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Carlos Gomez guessed right.

The report also finds a few groups of people with historically low use of heroin are starting to use the drug at a high rate.

The Coulee Region Humane Society is taking steps to become more self-sufficient.

The Coulee Region Humane Society is getting an early start on an annual event.

An estimated 9 million Americans will benefit from a newly talked about piece of legislation that would make two-year community and technical college free for first-time students.

The Wisconsin State Capitol was evacuated Wednesday afternoon for a reported threat.

La Crosse native Tita Yutuc has been named the new Family & Children’s Center president and chief executive officer.

An 18-year-old woman was struck and killed by a train in the City of Alma Tuesday night.

Sheriff's authorities say a woman who tried to beat a train across the tracks was struck and killed in Pine County.

A group of Democrats is asking a federal court to throw out Wisconsin's legislative district maps drawn by Republicans in 2011.

The state Assembly is poised to take up the state budget and move the spending plan to Gov. Scott Walker.

A Grant County sheriff K-9 was euthanized this week after significantly injuring his handler, officials said.

Next week marks a milestone for one of La Crosses biggest attractions.

The $500 million, 345,000 volt power line known as the CapX 20-20 project is scheduled to be completed in September.

Improvements to Western’s campus continue.

Many millennials are entering the workforce through technical colleges.

Employers are forced to deal with younger workers who want to be able to text and use social media on the job.

It's been five years since Wisconsin passed an indoor smoking ban, and many restaurants are still seeing the benefits.  

After five months of debate and revisions, Wisconsin's full Legislature was set to vote on the 2015-17 state budget, a $70 billion spending plan that divvies up how much money state agencies receive and how they can use it.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he was involved in putting together provisions in the state budget that would have exempted records created by state and local elected officials from open records law.