An openly gay pastor who served at a church in Zumbrota is being reinstated to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America following changes last year to policies on same-gender relationships. The Rev.

Bishop Jim Arends of the La Crosse Area Synod has friends grieving and others celebrating over the recent vote to allow gay clergy. The work to come is bringing those two groups together, he said. The ...

Barker intended to endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, citing new IRS guidance, but his bishop said the guidance didn't change existing law or church policy. The bishop stated that endorsing candidates ...