La Crosse Tribune Local News

WINONA, Minn. — James Armstrong and Kim Alan Chapman have been taking and writing about nature and culture since the early 1980s, and they recently arranged their ongoing conversation into a book.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The gods are sporting new clothes.

MADISON — Republican lawmakers have been flexing their collective muscle in writing the two-year state budget slated for completion this month — rejecting and revising several of Gov. Scott Wa…

MADISON — Mahesh Mahanthappa and Gray Jackson both grew up far away from Wisconsin but came here to pursue their passion for chemistry at UW-Madison, a national leader in the field. Each moved…

WINONA, Minn. — Writing to his wife and daughter from a battleship in the South Pacific during World War II, Delmar Jack Laudon had no idea that his loving letters would be saved, forgotten, t…

Transportation planners have defined the problem. Now they must begin working on solutions.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — As the U.S. Supreme Court nears its decision in the King v. Burwell case, lawmakers, insurers, the Obama administration and millions of Americans are stuck in a state of unc…

KENDALL — It’s a bike trail that launched a national movement.

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BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Most graves these days are dug with backhoes. Heavy machinery is fast, exact and doesn’t cause low-back problems.

ONALASKA — Two new squirrel enclosures at the Coulee Region Humane Society headquarters are the first steps toward $50,000 to $60,000 in improvements to accommodate more rescued wildlife — inc…

MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — When Menasha police officer Martin Schrampfer changes the license plates on his vehicles, it will mark the culmination of a years-long project to honor fallen colleagues.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — A longtime official of a Jackson County town has been charged with misconduct in office and a campaign sign violation after an election made contentious by frac sand mining.

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy. The phone numbers listed are for local agency contacts, not the person in need.

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — In 1973, Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run to break Babe Ruth’s record; Richard Nixon was president; and gas was 51 cents a gallon.

MADISON -- Wisconsin Democrats have chosen a newcomer to lead their party: Sheboygan businesswoman and community activist Martha Laning.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Frank Lloyd Wright house has been rediscovered after being hidden in plain sight for years in a Milwaukee suburb.

DRESBACH, Minn. -- Motorists will encounter flaggers controlling traffic beginning Monday at the Interstate 90 exit ramp for Lock and Dam No. 7, DNR boat launch and the access road as construc…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Criminal charges were filed Friday against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for its handling of a priest who molested children, with a prosecutor sa…

With the recent success of the UW-La Crosse men’s and women’s track and field teams, which recently won the NCAA Division III outdoor national titles, along with hosting the the WIAA State Tra…