La Crosse Tribune Local News

Four Catholic parishes in La Crosse will be clustered, two by two, effective July 1, under a long-range plan to serve parishes with declining numbers of priests.

The sentencing of an Eau Claire, Wis., woman who has pleaded guilty to bilking a La Crosse Catholic priest out of $317,883.60, originally set for Monday, has been rescheduled to June 8 in Eau …

WINONA, Minn. — A rural Winona man died in a freak accident Sunday evening.

Accused

A dump truck driver who had alcohol in his blood and admitted checking Facebook before a fatal Interstate 90 crash in July was convicted of homicide Monday after reaching an agreement with pro…

An 8-year-old child playing with a lighter started an apartment fire Saturday on La Crosse’s South Side.

ONALASKA — New documents show Mayo Clinic has plans to build a new campus in Onalaska that could eventually employ more workers than the organization currently has in the county.

Criminal charges are pending against a Tomah man who fled sheriff’s deputies on Sunday before his vehicle caught fire, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.

THE WAY IT WAS: A closeup view of the imposing old La Crosse County Courthouse, which was located on what is now known as Lot C, currently a construction site for a future housing, retail and …

VIROQUA -- Vernon County will offer services for recycling or properly disposing of household hazardous wastes, small amounts of agricultural chemicals and paints from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturd…

The UW-La Crosse Small Business Development Center will hold a series of workshops on QuickBooks, a computer program management tool for small businesses. All run from 8:30 a.m. to noon on cam…

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…

Romper

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…