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Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

Editors’ note: This story initially ran on Jan. 13, 2012, and we found it worth a second look — if only to refresh readers’ memories on the scientific term for fearing Friday the 13th.

Developers got the final green light Thursday on plans for a new Fairfield Inn and Suites just north of the Cass Street bridge in La Crosse.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging the struggles of the nation’s veterans, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation authored by Minnesota U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, intended to reduce the h…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that he would be open to extending a tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System beyond the next two years as he is currently proposing, offe…

Federal government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. The post office will be closed, and mail will not be delivered. City, county and state government offices in L…

Candice Tlustosch was sworn in Thursday as a La Crosse County Circuit judge, while another of the candidates vying for the seat received a key endorsement.

With a more than 65-year history to draw on, Great River United Way executive director Mary Kay Wolf highlighted her organization's past accomplishments while looking to the future at its annu…

The utilities supporting the construction of the Badger-Coulee power line favor building the northern route.

WINONA, Minn. — A 67-year-old La Crosse funeral director and a 59-year-old former La Crosse teacher are scheduled to go on trial in Winona County District Court for attempting to hire a 15-yea…

Prosecutors want a state appellate court to uphold Eric Koula’s convictions for the 2010 murders of his parents.

The director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah received an $8,025 bonus at the same time the facility was being investigated for excessive use of painkillers.

Ed Glimme wants you to take a hike. Toting a backpack up hills and down dales — or without a pack and just walking the flatlands through the La Crosse Marsh and city streets, whichever fits yo…

MADISON, Wisconsin — Likely 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker refused to say Wednesday whether he believes in the theory of evolution, dodging that question and several others about for…

Prosecutors want a state appellate court to uphold Eric Koula’s convictions for the 2010 murders of his parents.

Rep. Jill Billings, D-La Crosse, is the co-sponsor of a bill that would expand eligibility for the state’s broadband expansion program.

Four retired La Crosse County Circuit judges on Wednesday endorsed county Family Court Commissioner Gloria Doyle for a seat on the county bench.

University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross warned top campus leaders in early January that shared governance and faculty tenure — two cherished benefits for university employees — were…

Jim Wiley created a La Crosse landmark where customers became regulars and employees stayed for decades.

Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare’s third annual dragon boat races will move to the Black River at Copeland Park in an expanded two-day festival July 17 and 18 rechristened as th…