La Crosse Tribune Local News

HOUSTON, Minn. — The Houston Nature Center will host Fancy Fish, a children’s summer program, from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

The Dahl Automotive Museum at 711 S. Third St. in La Crosse will have a special display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday about how the first cars the Dahl family sold were shipped on the Milwau…

All La Crosse police officers in the next year will undergo training designed to curtail personal biases, including implicit, or unconscious, prejudices that can affect policing.

WEST SALEM — Thursday’s rainy weather kept the carnival closed down at the La Crosse Interstate Fair but couldn’t wash out the rest of the fair.

VIROQUA -- Seventeen cars were vandalized Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning in a two-block area of the northwest corner of Viroqua.

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

MADISON — Kiley Hackl, a fitness buff, was in a kickboxing class in Sun Prairie when she collapsed.

The 125th La Crosse Interstate Fair began Wednesday, with a full slate of event judging, the churning of rides on Mr. Ed’s Magical Midway and nearly nonstop activity until the exhibit wraps up…

WINONA, Minn. — You don’t need a film degree to make a film.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pabst Brewing Co. said Wednesday it is coming home to open a new brewery and restaurant next year on the site of its original Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee.

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin state Senate approved a significant public financing deal for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena Wednesday after members struck a rare bipartisan agreement to include a …

WINONA, Minn. -- Caroline Amos is living out a dream. Introduced in 2009 to Great River Shakespeare Festival through festival veteran actor Tara Flanagan, an alumni of her college, Amos fell i…

MADISON -- Madison and the Ho-Chunk Nation see a tribal cultural center and major sports complex with indoor and outdoor fields, lighting and grandstands as keys to a rare collaboration to dev…

Fifty teams of paddlers will total more than 2,000 arms roiling the waters of the Black River as they participate in the third annual Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival on Friday evening and Saturd…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- The biggest movie to be made in Minnesota in years is being filmed in the Twin Cities.

Cheryl Hancock was looking for a meaningful career move. Her search led to the Coulee Council on Addictions, where she will become the organization’s next executive director Aug. 3.

I always wondered what it would feel like to get a smoke enema from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

HOLMEN — The School District of Holmen’s home-raised chicken dinner really is a winner.

Labor pain is no laughing matter for moms-to-be, but nitrous oxide is making a comeback in the United States as an alternative to take the edge off the discomfort.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota state parks drew record crowds during the Fourth of July holiday, according to figures released Wednesday, as visitors took advantage of the long weekend to spend time …