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St. Patrick's Day Beef Recipes

Thu, 03/05/2015 - 5:31am
Angie Horkan from the Wisconsin Beef Council shares a few St. Patrick's-day themed beef recipes

Suspect in Holmen homicide awaiting extradition back to La Crosse Co.

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:53pm
Police arrested 29-year-old Bryce Anderson of Holmen in Jones County, Iowa Tuesday morning after a 13 hour manhunt.

ReNew La Crosse looking for applicants, volunteers

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:47pm
ReNew La Crosse is getting ready to kick off its annual neighborhood revitalization program in May and they're looking for people needing work on their homes.

Construction on Western's Coleman Center on schedule

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:39pm
The school is hoping to start holding some of their classes in the building this summer.

La Crosse at the forefront of national mental health awareness campaign

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:33pm
It's a national campaign to change the way people think about mental health in America.

Polar Plunge early registration underway

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:27pm
Wednesday night, teams were checking in early at Black River Beach Community Center for the Polar Plunge this weekend.

Salvation Army: Keeping families off the streets and in their homes

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 6:32pm
It's been one year since a program started that was designed to prevent homelessness in La Crosse and the results are impressive.

Police officer saves five, says she's not a hero

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 6:31pm
Imagine driving past a home and seeing smoke coming from the roof. What would you do?

INTERVIEW: Dangerous Relationships

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 6:02pm
New Horizon's Executive Director Ann Kappauf sat down with News 8's Lisa Klein to discuss dangerous relationships.

Suspected Holmen child abusers bound for trial

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 3:24pm
Two people taking care of the three-year-old girl in Holmen who died in October are headed to trial.

Charges dropped against La Crosse shooting suspect

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 2:41pm
La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke moved to dismiss the case against a man accused of shooting three people in La Crosse in August 2013.

Neighbor says he's no hero for helping Iowa man escape fire

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 12:30pm
A man who helped his neighbor escape flames that destroyed a mobile home in eastern Iowa says he's no hero.

7 Minneapolis gang members indicted on crack cocaine charges

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 12:19pm
A federal grand jury has indicted seven alleged members of two gangs on charges that they conspired to distribute crack cocaine in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota.

Gaylord, Sibley County settle racial profiling lawsuit

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:54am
Officials in the south-central Minnesota city of Gaylord have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a Mexican immigrant to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged racial profiling.

Supreme Court upholds conviction in ice pick slaying

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:15am
The evidence against a Milwaukee man convicted of killing his girlfriend with an ice pick was overwhelming, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday, rejecting his argument that he deserves a new trial because he wasn't allowed to testify.

Prisoner charged in strangulation death of cellmate

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 10:39am
Authorities have charged a prisoner with first-degree intentional homicide in the strangulation death of a cellmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage.

Judge kills religious bias suit against church school system

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 10:37am
A religious discrimination lawsuit filed against Sioux City's Bishop Heelan Catholic school system has been dismissed.

Ashley Furniture drops pursuit of $6 million tax credit

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 10:24am
A furniture company has decided against pursuing a $6 million tax credit from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

Ex-Kenosha officer admits planting evidence in homicide case

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 10:18am
Defense attorneys are crying foul after an ex-Kenosha police officer admitted he planted evidence in a homicide investigation.

Second teen facing charges in hit-and-run crash in Milwaukee

Wed, 03/04/2015 - 10:11am
A second teenager has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Milwaukee couple.

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