La Crosse Tribune Local News

A driver needing a potty break broke from the ranks of traffic in Monroe County on Friday, pushing his car to almost 120 miles per hour before a flying trooper radioed to land units to stop the driver.

Two people were injured in a shooting early Wednesday morning outside a west-end bar, one potentially fatally, with Winona police later surrounding a residence in downtown Winona.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — If she could return one more time to the stage inside this creaky auditorium, Judee Brone would give it some color.

A 27-year-old man died Tuesday after his car overturned in the Monroe County town of Wells.

The Korean War memorial in Veterans Freedom Park near French Island will be dedicated at 11 a.m. today.

I say Donald Trump is wrong.

TOMAH — Monroe County comes together today through Sunday when Tomah Recreation Park hosts the annual Monroe County Fair.

La Crosse developers will continue work on the phased project to renovate the former La Crosse Rubber Mills complex while bringing in tenants to one of its many structures after the city Tuesday approved an amendment to its conditional-use permit…

City staffers Tuesday pitched a wellness center at La Crosse City Hall, city-funding for a collaborative effort to build an all-ability park and an additional fire station in La Crosse’s South Side while officials continued to whittle down the city-wide…

WEST SALEM -- Kicking Bear, a Christian ministry that uses the outdoors and archery to reach young people, will hold one of its camps Saturday at the West Salem Rod and Gun Club.

VIROQUA -- The second in a series of roundtable discussions about opioid and illegal drug sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, in room 126 of the Western Technical College…

SPARTA, Wis. -- Western Technical College will offer its 720-hour state-certified Basic Recruit Academy for people seeking Wisconsin Law Enforcement certification. This classroom and scenario-based instruction is set to run Monday- Friday Jan. 9 to May 12 at the Sparta…

A grant from the National Endowment of the Arts will support a community-wide conversation about the Ernest J. Gaines novel "A Lesson Before Dying during the coming school year.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse alumni Drew Knapp is upset that his quest to win a million dollars on “American Ninja Warrior” was foiled as easily as falling off a log. But he was unbowed in his resolve to try again.

La Crosse police Monday arrested two tenants of a community correctional facility on the city's North Side after they were hospitalized from smoking K2, while the agency investigates a possible fatal drug overdose at another facility.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

Motorists will be able to travel between Onalaska and West Salem on Hwy. 16 starting sometime midday on Thursday.

La Crosse SOUP will sing for peace Wednesday at the first such event hosted by a neighborhood group.

Heavy rains and excessive heat might have caused problems for Wisconsin residents last week but it was just what the state's crops needed, officials said.

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