La Crosse Tribune Local News

For the first time in four years, every county in Wisconsin reported an increase in visitor spending in 2014, the state's Department of Tourism announced Friday.

State revenue figures to be unveiled next week will be pivotal in determining whether the University of Wisconsin System must continue to endure “death by a thousand cuts” or find ointment to …

WASHINGTON  — Rail tank cars that are used to transport most crude oil and many other flammable liquids will have to be built to stronger standards to reduce the risk of catastrophic train cra…

A Tomah teen died Wednesday after she jumped from a moving vehicle in the Monroe County town of Wilton, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.

A Minnesota appeals court panel heard arguments Thursday from a sand mine owner protesting a Department of Natural Resources ruling that the mine cannot operate without a special permit becaus…

State revenue figures to be unveiled next week will be pivotal in determining whether the University of Wisconsin System must continue to endure “death by 1,000 cuts” or find ointment to salve…

La Crosse middle school band students spent their morning Thursday tapping and humming in the Logan Middle School auditorium.

MADISON — Once upon a time in America, there were limits on how much people or groups could spend to influence an election. Now those limits are gone, as shown by the big-money apparatus formi…

MADISON — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack cast the deciding vote in her favor to replace longtime Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson in the first-of-its kind action, emails r…

The La Crosse Omnium is gaining some clout.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin blood drives in La Crosse County will be:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new kind of library is coming to Minneapolis that lets members borrow tools such as hedge trimmers and power saws.

ONALASKA -- An educational seminar focusing on women and investing will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at  Altra Federal Credit Union’s Operations Center, 1700 Oak Forest Drive.

The 23rd annual Letter Carriers Food Drive, organized locally by the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO and Great Rivers United Way, will take place May 9.

MADISON (AP) — U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says he has subpoenaed the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General for information on an embattled medical center in Tomah.

VIROQUA -- An 18-year-old Viroqua man pleaded guilty to felony burglary and three misdemeanor crimes and was released from jail on probation this week.

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a high-ranking leader of a Chicago street gang arrested in April 2013 in La Crosse to 15 years in prison for drug distribution.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court justices moved quickly Wednesday to elect a new chief following certification of a constitutional amendment that ended seniority as the sole determ…

A popular section of the Superior Hiking Trail will close this week because a private landowner has kicked hikers off the land.