La Crosse Tribune Local News

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.

A crash this morning has closed the eastbound lane of the Interstate 90 bridge across the Mississippi River. Traffic is being diverted into La Crescent, Minn., through downtown La Crosse and u…

MASON CITY, Iowa — Officials say a 26-year-old Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to his role in a north Iowa drug conspiracy.

With La Crosse County already on a pace to exceed the record number of suicides last year, county Medical Examiner Tim Candahl has a new tool to try to determine causes and help give families closure.

Kaitlin Mahr’s suicide death on Nov. 19, 2007, put a face on mental illness that stunned her family members but also propelled their resolve to help others to honor her, her father, Todd Mahr,…

Each March, owl-lovers converge on Houston, Minn., for the International Festival of Owls.

The Campbell Town Board hired a retired La Crosse police captain to run the Campbell Police Department until the board finds a new chief.

A phone call from a nurse ripped Sheena Poldoski from her sleep early Oct. 29.

ARCADIA — Mayor John Kimmel described Ashley Furniture Industries’ decision not to pursue $6 million in state tax credits to expand its manufacturing facility is “potentially devastating” to A…

ARCADIA — Mayor John Kimmel described Ashley Furniture Co.’s decision not to pursue $6 million in state tax credits to expand its manufacturing facility is “potentially devastating” to Arcadia…

A prosecutor has dismissed charges against a Madison man accused of shooting three people during an August 2013 fight in south La Crosse.

Ensuring employees’ mental health is vital not only to companies’ bottom lines but also to stanch the bleeding of chronic diseases that increase health-care costs, LHI founder and CEO Don Webe…