synod Lutheran Church cemetery.
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Michael Haney
Sparta
Wis
Michael J. Haney
Wisconsin Rapids
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Doris McPeak
Iowa City
Obituaries for Sordahl Mohring and Kimbell Museum note
George Sordahl 71 of Viroqua died March 13 at his home with burial in Westby Coon Prairie. Alfreda Mohring 76 of Sparta died March 14 with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery after services at Lanham Kann Funeral Home. The Texas museum Kimbell designed by Louis Kahn is highlighted for daylight art display.
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Texas Museum
Kimbell Museum
Fort Worth
Tex
Louis Kahn
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