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King and 17th streets would see expanded bike facilities under a conceptual plan approved Tuesday by the La Crosse Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee following a public hearing.

Well, I smashed my green thumb again.

Well, I smashed my green thumb again.

Plans for an invasive carp barrier on the Mississippi River near Winona are caught in a dispute between a key scientist and the University of Minnesota.

Viterbo University will host Franciscan CORE, a five-day summer service camp for high school students interested in Catholic social teaching and serving their communities.

STODDARD — The Coulee Region Humane Society will host a 4K run/walk, Race for the Rescues, at 9 a.m. Saturday at Goose Island Park.

SPARTA — Authorities are looking for a suspect in a fatal shooting Tuesday morning in Sparta.

ONALASKA -- Clearwater Farm will sponsor Yoga Night at 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday through the summer beginning today.

ONALASKA — Infrastructure and transportation problems have started to put a damper on economic development, area officials said Tuesday during a Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin panel session.

La Crosse County Integrated Support and Recovery Services will sponsor the fifth annual Community Walk for Mental Health Awareness from noon to 1 p.m. May 26, beginning on the Sixth Street side of the La Crosse County Administrative Center at…

In a move that will save energy and money for Wisconsin municipalities, Xcel Energy is replacing thousands of its street lights in western Wisconsin with LED fixtures.

Prosecutors Tuesday charged an employee of an Onalaska assisted-living facility with sexually assaulting a resident.

A semi rolled in Buffalo County Monday evening, injuring the driver and spilling nearly 200 gallons of diesel fuel into the Mississippi backwaters.

In a passionate speech to graduates, Thompson called UW-Madison faculty members “some of the greatest professors in the United States of America."

The House of Loyd’s reputation in the Coulee Region rivals that of Lloyds of London’s global footprint, except that Loyd Mieden developed his brand as a beloved teacher, musician and colleague and, later in life, an accomplished weaver.

The La Crosse school district's board of education weighed the pros and cons of short-term solutions to high enrollment at Northside Elementary at its meeting Monday.

GALESVILLE — Up to 20 percent of Sacia Orchards' valuable Honeycrisp crop could be lost after temperatures dipped into the mid-20s during the weekend.

Benjamin Franklin came to life at the push of a button Monday, teaching second-grade students at State Road Elementary about his life and accomplishments, as well as sharing some pie.

Coulee Region postal carriers promised to deliver, and indeed they did, stockpiling food from the patrons on their routes to supply several area food pantries and other agencies at a pivotal time of the year.