La Crosse Tribune Local News

BloodCenter of Wisconsin will hold February blood drives in La Crosse County. The drives will be held:

TOMAH -- The Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host a Nursing Career Fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Building 401, room 1120.

La Crosse County Circuit Court felonies:

A suspected drunken driver drove on the sidewalk and crashed into a snow bank while attempting to flee police Sunday.

Voters in the Holmen School District will have a two-part school funding referendum on the ballot when they go to the polls April 7.

TOMAH, Wis. — As the VA launches an investigation into media reports of overmedication of patients at the Tomah VA, the director of the medical center says he wouldn’t have done anything differently.

THE WAY IT WAS: This night photo taken by the Tribune 35 years ago shows La Crosse firefighters fighting a Jan. 27, 1980, fire that destroyed an apartment building under construction in the 20…

SUPERIOR, Wis. — The Iceman has been living since early December in a 32-foot camper trailer down by the river.

WINONA, Minn. -- Thirty-two feet below the Mississippi River’s surface, construction worker Mike Wasylko stood on a 12-foot-thick slab of concrete that held back water from filling the metal c…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A $1 billion surplus sounds like plenty for Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers to spread around for new education initiatives, tax cuts and road and bridge …

RICHLAND CENTER — Dorothy Thompson still isn’t quite sure how she made the gorilla mad. One moment it was with its family, 20 feet away, and the next it bounded up right in front of her, teeth bared.

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…