La Crosse Tribune Local News

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.

TOWN OF GALE — The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a man reported Tuesday in the town of Gale.

Kwik Trip Inc. is asking the city of La Crosse to vacate portions of three streets as the convenience store giant expands its campus in the North Side industrial park to accommodate its fast-growing chain of stores.

The local jobless rate fell slightly in March, but La Crosse remains the state’s only metropolitan area where unemployment is higher than it was a year ago, thanks in part to a growing labor force.

HOLMEN — Sacia Gilbertson was never really interested in computers before she participated in the Hour of Code.

I’m a little long in the tooth to be switching careers, but I’ve found the perfect job for me, because I’m more patient than I was in my short-fused glory days and would like to pocket nearly 55 grand for…

ONALASKA — Gov. Scott Walker used a trip Wednesday to Empire Screen Printing in Onalaska to highlight the state’s $60 million investment in the past two biennial budgets in the Wisconsin FoodShare Employment and Training program.

State Sen. Jennifer Shilling formally announced her 2016 re-election campaign Wednesday, two days after the her predecessor declared his bid to reclaim the 32nd District seat.