La Crosse Tribune Local News

NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — Milk prices have fallen by more than one-third since last fall, putting a crunch on dairy farmers after several profitable years.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State transportation officials are highlighting the number of Minnesotans who live near oil train routes just as the Dayton administration is pushing for safety improvements.

MADISON — A judge on Thursday declined to block Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law, allowing it to remain in effect while several unions challenge the statute.

The students at Holmen’s Viking Elementary have no problems eating their veggies.

A 30,000-square-foot, one-stop wellness and fitness facility will begin rising in northeast La Crosse, with opening targeted for August.

Registration is open for Camp Curiosity summer day camps for ages 4 to 12 at the Children’s Museum of La Crosse. The camps are:

BNSF crews and contractors were out in force Thursday laying new track and installing bridges on the railroad’s line through La Crosse during a planned 13-hour stoppage.

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Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

MADISON — Wisconsin added jobs at half the national average, ranking it 40th in private-sector job growth for the 12-month period that ended in September, according to figures released Thursda…

La Crosse police need the public’s help identifying three people who tore the arm from the King of Beer statue outside City Brewery early Wednesday.

MADISON -- UW-Madison said Wednesday that it shut down a fraternity for the first time since 2006 after learning of a hazing weekend in December that included a freshman pledge suffering a con…

Paula Knudson, vice chancellor for student affairs at UW-La Crosse, didn’t hesitate to say that often times the hiring process at the university is a long and arduous process.

Forget facing 100 mph pitches or turning double plays in the face of spikes-baring baserunners: They’re no threat to your favorite baseball player’s health.

MADISON -- In late 2011, Bill Williams stood on a ridge in the Penokee Hills, overlooking his company’s proposed site for a $1.5 billion iron ore mine. A reporter asked him about the environme…

It probably won’t happen here, but what if it did — what if Ebola struck the Coulee Region, or avian flu swooped down or SARS surged back?

BRILLION, Wis. (AP) — Parents and Wisconsin school administrators spoke out Wednesday against proposed reductions in aid to public schools included in Gov. Scott Walker’s two-year spending plan.

Artwork of area high school artists from Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District will be exhibited at UW-La Crosse.

MADISON — The co-chairman and another Republican member of the Legislature's powerful budget committee panel said Wednesday that they don't support giving the University of Wisconsin more inde…

CALEDONIA, Minn. -- One of three girls molested by a former special education teacher at La Crescent Montessori Academy said she yearns for a life of a "normal" teenager and wishes people who …