La Crosse Tribune Local News

STODDARD, Wis. — Despite compromise efforts to create more crossings, western Wisconsin sportsmen are angry over loss of access to Mississippi River caused by enforcement of a railroad trespassing law.

Pro-Trump political messages — and the campus’ official response to them — have upset a number of students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

At least some of the trespassing incidents reported in recent weeks at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse occurred in Angell Hall.

The La Crosse Board of Park Commissioners approved a plan Thursday to pay a consultant to evaluate Memorial Pool, which was also added to the La Crosse landmark registry at Thursday’s Heritage Preservation Commission meeting.

WINONA, Minn. — A Winona County jury has found 68-year-old retired La Crosse funeral director Dennis Harold Jandt guilty of attempting to hire a 15-year-old girl for sex.

MADISON — Republican Gov. Scott Walker is considering Democrats’ calls to launch another attempt to aggressively kill deer in hopes of containing chronic wasting disease after infection rates hit an all-time high last year, his office said Thursday.

Warning to people who plan to attend “Listen to Your Mother” April 30 in La Crosse: You might imagine that you are hearing your mom’s voice — for better or worse — reverberate throughout Lyche Theatre.

A La Crosse man was injured Wednesday night in a house fire caused when a cigarette ignited his home oxygen supply.

TOWN OF HARMONY — A 61-year-old Genoa man died in a lawn tractor accident Wednesday in the town of Harmony.

Registration for Camp Curiosity Summer Day Camps at the Children’s Museum of La Crosse is open. Prepayment is required. Sessions are available for ages 4 to 7, 6 to 10, and 7 to 12.

Prices on Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse officials remain silent about the death of a 19-year-old freshman last week, saying that releasing information could jeopardize the investigation being conducted by campus police.

La Crosse police are warning downtown businesses about a man stealing tip jars and cash from unattended cash registers.

Independent Living Resources in La Crosse will host an information and listening session on peer-to-peer support for families from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at ILR headquarters at 4439 Mormon Coulee Road in La Crosse.

More than 800 Coulee Region residents are expected to participate in Walk MS: La Crosse on Saturday, along with nearly 2,800 other people throughout Wisconsin who are also raising money for multiple sclerosis research and services.

The La Crosse Kiwanis Club has given 10 area high school seniors scholarships.

Annika Dome, a sophomore at La Crosse Logan High School, has won first-place in a new essay contest designed to bring added meaning to studies of the Holocaust by connecting it with 21st century issues.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Champions of clean energy often look to California and other blue states for leadership on green issues, but lately the state that is the king of wind power is a decidedly red one in the heart of…

It’s not often people gather to honor the dearly departed 400 years after they’re departed.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — Registration is open for the 12th annual Karner Blue 5K-10K-Half Marathon set for July 2 in Black River Falls.