La Crosse Tribune Local News

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.

The Sparta Farmers Market has a new home for 2016.

The La Crosse Public Works Department will host an open house from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Street Department Municipal Service Center, 2000 Marco Drive.

WINONA, Minn. — Bail of $1 million was set Monday for the suspect in the murder of Tasha Lynn Hanson.

About 50 racing pigeons died in a garage fire early Sunday on La Crosse’s South Side.

The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of water from the ocean and other watery surfaces to the atmosphere and to the land.

ReNEW La Crosse Neighborhoods needs volunteers for simple repairs, painting, landscaping and yard clean-up on May 21, and June 4 and 11.

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The WisCorps 22nd annual River to Ridge five-mile run/walk will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in Riverside Park.

THE WAY IT WAS: A May 1936 view of the Majestic Theatre Building, which was located at 514-516 Main St. In addition to the theater, this building had offices on the upper floors and two retail stores at street level.…

Winona State instructor James Wheat and his son, Julian, left late last week for a 20-day trip that will take them through history and nature in America’s Tornado Alley.

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — Scott Fritz’s office crawl space looks almost empty.