LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — You don't have to be giddy to be up, but Sandy Brekke, Heather Quackenboss and Jen Rombalski combine the two as they plan to put lessons from the World Happiness Summit to good use in the Coulee Region.

The trio also are taking a serious approach in setting goals to enhance mental health as part of the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium's Behavioral Health Project, under a state Changemaker grant and in collaboration with the Great Rivers United Way.

Rombalski confesses she wasn't quite sold on the concept of a "World Happiness Summit" until the final day of the...