La Crosse Tribune Local News

State Rep. Lee Nerison, R-Westby: “ Tonight, we got the first glimpses of what the 2015 biennial budget might include. This is just the start of a long process before the budget becomes law. I…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker proposed a state budget plan Tuesday that would slightly lower property taxes over the next two years and keep funding flat for public schools, greatly expand Wisco…

Plans to build a Fairfield Inn and Suites on Third Street just north of the Cass Street bridge gained a narrow endorsement from a city committee Tuesday with permission to set the building bac…

A La Crosse house caught fire Tuesday evening, leaving five residents without a home.

Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday appointed Candice Tlustosch to La Crosse County Circuit Court judge.

BLACK RIVER FALLS — Theisen’s Home-Farm-Auto will open its second Coulee Region store this summer in the former Walmart building in Black River Falls.

TOMAH — State Rep. Nancy VanderMeer, R-Sparta, will hold a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

MADISON — Refinery maintenance and stable oil prices have pushed gasoline prices up during the past week, but prices are expected to stay under $3 a gallon for the rest of 2015.

Another winter storm headed toward the Coulee Region threatens to make for a slippery evening commute.

Fewer priests and shifting demographics across southern Minnesota will result in merged Catholic parishes and shuttered church buildings in coming years.

As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prepared to deliver his next two-year budget proposal to lawmakers, Coulee Region Democrats were calling for a change in direction in key areas including educati…

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. is dueling with the U.S. Labor Department over allegations that the company emphasizes profit over safety, resulting in more than 1,000 injuries at its Arcadia plant.

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — The mayor of Sun Prairie has learned a valuable lesson about one of his city’s most famous critters.

The new Fairfield Inn and Suites slated to be built just north of the Cass Street bridge faces some uncertainty after some city officials objected to the hotel’s design and setback from the st…

A study found high lead levels linger in parts of the La Crosse River Marsh, more than a half-century after a gun club stopped firing over the wetlands from Myrick Park.

Criminal charges are pending against an Onalaska man who led La Crosse police on a pursuit Saturday afternoon.

A La Crosse woman is jailed and facing charges that accuse her of robbing a South Side tavern at gunpoint early today.

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. faces nearly $1.8 million in federal fines over allegations that workers at the Arcadia plant have suffered more than 1,000 work-related injuries in a company …

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With snow totals from 2 to 4 inches through the Interstate 90 corridor and colder-than-average temperatures forecast for the coming days, it doesn’t feel like an early spring is on the way — r…