News8000 WKBT Headlines

Area students are reminding people that cigarettes are not only bad for your health, but the environment.

The area's top high school graduates are ending their high school career with an honor they'll never forget.

Boscobel police are investigating after someone reported an encounter with a possible police impersonator.

A growing trend of microbreweries may now extend to Winona, where the city updated their city ordinances to reflect Minnesota’s alcohol laws allowing breweries to serve beer on their premises.

When buying a stroller or a toy for a child at a second-hand store, parents may think they're getting a good deal, but some of those items could be dangerous.

According to the Wisconsin Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin's unemployment rate is 4.5 percent, which is the lowest since the recession.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling is officially looking for re-election after announcing her bid for the 32nd Senate District Wednesday.

Duo to hold listening sessions in De Soto and Stoddard focused on rail trespassing complaints

The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department is investigating a death from the Town of Gale. 

Illinois health officials are reporting a cluster of cases of a rare bloodstream infection they detected while investigating a Wisconsin outbreak.

A La Crosse woman has been charged with her sixth OWI after driving intoxicated to an apartment showing with her 3-year-old daughter.

A motorcyclist narrowly avoided being struck by a semi after another motorcyclist in his group struck a dog on a highway near Omro.

Wisconsin Badgers forward Nigel Hayes will reportedly enter the NBA Draft process, but not immediately hire an agent, leaving the door open for him to return to Wisconsin for his senior season.

A Wisconsin businessman indicted in an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain bank loans says he did nothing wrong.

A standoff in northcentral Wisconsin has ended with the arrest of two people, including one with a gunshot wound.

11 business owners just finished the Coulee CO.STARTERS business start-up training program.

A group of area students is getting noticed for something other than grades and athletics.

Mayo Clinic Health System is partnering with WISCORP to build square-foot gardens kits for residents.

The results of last week's Young Professionals visioning session find that although there is plenty to love about La Crosse, there is room for improvement.

The lack of a skilled workforce is one of the major problems facing the manufacturing industry today.