Browse past news stories for Onalaska High School in Onalaska, WA.

• Rotary Lights holiday lights display keeps getting better (West Salem Coulee News)
  posted on November 28, 2009 at 02:38:53 am
  A water-spraying elephant is loose at Riverside Park. Actually, it is one of the new features visitors to this year’s Rotary Light’s will enjoy. It doesn’t shoot real water, but when the lights are going, it sure looks like it.
• Onalaska boys hockey: Who’s going to step up? (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:21:28 pm
  To be honest, Tim Ebner has no idea what’s going to happen. And that doesn’t scare him one bit.
• Onalaska’s Hibshman, Roth named all-state (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:20:48 pm
  Two Onalaska High School runners have been selected by the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association as all-state performers.
• OHS to get north side makeover (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:04:43 pm
  A new front on the Onalaska High School will make the building look like it did in 1960, but now the north façade will be energy efficient in a plan conceived by Vantage Architects of La Crosse. And the money to pay for the project will come from a zero-interest loan courtesy of the federal government’s Qualified School Construction Promissory Notes program designed to assist energy efficiency ...
• News in brief (West Salem Coulee News)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:54:03 pm
  Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
• OmniCenter offers ice for skaters of all ages, abilities (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 05:03:53 pm
  There might not be any snow on the ground yet, but the ice is hot at the OmniCenter and the Zamboni has been busy.
• OBOE incumbents to run again (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:03:42 pm
  Onalaska Board of Education President Mark Cassellius and board member Ann Garrity said they will run for re-election in April when their terms are up.
• Running wiser: Onalaska’s Hibshman will have experience on her side at Saturday’s state meet (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:06:18 pm
  LA CROSSE — Maddie Hibshman says this time, things will be different.
• Got talent? Oh yeah! Competition to feature 14 acts, Miss Wisconsin, pro baritone (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 02:33:22 am
  Laurie Kessler, one of the organizers of the Got Talent? Coulee Region competition set for tonight (Friday, Nov. 13) at Holmen High School, might just be as nervous as some of the contestants.
• News in brief (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 02:32:53 am
  Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
• Officials say tickets not best way to tame truancy (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 05:33:42 pm
  Going back to school brings many joys to students. There are fresh notebooks, fall sports, seeing friends, new clothes and the new wax and paint smell of the school. Those joys are not shared by a small group. Some call them “the truants.”
• Family: 'A stupid game cost a young man's life' (KOMO Seattle)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 03:30:56 am
  A bottle of vodka and a night of drinking games proved deadly for a 15-year-old high school student, and now his family wants to use their grief as a warning to others. "I'm still numb," says the distraught mother of Nick Barnes, 15, of Onalaska.
• Community Milestones (Winston-Salem Journal)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 04:00:04 am
  Community Milestones
• Hilltoppers done in by big plays (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:06:39 pm
  The Onalaska High School football team couldn’t stop the big plays, and that’s what led to the demise of its three-game winning streak.
• Onalaska boys capture MVC regular-season soccer title (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:05:58 pm
  Courier Life staff When it won the MVC tournament a year ago, the Onalaska High School boys soccer team had a tempered celebration.
• Holmen, Onalaska open postseason play Wednesday (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:05:48 pm
  The Holmen and Onalaska high school girls golf teams begin the postseason on Wednesday.
• Onalaska's Maddie Johnson into WIAA Division 1 state tennis semifinals (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 05:15:31 am
  MADISON - Onalaska High School sophomore Maddie Johnson cruised into the semifinals of the WIAA Division 1 State Girls Tennis Championships by going 3-0 Friday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
• More than 200 students sick at Onalaska High School (WKBT La Crosse)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 10:12:25 pm
  226 kids were out sick Friday at Onalaska High School, most of them reported having flu-like symptoms.
• Onalaska H.S. Marching Band gets ready for big competition (WKBT La Crosse)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 07:27:25 am
  The band is performing this weekend in the Wisconsin State Marching Band Championships in Waunakee. 
• Central defense scores key hits vs. Onalaska (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 04:28:18 pm
  ONALASKA - The Onalaska High School football team's offense had two big chances to shift momentum in a big game on its home field Friday night.
• Program planned at Onalaska library to address emerald ash borer issues (West Salem Coulee News)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 04:38:43 pm
  The Onalaska High School library will host a presentation Thursday, Oct. 1, about the threat of the emerald ash borer and why property owners should pay attention to the pest that has killed tens of millions of ash trees.
• Deer hunting hearing scheduled in Onalaska (La Crosse Tribune)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 12:39:37 pm
  MADISON - The Onalaska High School fieldhouse in Onalaska is one of 10 sites selected by the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board for a hearing on proposed changes to Wisconsin's 2010 and 2011 deer hunting season structures.
• Boy, 15, dies of alcohol poisoning (KOMO Seattle)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 08:05:21 pm
  The Onalaska High School student was taken to the hospital early Saturday after drinking at a party, and he died Monday night at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma.
• Prep Football Preview: Creating a buzz (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 04:06:19 pm
  HOLMEN — There is a buzz surrounding the offense of the Holmen High School football team.
• Coulee Open comes down to father-and-son playoff (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 04:05:48 pm
  ONALASKA — Talk about drama. Scott Skogen was on the tee. So was Ben Skogen, Scott’s 14-year-old son.
• HHS grad Johnson wins Miss La Crosse (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 04:03:12 pm
  University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Raeanna Johnson was crowned Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest 2009 on Saturday night at the Viterbo University’s Fine Arts Center before a sell-out audience of 800.
• Onalaska church plans two-day fest (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 10:18:22 pm
  First Lutheran Church in Onalaska has two days of food, prizes and youth-oriented fun planned as part of First Fest on Main, which will be held Sept. 12-13 at the church, 410 Main St.
• Tea Party event set for Sunday (West Salem Coulee News)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 06:09:42 pm
  The La Crosse Tea Party group will host a tea party and chickencue at the Copeland Park shelter on Sunday, Sept. 6, starting at 3 p.m.
• Cookies for kids: Bake sale helps in national effort to battle childhood hunger (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 07:33:32 pm
  Last Friday was the night before Maggie Buchta was to head back to Decorah, Iowa, to start her junior year at Luther College. She might have been expected to be packing or spending a last night on the town with her Holmen area friends. But, no. She was baking.
• Legion Community Days festival adds parade, carnival, other new twists (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 01:56:23 pm
  If Holmen Kornfest goers didn’t get enough fun, food, music, carnivals and parades, the Legion Community Days in Onalaska will have enough to satisfy kids of all ages. The Struck-Klandrud Post No. 336 American Legion in Onalaska is holding their fourth annual celebration Aug. 21 - 23 — just in time to close out the summer festival season. No buttons are required for the event that has many new ...