La Crosse Tribune Local News

An Amish farmer died Thursday when he was thrown from a horse-drawn manure spreader and then struck by the equipment, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department.

La Crosse residents will have the chance to assess the city’s work in determining property tax bills during the La Crosse City Assessor’s Office open book session beginning 8:30 a.m. May 2.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse school of education will honor 10 local educators on Sunday. The school of education will also recognize more than 100 scholarship recipients and donors. Teachers from La Crosse and surrounding school districts will be awarded…

The La Crosse community is being asked to show appreciation May 3 for the many things teachers and staff do.

ONALASKA -- Clearwater Farm is offering a free Earth Day family event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

LANSING, Iowa — A northeast Iowa town will lose dozens of jobs with the closing of a button company facility.

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.