La Crosse Tribune Local News

A former La Crosse police officer would receive $50,000 in exchange for dismissing a federal discrimination lawsuit against the city, according to the terms of a settlement agreement to go before the La Crosse Common Council on Thursday.

La Crosse County Board members are open to talking about some kind of merger of the county and city library systems, but they will wait to form the commission proposed by county board Chairwoman Tara Johnson.

Respecting Choices, the end-of-life planning program incubated in La Crosse and nurtured into a highly regarded health care staple around the globe, is taking another leap onto the national stage in an alliance with a Washington, D.C.-based group.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

Storms dumped more than 5 inches of rain on parts of the Coulee Region Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, flooding roads, forcing the evacuation of a Vernon County campground and sending boulders tumbling into a home near Brownsville, Minn.

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WAFER, the largest food pantry serving the Coulee Region, is in dire need of egg cartons after being shell-shocked with a donation of 300 dozen eggs today.

Pacesetter Companies for Great Rivers United Way’s 2016-17 campaign set a torrid clip in raising more than half of the agency’s goal of $2.085 million, after toting up supersized checks presented at the campaign kick-off breakfast and ceremony today.

La Crosse police need the public’s help finding a man suspected in a shooting early today.

Flash flood warnings and watches are in effect for western Wisconsin and northeast Iowa Wednesday morning as thunderstorms threaten to dump up to 3 inches of additional rain on waterlogged areas.

Through her work as an artist, educator and a community leader, Jerilyn Dinsmoor chose her path carefully, moving in sometimes unexpected directions but always building on her core values.

Well, the kids are back in school, and the helicopter parents are back in the pilot’s seat.

The La Crosse Fire Department hopes to add a fifth fire station on the city’s South Side after data analysis showed it would allow them to better respond to at least 17 percent of emergency calls.

The La Crosse River Marsh will see some additional work to clean it up this year after a pair of Tuesday decisions by the Board of Public Works.

Nickolas Fitzpatrick, 44, was charged Tuesday with felony bail jumping, criminal trespass and misdemeanor theft. According to a complaint, Fitzpatrick entered a neighbor’s apartment Saturday and took a blanket and jacket.Duane Perry Lunde, 28, no permanent address, was charged Tuesday…

A family is being assisted by the Red Cross after a fire broke out at their home Monday afternoon at Thomas Court in Onalaska.

A La Crosse man who was shot during a rash of gun violence in 2015 has been charged with attempted homicide in connection to a home invasion.

Artist, spiritual and community leader Jerilyn Dinsmoor of Onalaska died unexpectedly Sunday.

Heavy rains expected late Tuesday and continuing Wednesday have caused the National Weather Service to deliver a flood watch for 28 area counties, including La Crosse, Winona, Trempealeau, Jackson, Houston and Northeast Iowa, effective through 1 a.m. Thursday.

An sexist banner that was hung near the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus has upset a number of students.