La Crosse Tribune Local News

WINONA, Minn. — A second man was sentenced Wednesday in connection with a September incident in which a 19-year-old man was held naked in a Winona warehouse and threatened with a saw and sausage grinder.

La Crosse police used video from a real estate website to lead them to a felon later arrested with a gun and drugs.

Bishop William Callahan will ordain Deacon Daniel Sedlacek to the priesthood for the La Crosse Diocese at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral at 530 Main St., La Crosse.

The local unemployment rate dropped in May, falling below the previous year’s mark for the first time in six months.

GALESVILLE — The Arnold House and Old Main will host activities for Galesville’s Founders Day and History Day program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25.

A man died Monday from injuries sustained in a house fire early Sunday, according to the La Crosse Fire Department.

Motorists heading into Minnesota on Interstate 90 once again have a welcome center.

WINONA, Minn. — Knowing what it is makes you like it a whole lot more.

WINONA, Minn. — If you’re into cars, you’ll want to be in Winona on Saturday.

The Women’s Fund of Greater La Crosse is accepting nominations for the 2016 Roberta Zurn Outstanding Women in Leadership Award. The winner will be honored at the fund's fall luncheon.

ONALASKA -- The Coulee Region Humane Society is hosting Pawz Academy Minicamp from 1 to 4 p.m. June 27 to July 1 at the shelter, located at 911 Critter Court in Onalaska.

Chuck Roth, director of business administration for Quincy Media and the 2015 Oktoberfest Festmaster, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasting Hall of Fame on June 23, during the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association conference at the Radisson Hotel.

TOWN OF PORTLAND, Wis. — The driver of an automobile suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday after being struck by a semi truck.

WATERTOWN, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he agrees that delegates to the Republican national convention should be free to vote their conscience, even if that means not supporting presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

DULUTH -- Thirty years after work began on the Superior Hiking Trail, the 302-mile path is nearly complete.

MADISON -- A new study shows the wealthiest in Wisconsin got wealthier and put more distance between the top one percent and the rest.

A new study sponsored by a conservative nonprofit suggest critics' fears about Wisconsin's Act 10, which effectively ended collective bargaining rights for more public employees, were vastly overblown.

WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona County Sheriff’s department is investigating a reported sexual assault in rural Lewiston.

The following people appeared in La Crosse County Circuit Court:

GLENCOE, Wis. (AP) — Workers from the Gold'n Plump chicken company joined in the roundup after a poultry truck crashed in western Wisconsin, spilling live chickens onto the road.