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FORT McCOY -- The 2015 U.S. Army Soldier Show will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday at Rumpel Fitness Center at Fort McCoy. Doors open a half hour before the show, and seating is on a first-come, firs…

As the debate drones on over global warming, La Crosse County is in a pilot project to help people brace themselves to counteract the negative health and economic consequences of climate chang…

Pope Francis rankled conservatives last week when he hosted a climate change conference at the Vatican, and his papal letter on the topic anticipated as early as next month is expected to roil…

MADISON -- Tensions in a long-simmering John Doe investigation are boiling over as the state and U.S. supreme courts move closer to weighing in on a case that still looms over Gov. Scott Walke…

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The La Crosse Composite Squad earned title of 2015 Squadron of Merit at the annual Civil Air Patrol awards banquet. The squadron’s search-and-rescue ground team also received the Colonel Dion …

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Medicaid expansion has given a budget boost to participating states, mostly by allowing them to use federal money instead of state dollars to care for pregnant women, inmate…

ONALASKA -- A provision of the Affordable Care Act is forcing the Onalaska School District to take a hard look at the long-term care insurance benefit it offers employees. Discontinuing the in…

HOLMEN -- When Glenn Borreson, a pastor who retired from Holmen Lutheran Church six years ago, began researching his uncles a few years ago, he had no idea his efforts would uncover an all-but…

In a clash pitting lifestyle against life itself, the BNSF Railroad is warning anglers up and down the Mississippi River to stay off its tracks, which separate most of Wisconsin from the river. 

MADISON — Under Republican Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin has seen a nearly 12-fold increase in the number of people suspended annually from the state’s food stamp program for fraud.

She remembers it all as “magical,” the rides and monkeys and noisy peacocks and ice cream cones on hot summer days.

Hansen’s IGA will expand with the purchase of an IGA store in Stanley.

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., has announced listening sessions with constituents in the area:

LA CRESCENT — It’s a hidden gem everyone is getting to know. Tucked off Hwy. 6 in La Crescent, Longhorn Valley Greenhouse & Cattle Co. is making quite a name for itself.

Wildfires burn buildings, cause evacuation — WAUTOMA, Wis. — Six buildings caught fire and 15 homes had to be evacuated as warm weather and dry conditions helped fuel wildfires in central Wisc…

The 15th La Crosse Freedom Honor Flight takes place today, and the pubilc is invited to both send-off and welcome-home events.

Last week we discussed the La Crosse area’s proliferation of fallout shelters in 1971. Local civil defense officials designed a plan in which every citizen could reach a shelter within 30 minu…

The La Crosse Tribune would like Coulee Region moms to take us back or look ahead: tell us about your best Mother’s Day ever, one that went awry or share your ideal way to spend that special day.

The La Crosse Tribune would like Coulee Region moms to take us back or look ahead: tell us about your best Mother’s Day ever, one that went awry or share your ideal way to spend that special day.