La Crosse Tribune Local News

The local jobless rate dropped 0.1 percentage point in March as the labor force shrank slightly and jobs held steady.

An upgraded 17-mile, 69,000-volt electrical transmission line between Tomah and Sparta began operating Monday.

In response to the VA overmedication scandal in Tomah, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has introduced a bill that would require federal watchdog agencies to submit all reports on their work to Congress.

MARSHFIELD, Wis. — Flags are flying at half-staff at state buildings and military installations to honor a Wisconsin Air National Guard member who died in a fatal fall in Japan.

A bird flu that’s deadly to poultry was confirmed to have been found in a northern Chippewa County farm Tuesday, county officials said.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — The results of the referendum that decides the fate of the Black River Falls Police Department didn’t change after a recount, so the city will keep its local force.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — The man convicted of soliciting a former employee to burn down a historic Jackson County restaurant was found guilty of theft and income tax charges last week.

Two Gundersen Health System employees will join the likes of the inventor of the Fosbury flop, the co-founder of Twitter and the driving force behind Wikipedia when they accept an award Friday…

MADISON — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is breaking with her colleagues on the state’s highest court and will serve as her own attorney in defense of a lawsuit brought by C…

MADISON — Republicans who control the state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would eliminate Wisconsin’s decades-old 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases, brushing aside Democrats’ co…

MADISON — Spot a dead deer on the side of the road? Gov. Scott Walker doesn’t want the state Department of Natural Resources paying to clean it up.

WINONA -- If good schools could stop a flood, we might well hope for high water.

Last in a four-part series.

Pasture Pride has been recognized with top honors for its Juusto Traditional at the 2015 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest. The national panel of expert cheese judges scored the cheese with a 9…

United Methodist Churches and friends will sponsor walks throughout Wisconsin Saturday to observe World Malaria Day.

La Crosse County will have new tools to crack down on adults who might play a role in setting up drinking parties for minors, just in time for some area proms and the upcoming high school grad…

WEST SALEM — Mischief and mayhem will be at the top of the menu April 23 when the Marie W. Heider Center for the Arts hosts a performance of the musical comedy “Della’s Diner.”

The Coulee Region Humane Society will offer the Make a Friend for Life adoption event from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Valley View Mall in La Crosse.

Dick Swantz will head the La Crosse Common Council for another two years.

WAUKON -- Allamakee County is holding a series of town-hall meetings this week on the upcoming bond vote for its jail. The special election for the $5.1 million bond referendum will be May 5.