La Crosse Tribune Local News

TOMAH -- A Madison-based animal rights group is petitioning against the Monroe County Fair's Hug-a-Pig event.

Wednesday was the happiest day in 91-year-old Mavis Kjos' life, save her marriage to her late husband, Alf.

Jon Srdich, 56, of 2555 S. Seventh St., No. 120, was charged Wednesday with possession of meth. Srdich had 0.1 grams of meth on Tuesday, according to the complaint.James Miller III, 42, of Onalaska was charged Wednesday with possession of…

Powerful storms that raked the Coulee Region Tuesday night packed winds clocked at nearly 70 mph, spawned four tornadoes, downed power lines and left residents and public officials clearing fallen trees from homes, streets and yards.

ONALASKA — Pat and Sue McFadden had been sitting in their TV room, shortly before the weather report was to come on Tuesday night, when a 50- to 60-foot pine tree crashed onto their roof, sending a large branch through…

Three Vernon County women were arrested during a drug investigation by the Vernon County Sheriff's Department on the morning of July 1.

A storm system with 70 mph winds embedded with small tornadoes moved across the Coulee Region Tuesday night, downing trees and power lines and damaging a few buildings.

A La Crosse development company’s request for $500,000 in tax incremental district funding was delayed Thursday and a contract to hire a consultant for the Hwy. 53 gateway into La Crosse was approved by a city committee.

WINONA, Minn. — Okay, call me a curmudgeon.

City officials moved forward Tuesday with a program, slated to get going in the fall, to help La Crosse property owners raise their homes out of the floodplain.

Kathy KasaKaitas wants people to know their cars are not dog sitters. The Coulee Region Humane Society animal control officer takes three to six calls every day in the summer regarding dogs left in vehicles.

When it comes to helping divorced parents communicate, Kristi Strelow has the IDEAL solution.

The American Red Cross is hosting local blood drives in July. All blood types are needed. Donors must be 17 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds, and provide a driver's license or two forms of ID.

VIROQUA — Gov. Scott Walker and about 50 demonstrators played an impromptu game of hide-and-seek when the Republican governor stopped in Viroqua for a press conference where he officially launched the state’s Broadband Forward Community Certification Program.

Wisconsin’s pollution control agency released a draft Tuesday of a comprehensive study of sand mining to swift criticism from environmentalists who say it relies too heavily on industry-funded air quality data.

Criminal charges filed Tuesday accuse a Trempealeau man of trying to set fire to a village church early Sunday while the pastor was asleep in his attached residence.

United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps Cadet Petty Officer 3rd Class Elissa Nott of Aquinas High School is a 2016 Honor Staff Cadet.

WINONA, Minn. — Evel Knievel must be shaking his head.

Stephanie Mroch, 32, of 1414 Bainbridge St., was charged Tuesday with possession of meth, obstructing an officer and misdemeanor bail jumping. Mroch lied to police about her name on Monday and had 1 gram of meth, according to the complaint.Michael…

An Ettrick man will return to Minnesota to face charges that accuse him of repeatedly stabbing a woman, a toddler and a dog in La Crescent.