Ellsworth holds the dubious distinction of being home to two of the seven La Crosse Encephalitis cases reported in Wisconsin this year. What started last September with a nerve impulse in freelance cartoonist Dave Rustad's head has progressed to the Pierce County Courthouse where the River Falls mayor is for disorderly conduct.
Politicians get a bad rap.
Their antics are parodied on late-night talk shows. But high school junior Laura MacBride learned that Washington isn't all funny business.