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Summit Elementary School fifth-graders and artist Mike Martino on Friday put the finishing touches on a sand sculpture of the school’s mascot.

MADISON — Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s plan Friday to freeze state land purchases but accepted his proposal to eliminate do…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System would be reduced by $50 million, and tenure protections for faculty would be removed from state la…

Churches must practice what they preach regarding the scandal of child sexual abuse, according to a grandson of the famed evangelist known as America’s Pastor.

As we celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary and both retire after 40 years of active ministry, we are grateful to all who have enabled us to provide pastoral leadership with Crossroads United…

As two of the community members who attended the 93rd annual Memorial Day observance May 22 at Central High School, we would like to thank the students and staff for honoring our veterans in s…

I’d like to thank the students and instructors at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse who are studying the movements and problems of people who suffer from Parkinson’s disease and other rela…

The family and friends of Russ Haas and Bruce Sims would like to thank Don and Roxanne Weber and the La Crosse Tribune for the special section that was published about these men on May 24. We …

Under public pressure, Wisconsin wildlife officials have come up with a compromise that will allow the BNSF Railroad to continue building a second track through the La Crosse River marsh while…

MADISON -- Fond du Lac resident Mike Arrowood says he has begun to see fishermen from up north migrating south to find walleye.

TOMAH — A Tomah-based driving school is out of business.

SPRING GROVE, Minn. — Thomas Trehus announced Friday he will challenge 12-term incumbent Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, for the Minnesota House seat in District 28B.

The American Association of University Women recently awarded scholarships and grants funded by the profits from the AAUW Art Fair on the Green, the last weekend in July on the UW-La Crosse campus.

SPARTA — Two Idaho men accused in the March 11 stabbing death of a Tomah man pleaded not guilty Friday during their arraignments.

CALEDONIA, Minn. — A jury on Friday acquitted a former Houston County jailer of sexually assaulting an inmate.

State and local health inspectors found 100 health code violations — 44 of them critical — at 34 area eateries during April.

State and local health inspectors found 100 health code violations — 44 of them critical — at 34 area eateries during April.

WINONA -- The arrest of two boys in a Winona garage may be the end of a mini-crime wave in two communities.

PORTAGE, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he would be “pleased” if a repeal of Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law were a part of the state budget, but he’d also be satisfied with significan…

MADISON -- Up to $800 million could be spent over the next 10 years to expand the taxpayer-funded statewide school voucher program as proposed by GOP lawmakers, according to a new legislative memo.