La Crosse Tribune Local News

WINONA, Minn. -- Bridge workers pulled a woman from the Mississippi River after she went over the side of the interstate bridge around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday.

The Alzheimer’s Association and the Aging and Disability Resource Center in La Crosse will host a two-part education program May 17 and May 24.

ONALASKA -- The Rock’s Big Bikes for Little Tikes event will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at La Crosse Harley.

Plans to go before a La Crosse committee Friday show the new downtown parking ramp at the corner of Third and Vine streets will have retail space, as well as 605 parking stalls.

The 85-year-old highway bridge over the Kickapoo River at Readstown is being replaced this summer leading to significant detours for both Hwy. 14 and Hwy. 131.

The family of a Wisconsin veteran who died from a combination of medications prescribed by Veterans Administration doctors is optimistic after the House passed a bill Tuesday to reform the VA’s use of painkillers.

Wisconsin’s frac sand mining industry isn’t going away, but industry experts say not all mines will survive as market forces change the business model.

A $20,600 grant will allow the Mississippi Valley Conservancy to hire interns to help protect land in its nine-county region.

BLACK RIVER FALLS -- Jackson County authorities used pepper spray and less-than-lethal rubber ball grenades to subdue a man who had barricaded himself inside a Black River Falls house Monday afternoon.

A 22-year-old Monroe County woman died Tuesday morning after a rollover crash on westbound Interstate 90 in Onalaska, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.

The "Orange is the New Black" actress gave a deeply political speech about her life and about black and transgender identity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Monday night.

ALMA, Wis. — Owning 500 acres in western Wisconsin often means using that land for farming.

WEST SALEM — Mathea Markofski may not be a student at the school, but that didn’t stop Students in Coulee Christian School’s fifth-grade class from helping to raise funds to support her.

Mail patrons will have two targets to shoot for during a Coulee Region food drive Saturday: beat last year’s total of nonperishable foods collected and donate healthy eats instead of opting for the old collegian staple of ramen noodles.

After a cool, rainy start to the work week, be prepared for more rain today — and highs down to the 50s by Friday.

Vernon County’s Spring Household Hazardous Waste Clean Sweep will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hillsboro County Highway Shop.

The Houston Nature Center and Ken Fordahl will hold a frog walk at 7 p.m. May 16. Participants will learn about amphibians native to our area, hear their songs and walk the wetlands.

The city of La Crosse received some state and national recognition last week as the Department of Public Works accepted the Project of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Public Works Association for its Bud Hendrickson…

Downtown La Crosse will have a bit more bicycle parking after a Monday decision by the Board of Public Works.

Calling silica sand a direct and indirect threat to health, community and the environment, representatives from more than a dozen organizations called for a ban on frac sand mining Monday, the eve of an industry conference in La Crosse.