La Crosse Tribune Local News

The percent of La Crosse County women who smoke during pregnancy has declined slightly in recent years but remains substantially above the national rate, spiking local health officials’ concerns about potential harm to babies — not to mention their moms.

The Cameron Park Farmers Market will be packed with entertainment, art and, of course, fresh vegetables during its opening from 4 p.m. to dusk today and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Ten was the magic number for Gundersen Health System’s annual Minutes in Motion physical activity challenge, which not only broke through the 5,000-participant barrier for the first time but also flirted with reaching 6,000.

Almost 500 students are set to graduate this spring from Viterbo University.

Two Childfirst locations will close and two more will change hands as the more than 70-year-old childcare nonprofit consolidates with Red Balloon Early Learning Centers.

MADISON — A prominent sportsmen's group wants Gov. Scott Walker to crack down on captive deer farms as he considers revising the state's chronic wasting disease tactics.

GAYS MILL -- The Mississippi Valley Conservancy is hosting a tour of local author Ben Logan’s Seldom Seen Farm at 10 a.m. May 14.

Tye Schwalbe’s collection of Wisconsin brewery artifacts is 50 years in the making. With pieces dating from the 1880s through the 1950s, his basement is a shrine to the local brewing industry.

Nothing could keep these 24 high school seniors down.

Onalaska-based Gundersen Health Plan and Unity Health Plans Insurance Corp. in Sauk City, Wis., have closed a merger agreement involving almost 270,000 members.

TOWN OF BARRE — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said he is even more worried about his country than when he first ran six years ago.

We are closing in on a historic event that many believe has become the bane of our existence, not to mention the fall of a nation.

TOWN OF BERGEN — A 41-year-old Stoddard man was injured when his vehicle struck a semi-tractor-trailer rig Wednesday morning on Hwy. 35 near its intersection with Mohawk Valley Road.

WINONA, Minn. — Bicycles and parts of bikes were seized by Winona police executing a search warrant for stolen property at an east end residence Tuesday.

WINONA, Minn. — Bicycles and parts of bikes were seized by Winona police executing a search warrant for stolen property at an east end residence Tuesday.

A lightning strike Tuesday led to a house fire in the Jackson County town of Adams that caused $30,000 in damages, according to the Black River Falls Fire Department.

VIROQUA — Viroqua business owner Alicia Leinberger will announce her candidacy for the 96th Wisconsin Assembly District seat on Saturday at the Vernon County Democratic Party’s annual membership meeting.

Now that spring is making itself felt, it’s time for a reminder about the La Crosse Tribune’s May Home & Garden section. We’re publishing a calendar of tours, plant sales, seminars and other home-and-garden-related events on May 27. Please include…

About the gypsy moth programs

La Crosse Judiciary & Administration Committee supported Tuesday an effort to open a sober living facility and split over whether to alter the city’s alternate-side parking rules.