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The Mediterranean Festival kicks off for the 42nd straight year on Sunday.

This week's heat is hard on people, but can be even tougher on man's best friend.

Local entertainment more than a century and a half old returned to Galesville Thursday.

If you braved the heat Thursday you could find yourself at a fitness festival.

It's been 17 years since the last can of Old Style beer was manufactured in La Crosse.

The heat is hard on humans but can be even tougher on man's best friend.

With heat indices reaching as high as 115 degrees Thursday an overnight cooling center is opening for those in need,

With temperatures this high, staying cool is on the top of many people's priority lists, but that can be a lot harder if being on the job means being out in the sun.

Wisconsin's Medical Examining Board has determined in a second case that a former Tomah VA Medical Center doctor accused of overprescribing opiates likely engaged in unprofessional conduct.

A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold says comments by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump about NATO are "reckless" and "thoughtless."

Wisconsin delegates at the Republican National Convention say they are disappointed that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump.

Donald Trump, the Republican Party presidential candidate, sent a thank-you tweet to the wrong Scott Walker after Gov. Scott Walker’s speech in Cleveland Wednesday night.

A golf ball size amount of meth and heroin was recovered after a cavity search of a La Crosse Jail inmate.

A Milwaukee police officer who was shot by a domestic violence suspect last weekend was saluted by hundreds of law officers as he left the hospital.

Three teenage boys who spent a night lost in an abandoned mine in Dodge County won't face trespassing charges.

A group of bike riders is pedaling across the country and helping build houses at the same time.

The Northwoods League might be on its All-Star break, but that doesn't mean the La Crosse Loggers are staying off the field.

Every year, the Great Rivers United Way kicks off its annual fundraising campaign a little early for some area businesses.

When a disaster strikes, first responders have to act fast and be knowledgeable. That’s why beginning Tuesday, hundreds of members from dozens of response organizations are training in a readiness exercise called Patriot at Volk Field, complete with plenty of fake disasters.

Voter registration began Wednesday in the La Crosse area.