La Crosse Tribune Local News

WINONA, Minn. -- A Fountain City man and former director of Habitat for Humanity of Winona-Fillmore Counties has been charged in Buffalo County Circuit Court with sexually assaulting a child.

Auditions will be held Monday, Aug. 1, for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of “Peter and Wendy,” a version of the “Peter Pan” story to be staged at the Viterbo University Fine Arts Center.

Prosecutors want the state’s highest court to uphold the convictions for a Minnesota man serving consecutive life terms for the 2012 murders of a father and son during a robbery at their downtown La Crosse camera store.

Sean Ewing, 25, of La Crescent, Minn., was charged Friday with stalking and two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping. According to a complaint, Ewing repeatedly followed a woman, left things on her doorstep and showed up at her workplace and…

Jeff Cozy will host a community drum circle event on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Justin Trails Resort, 7542 Kathryn Ave., near Sparta.

We bid adieu to a longtime friend this week.

ATLANTA — Prosecutors say a Minnesota man accused of advertising the sale of stolen bank information on a hidden services marketplace has been indicted.

People can go to bat against cancer by buying tickets to the Aug. 13 La Crosse Loggers baseball game against the Rochester Honkers, which starts at 6:05 p.m. at the Copeland Park Lumberyard. A fireworks display is planned after the…

Onalaska United Methodist Church invites potty-trained children age 4 through fifth grade to “Hang Out at Vacation Bible School” July 31 through Aug. 4. The cost is $10 per child, with a $25 maximum for a families; scholarships are available.…

The Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host a Benefits and Job Fair for area veterans Aug. 16 and 17 in the Nursing Center at Viterbo University in La Crosse as part of its fourth annual Mental Health and Homeless…

A 50-year-old woman and her 18-year-old son were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly selling a variety of illegal drugs out of their Prairie du Chien motel room.

Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

From a young age, Colin Luz has had a passion for philanthropy, a mind for business and the will to combine the two.

The La Crosse County Board got some good news Thursday about maintaining its stellar bond rating, and the timing of the news couldn’t have been better, considering the county was poised to issue $32.4 million in general obligation bonds. And…

La Crosse residents would be able to keep chickens, bees, rabbits and goats, among other livestock, without a permit under a series of proposals heard Thursday by the Sustainable La Crosse Commission.

WHITEHALL -- Whitehall Specialties announced Thursday the acquisition of the property, buildings and equipment of the former Castle Cheese manufacturing facility in Slippery Rock, Pa.

The number of fatal domestic violence incidents in Wisconsin reached a new high in the first half of 2016, according to End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin.

Students from the School District of La Crosse’s Summer School Theatre program are finishing rehearsals for a multi-day run of "Fame! Jr."

BLACK RIVER FALLS -- A former employee will spend a year in jail for embezzling nearly $180,000 from Jackson Electric Cooperative.

An Onalaska woman convicted of taking nearly $20,000 in union dues is again charged with embezzling from her employer.