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Audit finds millions in overpayments, jammed call centers
MADISON (AP) — The state Department of Workforce Development overpaid nearly $168 million in unemployment benefits during the last three years, and the agency's call centers couldn't handle hu…
Wisconsin elections board head defends work
MADISON — The nonpartisan makeup of the state board that oversees elections, ethics and campaign finance laws in Wisconsin is its greatest strength, its director said at a meeting Tuesday amid…
Mitrel Anderson: 'It was my only option'
Mitrel Anderson admitted to jurors Tuesday that he swung a knife into the side of DeMario Lee’s head in a gas station restroom but said he did not intend to kill his former childhood friend.
Bangor teacher one of 62 Wisconsin teachers to achieve national certification
Bangor School District teacher Elissa Kinstler is one of 62 teachers from 39 school districts throughout the state who achieved certification through the National Board for Professional Teachi…
UW-L professor looks into gender bias in the classroom
Students' biases are hurting women in academia, and a UW-La Crosse sociologist has the research to back up that assertion.
'Blue Christmas' services planned
Holmen Lutheran Church is offering its "Longest Night — Blue Christmas" worship services this weekend.
County poised to buy property near landfill
La Crosse County officials are considering purchasing a house and land along Hwy. 16 just north of the landfill as a potential future development site next to the La Crosse International Busin…
Update: Killing Lee 'was my only option,' Anderson testified
Mitrel Anderson admitted to jurors today that he swung a knife into the side of DeMario Lee’s head in a gas station restroom but said he did not intend to kill his former childhood friend.
La Crosse man accused of having sex with 16-year-old he met on Facebook
A 20-year-old La Crosse man was charged with sexual assault Tuesday after police said he had sex with a 16-year-old girl against her will.
WS school referendum set for April
WEST SALEM -- The West Salem School Board has moved up the timetable for its second attempt at a new middle school.
November restaurant inspection reports added to database
The La Crosse Tribune restaurant inspection database has been updated with November inspection results.
BRF man flees cops at 100 mph in Geo Prizm
A 19-year-old Black River Falls man was injured Monday when he crashed his car during a high-speed chase through two counties.
Warehouse Alliance executive director hopes bankruptcy protection can save nightclub
Warehouse Alliance Executive Director Steve Harm filed for Chapter 11 protection last week in an effort to reorganize the finances of his newly-formed nonprofit and manage the debt that has ne…
Diocese bars McGarty from ministry in misconduct case
The Diocese of La Crosse has barred Monsignor Bernard McGarty from public ministry while it investigates his being fined for disorderly conduct at a massage salon in Wausau, Wis., Thursday.
La Crosse County Democrats elect new leadership
The La Crosse County Democratic Party elected J.D. Wine, the former vice chairman of the Democratic Party in the 3rd Congressional District, to lead the party in 2015.
Where's the snow? Cold weather returning, but chance of brown Christmas
The Christmas music was playing and the holiday lights were shining brightly at Winona’s Lake Lodge on Monday afternoon, but the thick fog that lay over the lake was a bit of a downer for the …
Medical examiner: No evidence stabbing victim was punched
An autopsy of DeMario Lee's body after he was fatally stabbed during a fight with Mitrel Anderson found small cuts to his hands but no sign of injury to his face, a medical examiner testified Monday.
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Salvation Army match day a success
The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle bells tolled successfully during match day Saturday, when an anonymous donor had pledged to match up to $50,000 raised.
Accomplice in Hougom shooting denies knowledge of gun, says memory 'a scramble'
One of two men serving time for the 2012 shooting death of a La Crosse woman said Monday he would rather have gone on trial despite his attorney’s contention that he would have been convicted …
