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If you stopped in a La Crosse drug store around the turn of the century, you might have found a medicine cabinet filled with “Humphreys’ Specifics” — little white pills and vials promising you…

Nearly two years after he took his own life, former colleagues, friends and family members of Dick Trickle are hoping to memorialize the legendary race car driver in his hometown of Rudolph, Wis.

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Grant Porath, 52, of 919 St Cloud St., No. 10, was charged Friday with two counts of felony bail jumping. Porath removed his ankle monitoring bracelet on Wednesday and failed to appear for co…

A fund has been established to offset funeral expenses and support the children of a Holmen woman killed early this week.

MADISON — Dan Robinson is not claiming that a false statement made about him in a mailing to voters last fall cost him the election. But still, he thinks it was possibly a crime.

Holmen High School’s Gathering of the Stars show choir competition offers a chance to see song-and-dance groups from four states, choirs whose shows have been polished and sharpened through tw…

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

MADISON — Minority Democrats pushed debate on a Republican right-to-work bill in the state Assembly into the morning hours Friday, mounting a last-ditch attempt to delay a vote that almost cer…

GALENA, Ill. — A freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in northern Illinois, bursting into flames and prompting officials to suggest that everyone with 1 mile evacuate, authorities said.

Three national retailers and a local woman are contesting their 2014 tax assessments, claiming the city’s figures are off by millions of dollars and seeking refunds that total more than $340,000.

When she was in middle school, Keyona Williams was picked on and bullied.

The La Crosse Community Foundation General Fund awarded $143,985 in grants for the first quarter. Agencies receiving funds after the competitive application process are:

The air may be balmy on Saturday, with temperatures forecast near 40 degrees, but the water will still be frigid at Pettibone Beach for the annual Polar Plunge.

Last year, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s St. Baldrick’s event raised $30,000 for childhood cancer research after more than 100 people turned out to have their heads shaved. This year…

One of two men imprisoned for the 2012 shooting death of a La Crosse woman cannot withdraw his guilty plea, a judge ruled Thursday.

MADISON — A state-run health insurance exchange that could help 183,000 people who might lose federal subsidies under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling would be created under a bill announced Wednes…

Doc Holliday created mayhem crossing state lines and killing people in his gun-slinging days, but bills proposed in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and several other states would help modern-day do…

Pie lovers beware: Norske Nook is coming to Dane County.