La Crosse Tribune Local News

The members of the Knights of Columbus wish to thank the generous people of La Crosse and all the volunteers who contributed to the success of the 2016 Tootsie Roll campaign, which helps people with intellectual disabilities. Many of our…

The Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St., will offer a workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, that offers advice for ending patterns of anger, blame, self-hatred and addiction.

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, has won the support of student leaders at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Having profited from financial investments, John and Marilyn Hempstead of La Crosse now say they feel compelled to invest in human capital through Francis Homes’ quest for housing for homeless people or those otherwise in dire straits.

WINONA, Minn -- As 40 Lewiston-Altura kindergartners piled off the school bus at Rockie Hill Bison farm in Winona Friday morning, it didn’t take long for them to see their first big, burly buffalo.

A dynamo in a national machine that helped secure housing for more than 105,000 homelessness people in 186 cities across the country will arrive in La Crosse on Monday to help Coulee Region agencies, businesses and organizations get on the…

Dogged by low oil prices, Wisconsin’s once-booming frac sand mining industry is down but not out.

The future of Memorial Pool will likely close for the 2016 season after a Thursday vote by the city’s Finance and Personnel Committee, despite vocal public support for keeping the pool open.

One of the English language’s most overused words — “literally” — faces a fight for its life. Literally.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students will join in a campus-wide scream to celebrate the end of the semester and the start of finals.

In a unanimous vote Thursday evening, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Faculty Senate supported a resolution of no-confidence in the UW System Board of Regents and the system's president, Ray Cross.

Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

Logistics Health Inc. employees don’t have to traipse to the clinic anymore because a new benefit can get a quick diagnosis with digital devices at their desks, while shopping or even while out of town on a road trip.

The percent of La Crosse County women who smoke during pregnancy has declined slightly in recent years but remains substantially above the national rate, spiking local health officials’ concerns about potential harm to babies — not to mention their moms.

The Cameron Park Farmers Market will be packed with entertainment, art and, of course, fresh vegetables during its opening from 4 p.m. to dusk today and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Ten was the magic number for Gundersen Health System’s annual Minutes in Motion physical activity challenge, which not only broke through the 5,000-participant barrier for the first time but also flirted with reaching 6,000.

Almost 500 students are set to graduate this spring from Viterbo University.

Two Childfirst locations will close and two more will change hands as the more than 70-year-old childcare nonprofit consolidates with Red Balloon Early Learning Centers.

MADISON — A prominent sportsmen's group wants Gov. Scott Walker to crack down on captive deer farms as he considers revising the state's chronic wasting disease tactics.

GAYS MILL -- The Mississippi Valley Conservancy is hosting a tour of local author Ben Logan’s Seldom Seen Farm at 10 a.m. May 14.