La Crosse Tribune Local News

The 25th annual Mississippi River Clean Up on Saturday added to the 175 tons of debris, more than 85 tons of scrap metal, more than 1,600 tires and more than 2,200 barrels volunteers have pulled from the river since the…

Mother Earth is slowly warming, and the season of planting is here.

Gundersen Health System

The La Crosse Wellness Center is offering an all-ability summer camp.

CAMP DOUGLAS — Chloris Lowe is hoping to turn a once forgotten parcel of land known as “The Back Forty” into a Juneau County destination for outdoor enthusiasts.

On the afternoon of May 22, 2011, a tornado touched down just south of La Crescent, Minn. A La Crosse police officer watched it cross the Mississippi River, its winds gaining speed as it barreled toward the city’s South Side.

Let’s celebrate the rising young stars in the 7 Rivers Region — the up-and-coming entrepreneurs and public servants who are making our region a better place to live.

Boysenberry

The following people have filed for a marriage license in La Crosse County:

Two men were taken to the hospital and are expected to recover after a Friday night shooting in the village of Viola.

A story in Saturday’s Tribune about the La Crosse Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Cow Project used the wrong name for the ELCA’s Global Barnyard, in which people donate to send farm animals to the needy in other…

Thousands of Coulee Region Lutherans are putting a new spin on the term “holy cow,” decorating plywood bovines with a goal of raising $150,000 to alleviate hunger at home and abroad.

In April 1912, this postcard — featuring a raised red felt pennant — made the journey from La Crosse to Flekkefjord, Norway. For 2 cents, a resident from “The City that Does Things” could send greetings to a friend or…

My fellow La Crosse residents can hold their alcohol. Or rather, we do hold our alcohol, a bit too much and too often, according to a report being circulated on social media this week.

VIROQUA — According to an announcement on the Viroqua Community Theatre’s website, a meeting that’s important to the future of the institution has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Vernon Memorial Healthcare Community Room.

A lot has changed at Longfellow Middle School during the past 75 years.

ONALASKA -- The Celebration Singers and Ringers from Cincinnati will perform a free worship concert at 7 p.m. Monday, June 13, at Onalaska United Methodist Church.

ONALASKA -- Nine students completed the confirmation course of studies and were honored at a May 1 service at Onalaska United Methodist Church.

ONALASKA -- Dan Olson is the new pastor at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Onalaska, where he’ll focus on ministry to children and young families.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A couple years ago, Riverside Elementary School added a school-wide breakfast program. Now about 75 percent of students eat breakfast in their classrooms each morning.