La Crosse Tribune Local News

About 2,275 Xcel Energy customers in La Crosse County are without power Thursday afternoon as a strong thunderstorm hit the region.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

WEST SALEM -- A little light rain didn’t discourage members of a WisCorp crew working at a home in West Salem last week.

Ricky Darnell Waiters, the man accused of opening fire outside a west-end bar the morning of July 27, was back in court Thursday.

Tonight's Moon Tunes concert in Riverside Park featuring Big Liquor has been cancelled because of the threat of severe weather this evening. It's the third week in a row weather has preempted a Moon Tunes concert.

The resurfacing of Lang Drive will begin next week, taking the well-traveled La Crosse road down to one lane in either direction — with overnight closures — for about two months.

VIROQUA —The city of Viroqua is in the final stages of approving a three-story, $3.5 million downtown residential development.

La Crosse police found guns, Ecstasy and money Wednesday in the home of two convicted felons suspected of dealing drugs from the North Side residence.

The Vernon County Coroner's Office has released the names of two people who died Monday in a house fire in the town of Forest.

A Black River Falls woman was arrested Wednesday for what would be her seventh drunken driving charge while driving on a trail in the town of Brockway.

The eighth edition of the Riverside Jazz Party kicks off at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Riverside Park in La Crosse.

For many of the 8,000 Wisconsin residents with Down syndrome, finding a balance between independence and inclusion is essential to living a full and happy life.

The eve of the pomp and circumstance that will open the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (technically, the Games started Wednesday) gives me pause. To reflect. On what coulda-shoulda-woulda happened, if only …

Doctors from the group Climate 911 will present a free family puppet show about climate solutions at 6 p.m. Monday in Myrick Park.

WINONA, Minn. — A new law in Minnesota requires college students to complete online training in preventing sexual violence, and requires colleges to keep and release more detailed records of those cases.

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.