La Crosse Tribune Local News

A dump truck driver who had alcohol in his blood and admitted checking Facebook in the moments before a fatal Interstate 90 crash will likely avoid trial on multiple homicide charges.

Jackson County authorities are investigating the death of a person who fell from a moving vehicle Monday afternoon.

A UW-L senior’s side project in Mexico is earning him top honors in archaeological circles.

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker wants to modify his state budget plan to cap University of Wisconsin System resident undergraduate tuition increases at the rate of inflation, according to a letter…

Sledgehammers and a bulldozer officially set into motion Monday the highly anticipated $1.3 million makeover of Poage Park in one of the city’s traditional South Side neighborhoods.

Fifth Avenue in downtown La Crosse will host the city’s first “parklet,” a small area with seating and greenery that will be set up in a single street parking space.

ONALASKA — The seventh annual Ace in the Hole Cornhole Tournament fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals will begin with check-in from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, with bags flying …

City Brewery officials hope to have a sturdy new fiberglass King Gambrinus statue in front of the brewery by June, after three people tore the arm off the old statue on March 18.

Prosecutors Monday charged a Galesville mother with neglect after she left her toddler alone inside a car while she stopped at a North Side house to use heroin.

LA FARGE — A new medical clinic rising on the village’s north side will include a genetic testing program to generate medical breakthroughs for treating the Amish and Mennonite communities con…

Erkan Karakoc, 42, of 1123 State St., was charged Monday as a fugitive. Karakoc is wanted in Madison County (Ill.) for deceptive practices and theft, according to the complaint.Candice Bluebir…

A Viterbo University student was struck unconscious during a break-in late Thursday on the city's South Side.

A 19-year-old Soldier’s Grove man was killed early Sunday and multiple others injured in a crash in the Vernon County town of Kickapoo.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources disciplined several employees last year for alleged infractions including sexual harassment, running a sex toy business on st…

THE WAY IT WAS: A 1965 bird's-eye-view of the old Courthouse Square, now known as Lot C, bound by Third, Fourth, State and Vine streets. This photo, with Fourth and State in the foreground, wa…

Mississippi Valley Conservancy is offering a great way to celebrate Earth Week with a hike up Miller Bluff as part of “Linked to the Land” series of outdoor experiences sponsored by Mayo Clini…

Rare is the competition that ends with more than one victor, but Riverfront Inc. scored a trifecta when eight teams tangled at its fundraiser.

MADISON -- Legal observers disagree about whether Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has a legal right to hold onto that title now that voters have adopted a new method f…

Dave Tillmans grew up in the Twin Cities, but a woman and prime sailing waters have kept him planted for the past 30 years just about as far north as you can get in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin school districts are increasingly turning to referendums to exceed revenue caps imposed by the state — in many cases to cover basic operating expenses.