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The Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center has created a staff of seven employees to help veterans navigate their choices within the VA system.

The Tomah VA is still searching for a permanent director.

They call it the forgotten war. But in La Crosse, Korean War veterans will always be remembered.

ONALASKA — Duane Ring Jr. wishes more people knew what the La Crosse region has to offer.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., expressed frustration Thursday as his whistleblower protection bill inspired by events at the Tomah VA Medical Center was blocked in the Senate.

The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra's summer pops concert is back.

William Marshall Jr., 49, of 1117 S. West Ave., was charged Thursday with two counts each of operating while revoked and felony bail jumping. Marshall drove without a valid driver's license on June 13 and Wednesday, according to the complaint.

The attorney for a former La Crosse police officer cited for drunken driving while he was off-duty and sideswiping a mailbox before driving off entered a not guilty plea on his behalf Thursday.

Westby High school senior-to-be Chelsea Olson verbally committed this morning to play basketball at Youngstown State after graduating next spring.

I write this as the French people celebrate Bastille Days, which is their country's Independence Day. Epinal, La Crosse's French sister city, conducted a military parade in which its heroes were recognized with the bestowing of medals amid much pageantry…

The craze over Pokemon Go — the app that's been driving players outdoors to scan their smartphones for Pokemon and other treasures to collect — is far from subsiding, even after seven days of fanfare.

A program on No Hit Zones will take place from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Room 101 of the Nursing Center at Viterbo University in La Crosse.

An opiate abuse bill that includes Veterans Administration reforms inspired by events at the Tomah VA Medical Center is heading to the president’s desk.

Ryan Hanifl has found a niche for his musical talents in Los Angeles, although, to be more accurate, it’s several niches.

FRIEDBERG, Germany — With businesses closed over the weekend, our delegation moved into cultural-enjoyment mode, which is a business terms for "the fun part."

HOLMEN — The Holmen Area Fire District Association Board announced Wednesday it has selected former Onalaska Fire Chief Paul Menches as its new fire chief.

I don’t begrudge God for leaving so many details of creation up to us humans, but I detest His or Her diabolical sense of humor for the “Chutes and Ladders” spin to our role.

In the wake of the June closing of the Tent Ministry at West United Methodist Church, the La Crosse Human Rights Commission Wednesday brainstormed ways to answer its pastor’s call for greater community efforts to solve homelessness.

A new partnership between the Coulee Region Humane Society and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse is teaching awareness of the needs of our four-legged friends.

The fun of the La Crosse Area Bicycle Festival got started nearly two months early Wednesday with state and local cyclists – including state Sen. Jennifer Shilling -- taking a spin on a Wyatt Driftless bike during the presentation of…