La Crosse Tribune Local News

Gundersen Health System in La Crosse will host a welcoming event for 27 cyclists on an annual cancer fundraising ride from Texas to Anchorage, Alaska, at 7 p.m. today.

WINONA, Minn. — Two Onalaska men accused in a two-state crime spree face multiple charges in Winona County District Court.

The Trapper Schoepp concert scheduled for 5 p.m. today at the Halfway Creek Park Band Shell has been canceled, but singer/songwriter Nick Maas (formerly of Neon) will fill in.

WASHINGTON — There was a gathering in Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s members’ lounge off Statuary Hall to toast House passage of Trade Adjustment Assistance, the last piece of a legislative pac…

LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The city of La Crescent has exceeded 5,000 people. City Administrator Bill Waller told the city council earlier this month that the 2014 population estimate is 5,074, acco…

Fraser Baby is a 5-year-old, neutered domestic short-hair, gray-and-white cat who is current on his vaccinations. He is the type of cat who needs to get plenty of exercise so he will be on his…

BLACK RIVER FALLS — Black River Falls is adding an all-terrain vehicle route on its eastern side in an effort to help expand Jackson County’s trail system and give riders better access to businesses.

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy. The phone numbers listed are for local agency contacts, not the person in need. …

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Dick Leinenkugel can run — with his love of the outdoors, that has never been a problem — but he can no longer hide. Never was that more apparent than last weekend.

Nailing down an identity for Connor Franta is like trying to catch a fly with chopsticks: global YouTube sensation, entrepreneur, best-selling author, CD producer, coffee connoisseur, clothes …

President Barack Obama is scheduled to come to La Crosse on Thursday, his first visit since being elected president and the city's first presidential appearance in more than a decade. 

ONALASKA — Van Riper Park was the home to a sprawling celebration Saturday as families gathered to enjoy some free games and fireworks, as well as some professional barbecue.

Same-sex marriage is legal in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, and has been for some time now. On Friday, local leaders reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to make same-sex marriage equ…

MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is expected to launch a run for president within weeks, on Friday called the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide a …

La Crosse, Onalaska and several other La Crosse County municipalities could have a combined tourism and marketing organization by year’s end, officials from both cities said Friday.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered a passionate discourse on America’s racial history Friday in his eulogy for a state senator and pastor, slain along with eight other bl…

WASHINGTON — Gay and lesbian Americans have the same right to marry as any other couples, the Supreme Court declared Friday in a historic ruling deciding one of the nation's most contentious a…

A warm morning breeze blew across Lynne Hill's porch overlooking Burntside Lake as fire crews prepared to set a 750-acre fire nearby.

Western Technical College recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of power generation at the Angelo Dam east of Sparta.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — Marine Corps veteran Scott Kingswan couldn’t keep up with rent and bills while living in Madison after his military service.