La Crosse Tribune Local News

WINONA, Minn. — It was no ordinary fundraiser — students, professors and community members danced to Zumba music, pop tunes, the Hokey Pokey and the Chicken Dance for eight hours straight, wit…

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Legislature has reached its spring break before legislators grind their way to the May 18 mandatory adjournment.

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

This year the Children’s Museum of La Crosse will offer three dates/times for its annual Easter egg hunt: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 to 10 a.m. Friday and 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday.

Jay Lokken says an associate vice chancellor of academic affairs at UW-La Crosse discriminated and retaliated against Lokken based on his sexual orientation.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy’s tepid performance last quarter — a 2.2 percent annual growth rate, the government said Friday — was typical of the economic rebound that began in the summer of 2009.

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley defended herself from accusations by challenger Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley in a debate Friday that she’s a liberal …

Sleet and snow notwithstanding, there are irrefutable signs that spring is on its way: brave little bulbs peeking out over the dirt, birds building new nests, and big-box stores setting out pa…

UW-La Crosse Economics Associate Professor TJ Brooks will offer insights and perspectives on the local economy during an upcoming breakfast.

Western Technical College President Lee Rasch and WTC District board chairman Dan Hanson have vowed to give both board members and the public better information about the issues the district d…

CRPW grateful for support

My granddaughter and I were shopping March 20 at Ace Hardware on the city's South Side. At the register, the cashier asked my granddaughter how old she was. She said she was 2 but was going to…

The process of creating a new $68 million housing, retail and office complex in downtown La Crosse will begin Monday with the closing of Lot C.

Three local legislators will host a listening session focusing on how Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget might affect education at 5 p.m. Monday in the theater at Logan High School at 1500 Ra…

MADISON -- The Wisconsin Army National Guard is being called on to perform a unique mission on Saturday, on a site that once produced more munitions than anywhere else in the world.

Earlier this month, University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross informed system campuses that, due to proposed budget cuts, the UW System would not be able to continue paying for dual-e…

Brian Fagan will talk about his latest book, “The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present and Future of Rising Sea Levels,” during a public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2 at UW-La Crosse’s Gra…

MADISON — Department of Veterans Affairs officials are trying to put solutions in place to limit narcotic overprescribing practices in VA hospitals, they said Thursday, but lapses still happen.

The “shocked” chairman of the town of Holland castigated the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s approval of a high-voltage power line route through his municipality Thursday as an “insult” …

MADISON — The Badger Coulee high-voltage transmission line will be built, and it will follow a route from a substation near Holmen to the Madison area, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission …