La Crosse Tribune Local News

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…

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 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 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…

Students' biases are hurting women in academia, and a UW-La Crosse sociologist has the research to back up that assertion.

Holmen Lutheran Church is offering its "Longest Night — Blue Christmas" worship services this weekend.

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…

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.

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.

WEST SALEM -- The West Salem School Board has moved up the timetable for its second attempt at a new middle school.

The La Crosse Tribune restaurant inspection database has been updated with November inspection results. 

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 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…

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.

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.

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 …

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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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.

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 …