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If the mayflies didn't put you off, then maybe you'd like to vote for Riverfest as the best fest of La Crosse.

If you made it to Riverfest for the Skyrockers' performance Saturday night then you probably noticed the return of some La Crosse area pests.

The annual Riverfest celebration goes off without a hitch down at Riverside Park, but now it's time for clean-up.

A local veteran was honored with a Quilt of Valor on Sunday.

A Minnesota volunteer firefighter says he's been suspended for flying a confederate flag from an engine during a holiday parade, and that he expects to be asked to resign.

Police have searched parts of the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin and found no one with a weapon after receiving a call from a man who said he had a firearm in the library.

Documents show that a Wisconsin prison guard was ordered to serve a one-day suspension for a joke he posted on Facebook about President Barack Obama and lynching, according to a newspaper report published Sunday.

Runners had the chance to ignite their 4th of July Saturday morning at the first annual Firecracker 4 Mile Run.

The Skyrockers are a nonprofit group of volunteers who just like to hear cheering in between the colorful, loud explosions in the sky.

At Riverfest Saturday morning, some ran across the finish line, and others crawled.

A collision in La Crosse sent one person to the trauma center.

A family-fun event wrapped up in La Crosse on Saturday.

This weekend is far from over, and a lot of people are planning on celebrating the 4th of July on the water.

Gov. Scott Walker says he wants a proposed overhaul of Wisconsin's open records law removed from the state budget or at least significantly changed.

The thick haze caused by smoke from more than 100 Canadian wildfires is causing unhealthy air quality conditions across a large part of Minnesota.

Cedar Rapids police are investigating separate incidents that left one person with stab wounds and another person shot.

An Ellsworth man has died in a tractor accident in Pierce County of western Wisconsin.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly have voted to call an extraordinary session next week to deal with the state budget and bills to repeal the state's prevailing wage for construction workers and prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Gov. Scott Walker says he wants a proposed overhaul of Wisconsin's open records law removed from the state budget or at least significantly changed.

Milwaukee police say a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in a dispute that started with a fight over a girl on Facebook.