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Health educators are in the early stages of developing a community-based program to collect used drug needles that litter La Crosse.

An Almena, Wis.-based nonprofit will turn an empty lot next to the Kane Street Community Garden into mixed affordable housing after a Tuesday decision by a La Crosse committee.

The award-winning Western Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition is out to beat last year’s tally of mothers and infants participating in the Big Latch On this Saturday at Myrick Park in La Crosse.

Tim Hass was earning $18 an hour in the bottling house at La Crosse’s City Brewing Co. when someone suggested he apply for an apprenticeship in the maintenance shop.

Wisconsin Sen. Jennifer Shilling raised nearly $24,000 in July, about 30 percent more than her Republican challenger Dan Kapanke, who had raised more money than the incumbent in the first six months of the year.

Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team from the “American Pickers” TV show are returning to Minnesota and Wisconsin this month to film episodes of the hit series.

DAKOTA, Minn. — There are no suspects in an early Tuesday morning assault that sent a Dakota man to the hospital with serious injuries.

Michael Lancour, 35, of 2515 S. 14th St., was charged Wednesday with felony bail jumping and possession of drug paraphernalia. Lancour had hypodermic needles on Thursday and violated his bond by committing a new crime, according to the complaint.Cassandra Johnson,…

Nothing lasts forever.

The La Crosse County Health Department’s 14-week Smart Seniors Program starts Friday, Aug. 19, at the Black River Beach Neighborhood Center, 1433 Rose St. Sessions run from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays.

The La Crosse Vet Center, 20 Copeland Ave., will host two sessions to address readjustment issues for people who have served in a combat zone as well as their families and friends.

Trails in both upper and lower Hixon Forest will be closed to visitors Saturday and Sunday to make way for the Hixon Forest Epic event hosted by the La Crosse Parks and Rec Department and Grand Bluff Running. The parks…

WINONA, Minn. -- The body of Terry Allen Block, 60, of Winona, was recovered from Gilmore Creek Monday evening.

Most families are happy to donate a can of soup, a bag of clothes or school supplies to community drives. However, some of the items requested most by homeless girls and women — feminine hygiene products — are harder to…

Downtown La Crosse is no longer for the birds, or at least not the pigeons.

La Crosse isn’t a bad place to experience heart failure, with both Gundersen Health System and Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare getting atta-boys for handling faulty tickers in U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the best hospitals in…

TOMAH — The effects of beverages on weight and diabetes control will be the topic of the free Diabetes Education Program from 9 to 10 a.m. Aug. 30 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in Tomah.

The two Republicans vying to run for Wisconsin’s 32nd District Senate seat are approaching the race from different career paths, politically speaking.

State Sen. Jennifer Shilling touted her experience as the Democratic leader in the Wisconsin as she prepared to take on political newcomer Jared Landry of La Farge in the Aug. 9 primary.

TOMAH -- The idling of the Unimin Corp. sand mining facility in Tunnel City was short-lived.