La Crosse Tribune Local News

A city board again has found La Crosse Municipal Harbor operator Steve Mills in default of his lease, but he maintains this time he has not violated terms of the agreement.

Nearly 50 positions at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will be cut in order to balance an estimated $7.6 million reduction in state funding. 

The health motive overcame the yuck factor for nearly 30 high school students who fanned out Monday across Weigent Park in La Crosse and collected almost 1,200 cigarette butts.

The Midwest is getting wetter and wilder, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the mighty Mississippi River will run its banks more often.

In an event that has become annual ritual, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind returned about 7 percent of his annual congressional office budget Monday. Kind returned $92,587 to the U.S. Treasury, effectively…

Bluff Country Master Gardeners is sponsoring a photo contest in conjunction with the 2015 Wisconsin Master Gardeners Association’s annual conference, which will be held July 31 through Aug. 1 …

Richard Butler of Bantry, Ireland, will deliver a free presentation about the Bantry's history and restoration projects in Ireland at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the lower level of the Eagles Club, 22…

MADISON — A former state director for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin filed an ethics complaint against the Wisconsin Democrat on Monday, saying Baldwin unfairly faulted her for mishandling reports of…

A Chicago man is in the Monroe County jail after police said he struck a sheriff’s deputy and rammed a squad car multiple times as police fired at his vehicle.

A Genoa man was killed Sunday in a single vehicle crash in rural Vernon County.

TOMAH — Monroe County sheriff's officials say a teenage girl suffered critical injuries when she jumped from a moving van.

THE WAY IT WAS: Fifty years ago Wednesday, the Mississippi River reached its all-time high at La Crosse with a crest of 17.9 feet. This photo of the old Elfman Marine at 58 Copeland Ave. appea…

Part two of a four-part series.

LOYAL, Wis. — Ayden Schoonover’s great-aunt and fourth-grade teacher, Denise Brussow, sometimes has to remind him to use his “big-boy voice” because he tends to talk in a whisper.

BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — Motorists will encounter periodic traffic flaggers to ensure safety beginning today south of Brownsville on Hwy. 26 as construction crews begin building a temporary bridge…

The city is targeting King and 17th streets for potential improvements aimed at making those neighborhoods “greener, more walkable and more bicycle-friendly.”

TOWN OF WILTON — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department reports that a 16-year-old girl was seriously injured Sunday morning when she leaped from a motor vehicle.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A march and rally will be held to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of a man by a police officer in a downtown Milwaukee park.

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.

Growing up, Mikailah Lindberg hated her allergies.