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A senior administrative assistant at the Vernon County Clerk of Court’s Office faces theft charges.

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A Wisconsin judge has sentenced TV actor Dustin Diamond to 4 months in jail for a barroom stabbing.

Devil’s Lake’s north shore beach has been closed due to high levels of E. coli found in a water sample collected Monday, according to the state park’s website.

Phil Hughes and the Minnesota Twins were undeterred by Chris Sale's strikeout streak for the Chicago White Sox.

Flip Saunders was in the Minnesota Timberwolves front office in 1995 when they drafted a teenager named Kevin Garnett, ushering in an era of respectability for the franchise.

The number of accidents caused by distracted driving is on the rise. Ninety-eight percent of high school student’s right here in La Crosse County admit to using their cell phones while behind the wheel. To help the situation a group of high school students are taking part in a public service announcement to show their peers how dangerous distracted driving is.

For decades, there were no place inside the Sparta city limits allowed to sell beer. However, residents voted last April to change that law.

Wisconsin is making a big change to a decade-old gun law that required customers to wait two days before taking the gun off the shelf.

About 200 business leaders from across Wisconsin met at Viterbo University to learn more about how they can serve their community.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he didn't initially offer his opinion on whether the Confederate flag should be taken down from the Capitol grounds in South Carolina because Gov. Nikki Haley asked him to hold off speaking about it.

Construction in downtown La Crosse is making it difficult to get to Riverside Park, but the show goes on for one of the park's concert series.

Authorities in Monroe County arrested three Sparta residents Wednesday in connection to an armed robbery at the Wayside Tavern in Sparta.

An invasive worm that's turned up in several parts of the state since being seen for the first time in Madison in 2013 is the target of a new public education campaign by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Gov. Scott Walker, one week after the fatal shootings of nine people inside a Charleston church, is set to sign a pair of bills loosening Wisconsin's gun laws.

WKBT News 8 earned a 2015 National Edward R. Murrow Award for our hour-long “Tears to Water” special.

Local lifeguards are warning about the dangers of swimming in the river after several drownings this weekend in Wisconsin.

Thirty-four-year-old James Frei was charged Tuesday with possession of a firearm, second-degree assault and fleeing a police officer.

There's still time to sign up for an annual 4th of July run down at Riverside Park in La Crosse.