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Red Cross to install 1,000 smoke detectors in La Crosse
About 65-percent of all fire-related deaths happen in homes that do not have functioning smoke alarms.
New radio system coming to La Crosse
La Crosse is increasing public safety with new state-of-the-art technology.
Money Smart Week teaches financial literacy
It's Money Smart week in La Crosse.
Rep. Kind returns $90,000 in unused budget funds
Wisconsin Representative Ron Kind is trying to find areas for the U.S. government to save some money.
4 steps: How to spot a 'phishing' email and prevent being hacked
Roughly half of all adults in the U.S. have had their personal information within the last 12 months, that's about 110 million Americans.
Crews to resume search for girl who fell into Wisconsin River
Richland County officials said Monday the search for the missing 5-year-old who reportedly fell into the Wisconsin River April 6 will resume Tuesday.
Prairie du Chien man injured after being struck by train
A 22-year-old was injured after being struck by a train in Prairie du Chien early Saturday morning.
Bracing for proposed cuts, UW-L plans to cut 45 jobs
After two months of meetings UW-La Crosse has come up with a drastic plan to deal with the proposed multimillion dollar loss on their campus.
La Crosse students pick up more than 800 cigarette butts from park
Students from 7 Rivers High School picked up more than 800 cigarette butts at Weigent Park Monday afternoon.
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Man dies in apparent drowning accident at Minn. pool
Authorities are investigating after a man in his 30s died in an apparent drowning accident at an indoor swimming pool in Plymouth.
1-vehicle crash in Minn. kills driver
Authorities say one person was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Pine County.
Baldwin's former state director files ethics complaint
A former state director for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has filed an ethics complaint against the Wisconsin Democrat saying Baldwin placed blame about problems at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center on her.
Several hundred attend memorial service for young boy
Several hundred people gathered near the Mississippi River in Crystal to remember 10-year-old Barway Collins.
Christmas Lake zebra mussel treatment appears successful
Officials say initial results indicate a three-step treatment has been effective in ridding Christmas Lake in Shorewood of invasive zebra mussels.
Father killed in crash on the way to birth of 8th child
A father driving his pregnant wife and children to the hospital for the birth of the couple's eighth child died when a deer struck the family's van in central Wisconsin.
New evidence gets tested in 1982 killing of Edgerton woman
Detectives in Dane County are hopeful that new evidence in a 32-year-old homicide case will help them finally solve it.
Kohl's, Walmart evacuated because of suspicious suitcases
A Kohl's store, a Walmart and other businesses in Neenah were evacuated because of two suspicious suitcases.
La Crosse police to give treat for wearing bike helmet
La Crosse police are partnering with Dairy Queen again for the “You’ve Been Caught Wearing Your Helmet” campaign.
Exception granted for prison inmate to attend funeral
Wisconsin corrections officials made a rare exception for a medium-security prison inmate who was granted temporary leave for his father's funeral.
