La Crosse Tribune Local News

Mayor Tim Kabat will lead a delegation Tuesday to La Crosse’s sister cities in Friedberg, Germany, and Epinal, France, to see whether city leaders can do some business match-making during its regular cultural exchange.

Freedom Honor Flight announced Friday that all veterans are now eligible to apply for seats on a chartered jet to Washington, D.C., to take in the memorials built in their honor.

La Crosse County school districts could all receive more state aid for the 2016-17 school year, according to data released Friday.

The changes to the first floor bathroom at La Crosse City Hall don’t seem like much.

After nearly two decades of volunteering for Riverfest, Barb Frahm still gets a little emotional watching the giant U.S. flag go up in the center of Riverside Park during the opening ceremony.

La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility manager Keith Lee announced his retirement Friday, shortly after he marked 30 years as a full-time employee in June.

One of the toughest challenges Jeff Ozanne expects to encounter when he attempts to swim the English Channel is the water temperature between 58 and 62 degrees.

The following appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

A Neenah, Wis., man was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an unconscious high school student two years ago in his La Crosse apartment.

An Ashland County man is accused of selling ads in a bogus publication to at least half a dozen small businesses in the La Crosse area.

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Police have arrested a Manitowoc woman after she allegedly pulled a gun on a man during an argument over a duck.

WINONA, Minn. -- Winona National Bank celebrated the 100-year anniversary of its historic downtown location Friday afternoon with reflections on the century and a new centerpiece.

HOLMEN — Gov. Scott Walker heard concerns about education, rural infrastructure and clean water Friday during another visit to the Coulee Region, part of an invitation-only listening tour of all 72 of the state's counties.

A man suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle rollover crash Wednesday night in Trempealeau County.

Minnesota officials have charged an Ettrick man with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a woman, child and dog in La Crescent.

WINONA, Minn. — The debate over whether to ban frac sand in Winona County took center stage Thursday in the city.

TOMAH — The psychiatric unit at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center will reopen on a limited basis with seven beds beginning July 5.

As my nine loyal readers know, last week in this space I supported adding “summer vacation” to our vocabulary’s list of oxymorons. It’s time to add another: “Customer service.”

When he was growing up, Luke Marcou said he never got to play with fireworks, fun reserved for his father and older siblings.

Riverfest’s inaugural Burger Bash on Saturday will pit the area’s best hamburgers against one another for the chance to send one chef to the World Food Championship in Alabama.