La Crosse Tribune Local News

MADISON — Lawmakers are set to reignite conversations this week about whether vaping — using electronic cigarettes and other vapor smoking devices — should be included in Wisconsin’s smoking ban.

MADISON — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she could have done more to force action on serious problems at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah before they were exposed by the Cente…

HOLMEN — Sarah Newton was crowned the winner of the sixth annual Miss Seven Rivers Pageant, while Faith Tanke of West Salem was crowned Miss Seven Rivers’ Outstanding Teen on Saturday at Holme…

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of a proposed Ho-Chunk casino in Beloit hope the proposal will move more quickly through federal review now that Gov. Scott Walker has decided against the Menomi…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Despite Minnesota’s snowy winters and frigid weather, there’s a new push to claim the state’s cold and turn it into a selling point.

Lily is a 2-year-old, female domestic short-haired cat, brown tiger with white. She’s is a sweet and loving girl that would choose attention over anything else. It’s not too often you see cats…

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (AP) — In days gone by, the independent butcher shop was a common fixture in Minnesota towns. No longer.

HOUSTON, Minn. — The literature says it all: “Help us spread our wings!”

WASHINGTON — The political clash over climate change has entered new territory that does not involve a massive oil pipeline or a subsidy for renewable energy, but a quaint federal chart that t…

MADISON -- In coming years the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin may become more than academic at some University of Wisconsin campuses. They may find themselves in a Darwinian struggle …

DES MOINES, Iowa — With an eye trained on the Republican presidential nomination, Gov. Scott Walker told Iowa conservatives that Americans need a leader willing to embrace big ideas. And he pr…

SKOKIE, Ill. (TNS) — When Milton Kaplan served in the U.S. Army during World War II, he was one of the soldiers who would sneak into enemy territory and then report back to his commanders what he saw.

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — When J.B. deRosset returns to Appleton this weekend, he’ll finally come clean on the “real” story behind founding Lawrence University’s Great Midwest Trivia Contest.

The left-leaning Center on Media and Democracy called it “a coordinated GOP attack” on Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. Neil Heinen, editorial director of WISC-TV in Madison, said it “borders…

What makes a city relaxing? Well for bloggers at the Movoto Real Estate brokerage website, important factors revolve around work, living and the number of places residents can park their yoga mats.

Work continues on a collaboration to create a single organization to promote tourism in the greater La Crosse region.

Jared Mashak had to sweet-talk Jennifer Lopez into a second chance during an “American Idol” audition, but his perseverance paid off to earn the Holmen native one of the coveted gold tickets t…

On behalf of the board of directors of the Onalaska/Holmen Emergency Food Basket, I would like to thank all the caring and compassionate individuals, families, schools, churches, civic groups …

TOWN OF BYRON -- A 29-year-old Tomah man was injured in a roll-over crash late Thursday in Monroe County.

ST. MICHAEL, Minn. (AP) — Donald Soderlund heard about Pelican Lake in the early 1960s from his Twin Cities barber, who spoke of waterfowl hunts on a vast lake that produced an array of specie…