La Crosse Tribune Local News

Jean Saladino’s favorite music.

ONALASKA — Road construction sign holders were out in force this week on the Nathan Hill section of Hwy. 16 between Onalaska and West Salem as crews continued to cut away at the hillside in preparation for a 90-day road…

First Presbyterian Church, 233 West Ave. S., will observe its 150th anniversary May 14-15 with a weekend of festivities on the church lawn and a special worship service. The theme for the celebration is “Streams that Lead to Living Water.”

I want to thank the eight window washers who cleaned my windows in record time on Neighbors Day. The eight are Breanna, Lizzy, Mikayla, Austin, Alex, Nickee, Keyaira and Michael. Michael came on crutches and cleaned the basement windows. God…

Downtown La Crosse’s roller-coaster of bars used to be Therese Roellich’s “home away from home,” but she spends most of her time these days helping people like herself on the roads to recovery from addictions and mental illness.

Canada's slapstick handy-man will be back in La Crosse on Tuesday as part of his third North American tour.

Paypal’s gender equality efforts went viral for the wrong reasons this week.

In the early 1920s, a common joke went: “Charlie asked Esther if he could call on her. When he showed up at her parents’ house, she had her hat on.”

Church Women United is sponsoring May Friendship Day,

The Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse will blend the sacred with the (sometimes) profane in a retreat for men with a game that propels many players to invoke God’s condemnation, as well as utter his son’s name in vain.

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The Apple Blossom Bike Tour has upped its game: Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond will join the fourth-annual ride this year.

U.S. Cellular announced Friday that it has donated $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater La Crosse.

MILWAUKEE -- The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is seeking grant applications from Wisconsin families in need of financial assistance to help pay for a child’s health care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or not fully covered, by their commercial health…

The 25th annual Mississippi River Clean Up will be launched from four locations May 25.

An Amish farmer died Thursday when he was thrown from a horse-drawn manure spreader and then struck by the equipment, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department.

La Crosse residents will have the chance to assess the city’s work in determining property tax bills during the La Crosse City Assessor’s Office open book session beginning 8:30 a.m. May 2.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse school of education will honor 10 local educators on Sunday. The school of education will also recognize more than 100 scholarship recipients and donors. Teachers from La Crosse and surrounding school districts will be awarded…

The La Crosse community is being asked to show appreciation May 3 for the many things teachers and staff do.

ONALASKA -- Clearwater Farm is offering a free Earth Day family event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

LANSING, Iowa — A northeast Iowa town will lose dozens of jobs with the closing of a button company facility.