La Crosse Tribune Local News

SPARTA — Sentencing for a rural Camp Douglas teen accused of communicating a bomb threat to Los Angeles International Airport was postponed after more charges were filed against him.

WINONA, Minn. -- The Pinta and the Niña, replicas of Christopher Columbus’ 15th-century ships, will arrive in Winona on Tuesday and be open for public tours for a week.

WINONA, Minn. -- Dave Dickson loves his 1969 Roadrunner so much that he has tattoos on his arm to prove it.

TOMAH -- Ken and Rona Veney know how to work as a team. They have been married 52 years, and Ken has been entering tractor pulls with Rona's support for the past 16.

Having the bird of Paradise fly up your nose, as Little Jimmy Dickens used to sing, is nothing compared with the stuff that Zak Crouch tries — and succeeds — to force up his schnoz.

This Ho-Chunk pipe has been in the collection of the Historical Society since 1930. It is probably much older than that. The ribbons tied to it are manufactured, dating to the late 19th or early 20th century, but the rest…

After 30 years of songs, stories and trips to the family farm, Sue Wrobel has decided to move on.

HOLMEN — The American Legion Auxiliary's third annual Walk, Run, Roll will be at 10 a.m. Aug. 6 at the American Legion, 419 First Ave. W.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 420 West Ave. S., will have music at its 9 a.m. Sunday worship service by members of the the Gospel Truth Singers and the Good News Singers, both a part of the Coulee Region Gospel Choir.

WINONA, Minn. — It was the catch of the lifetime Thursday evening for Jake Wemette when he caught a 48-pound catfish in West Lake Winona.

BLACK RIVER FALLS -- Black River Falls will be busy with music, food, running events, a parade and fireworks next weekend during the inaugural Karner Blue Summer Festival.

TOMAH -- Earplugs are all the rage again in Tomah: The roar of the engines for a 41st year means 60,000 visitors to the National Tractor Pullers Association Budweiser Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor.

Scott Adams, author of the long-running “Dilbert” comic strip, is under the impression that sexism takes the form of v-neck sweaters.

The La Crosse water utility had no violations in 2015, according to the water quality report released Thursday by water utility manager Mark Johnson.

STODDARD — John Riniker will begin serving up ice cream cones, malts, shakes and other treats with extra scoops of automotive history at noon today in the 83-year-old former Standard gas station he converted into an ice cream shop.

WINONA, Minn. — Even though it's been 71 years, the emotions of freeing a concentration camp still overcome Leroy Woychik.

Traffic will be restricted next week to one lane near the corner of West Avenue and Market Street while the La Crosse Water Utility replaces a failed control valve.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

Dairyland Power Cooperative has completed an environmental study of its planned replacement of a high-voltage power line that runs through densely developed areas between Holmen and La Crosse.

La Crosse will lose two department heads at the end of this year as finance director Kelly Branson and public works director Dale Hexom each announced Friday that they will retire in December.