La Crosse Tribune Local News

Contractors for the Minnesota Department of Transportation removed a nearly 300-foot steel span from the 49-year-old I-90 bridge over the Mississippi River Tuesday.

A woman was injured Tuesday in Trempealeau County after striking an oncoming semi.

VIROQUA — Members of the Viroqua Community Theatre voted unanimously Monday night to continue the local institution that has produced 13 shows since forming in 2007.

The proposed $45 million renovation and expansion to the La Crosse Center would be a boon to the entire region, La Crosse Center board chairman Brent Smith and director Art Fahey said Monday.

Auditions for Ballet La Crosse’s fall production of “The Little Mermaid” will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at Misty’s Dance Unlimited, 980 12th Ave. S., Onalaska.

The city of La Crosse will likely pay at least $96,000 on repairs to the Bliss Road embankment this year after the Board of Public Works approved Monday a request to prevent erosion impacting Hixon Forest hiking trails and Forest…

Most farm fields in our region are ahead of schedule this year after a number of warm, sunny days this spring.

The main channel of the Mississippi River will be closed to traffic Tuesday as highway crews remove a 1.2-million-pound piece of the old Interstate 90 bridge.

Tomah’s Area Community Theatre will hold auditions for its fall production of Ken Ludwig’s “The Fox on the Fairway” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, June 7-8, at the Area Community Theatre, 907 Kilbourn Ave.

After a tepid first quarter, La Crosse County’s housing market perked up in April.

Michael Hubbard, 33, no permanent address, was charged Monday with fourth-degree sexual assault, lewd and lascivious behavior, possession of meth and disorderly conduct. Hubbard on Saturday exposed himself to a woman and molested her and had meth when booked into…

Authorities have asked that whoever locates the animal doesn't try to capture it.

The La Crosse Community Theatre has added a pay-what-you-can performance to the run of its hit musical, “Billy Elliot,” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, in the Lyche Theatre at the Weber Center for the Performing Arts.

Warm temperatures, low humidity, strong winds and very dry vegetation have combined to prompt state officials to ban burning in a dozen counties of northern Wisconsin on Monday.

Two people suffered serious injuries Sunday morning in a head-on collision on Hwy. 14/61 between La Crescent, Minn., and La Crosse.

Storms in the warmer, moister atmosphere of the future have the potential to be more severe than otherwise similar storms today.

From 3 p.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday

The Children’s Museum of La Crosse, a participant in Blue Star Museums, will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2016.

The American Association of University Women, in conjunction with the La Crosse Community Foundation, awarded scholarships and grants using the profits from the Art Fair on the Green fundraiser.

THE WAY IT WAS: Onlookers gather to view the fire-gutted remains of the old Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Co.’s power plant, which was located at 412-416 Second St. S. in downtown La Crosse. This power plant fire, caused by a…