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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the top environmental issues in the legislative session that opens in January could be how best to protect Minnesota's wetlands.

An ancient link exists between horse and warrior, forged over millennia of human and animal together facing whatever danger may lie ahead.

Administered by La Crosse County, the For Goodness’ Sake program provides donated household goods to the needy.

GALESVILLE -- Trempealeau County authorities have released the identity of a woman killed in a head-on crash Friday on Hwy. 53 just north Galesville, authorities said.

Western Technical College is one of eight Wisconsin higher education institutions to receive an Education Opportunities Grant to begin offering early childhood education courses next year.

Unless you're a hunter or a deer, stay out of Hixon Forest again today.

TOMAH — The Tomah VA Medical Center needs volunteers in to provide transportation for veterans to appointments at VA facilities.

As 2014 draws to a close, the Tribune is preparing to honor its 14th Person of the Year. Readers are encouraged to nominate someone they believe had a significant and positive effect on the co…

MADISON — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross has launched a broad plan to find administrative savings, streamline academic requirements and re-examine the need for elective and…

I would like to thank Gundersen Health System for its community service and concern for education. I teach health education at Sparta High School, and this year I'm teaching a new class called…

MADISON (AP) — There’s been a flurry of activity this week over right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin. Here are the latest developments:

Dawn Pettit gives from her heart and her hands because being a single mom with a limited income from caregiving her job doesn’t leave room for Christmas spending sprees.

RED WING, Minn. (AP) — You could say these cows were on the MOO-ve.

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker’s reluctance to take a firm stand on a new push by Republican legislators to act quickly on right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin mirrors how Michigan Gov. Rick Sn…

The food-service elevator at a Fountain City restaurant appeared to have been functioning correctly when an employee got trapped in the machinery of the device and died Monday, according to a …

National Memory Screening Day was held Nov. 18, and free memory screenings were offered at Mayo Clinic Health System, Franciscan Healthcare. Eighty-four people completed the screening, and eve…

Many thanks to the volunteers who made the first City of Onalaska Holiday Extravaganza successful.

We would like to extend well-earned thanks to our La Crosse Tribune carrier and the La Crosse Fire Department for their prompt actions Wednesday morning.

The La Crosse Police Department has overhauled its aging wood evidence storage cabinets with doubled-welded steel lockers equipped with state-of-the-art technology.

TOMAH — The annual Badgerland Combined Federal Campaign trivia night to raise money for charities will take place Friday at Burnstad’s European Restaurant in Tomah.