La Crosse Tribune Local News

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced 290 transportation projects for the coming season including nearly $24 million worth of new work in the Coulee Region.

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

Firefighters extinguished a fire at N13491 West Prairie Road in Trempealeau County on Wednesday, a task made more difficult because of high winds.

Two people were hospitalized Wednesday after a motorcycle crash in the Monroe County town of Leon. 

TOMAH -- The Tomah Fire Department responded to a fire Wednesay afternoon at Tomah High school.

Events surrounding the freedom march of 1964 are on display at UW-La Crosse, with the traveling exhibit closing with a presentation featuring a Wisconsin Historical Society historian.

MADISON — Patrick Durkin, the Waupaca-based outdoor writer, had some fun with a recent state Department of Natural Resources press release regarding chronic wasting disease.

MADISON, Wis. — The former director of a veterans’ hospital in Madison inherited a far higher-profile challenge last month when he moved to a similar position at an embattled Tomah facility cu…

BISMARCK, N.D. — Following a spate of explosive accidents involving North Dakota crude, the state began requiring companies on Wednesday to remove certain liquids and gases from oil before it’…

A retired La Crosse Fire Department division chief will take on a former La Crosse County supervisor who says he can bring energy and a new perspective to City Hall if elected Tuesday to the D…

A law enforcement union and a group of 103 attorneys and judges on Wednesday endorsed different candidates ahead of Tuesday’s election for La Crosse County Circuit judge.

Fifty-six years ago Wednesday, I almost got kicked out of school for taping a “Kick Me” sign on my fourth-grade teacher’s back.

MADISON — A new state law is taking effect that greatly expands the collection of DNA samples by law enforcement officials.

HOLMEN — It was a small crowd that gathered Tuesday night at Holmen High School to learn more about the district’s proposed referendums.

WINONA, Minn. — April is National Poetry Month, and an event this month will give the poetically inclined a chance to celebrate one of poetry’s most well-known forms: the sonnet.

For every dollar invested in early childhood education, data show there is a $13 to $15 return on investment.

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Four people were injured Tuesday in two related crashes west of Coon Valley on Hwys. 14/61 in the town of Hamburg.

With tax deadlines approaching, those who haven’t filed returns might need a primer on how the Affordable Care Act affects that process.

The La Crosse County Conservation Alliance’s 39th annual awards and recognition banquet will be held April 9 at Drugan’s Castle Mound in rural Holmen.