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A Green Lake County man convicted of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

La Crosse firefighters are going through training on a brand new truck. The rig replaces one that's about 17 years old.

Drivers should expect delays and slow-moving traffic on La Crosse Street and Highway 16, stretching from I-90 to the campus.

AJ Frels was formally introduced as the new executive director of the La Crosse County Convention and Visitors Bureau Thursday morning.

You can leave your car in the garage this weekend because Saturday kicks off 'Bike Week' in La Crosse.

Area kids have a reason to celebrate this week in La Crosse.

Police got a welfare check call Wednesday afternoon after someone looked in a Northernaire Motel room and saw two people "appear to be unresponsive."

Bluffs in the La Crosse region are one of the area’s main selling points, and regional groups want to make sure they’re not neglected.

La Crosse is launching a new summer employment program for students this week.

Phone records released in a Senate committee investigation show a Marine veteran contacted U.S. Rep. Ron Kind before he died in 2014 at the U.S. Veterans Affairs facility in Tomah.

The second-highest ranking official at the Catholic Diocese of Winona has resigned following reports of sexual misconduct that date back three decades.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan said he will vote for Donald Trump in a column he submitted to the Janesville Gazette.

A suspected heroin user fled officers into the zoo but was arrested after he scaled a fence into a restricted area, Madison police say.

The Latest on the murder-suicide at the University of California, Los Angeles (all times local):

A law-enforcement official tells The Associated Press that tests show the music superstar died of an opioid overdose.

A new public health campaign in Minnesota encourages middle-aged and older people to consider taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke, even if they have never had cardiovascular problems in the past.

A toddler was removed from a Columbia County home where law enforcement seized thousands of dollars worth of drugs, officials said.

Madison Fire Department crews have finally left the scene of a fire at a recycling center on South Park Street after battling the blaze since 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Investigators say at least one of three people who died in a house fire and explosion in Racine County had been fatally shot.

Wisconsin's transportation chief says he won't ask for any major tax or fee increases in his upcoming budget request.