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Salvation Army officials’ spirits lifted Tuesday when a $50,000 check landed from the anonymous donor who promised to match up to that amount collected in Red Kettles on Dec. 13.

Eric Koula is appealing his conviction for the 2010 murders of his parents.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Federal Elections Commission has asked an incoming Wisconsin representative to clarify his post-election congressional campaign finance records.

Rocky Borck, 48, of Hokah, Minn., was charged Tuesday with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and hit-and-run. Borck on Dec. 20 took a car and crashed it into another vehic…

Chart Energy announced Tuesday it is laying off 55 workers at its La Crosse plant and will forego a tax rebate on its recent expansion there.

Many of the major decisions looming for La Crosse County officials in 2015 will wrap up work started this year.

MADISON – Average residential customers of the Arcadia Electric and Water Utility will be paying about 12 percent more or an additional $5.69 per month for electricity, according to an order t…

The YWCA of the Coulee Region announced Monday that its Truancy Intervention Program received a $25,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation. The grant allows the YWCA of the Coulee Region to…

Kristina Short, 38, of Houston, Minn., was charged Monday with felony bail jumping and retail theft. Short stole a television antenna and other items from Walgreens on Friday and violated her…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Dismal turnout in another August primary election has rekindled talk of shifting future ones forward to June, a proposal with powerful suitors likely to gain attention during…

The La Crosse Skyrockers will continue a tradition that's more than a century old tonight with two fireworks shows ringing in the new year.

CALEDONIA, Minn. — The Houston County Board of Commissioners is drawing ever closer to deciding what to do with a historic building — the county’s now-vacant 1875 jail.

MAPLE BLUFF, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker said in an interview Monday that he remains committed to lowering property taxes next year as he promised in his re-election campaign, even though the sta…

The county-owned Lot C property in La Crosse will be sold to Weber Holdings LLC for $1 million, with the purchase price pledged to help fund a parking structure downtown. 

A drunken driver is accused of ramming a car 10 times and trying to run it off the road Sunday evening.

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They each turned a moment of violence into a call to action. For James Brady, that moment came when he was shot and wounded by a would-be presidential assassin. For Chung Eun-yong, it was the …

THE WAY IT WAS: Pictured above are Joseph J. Kabat and his son, Ken Kabat, possibly preparing for the New Year’s Eve crowd at their tavern in Bangor. Joseph operated Kabat’s Bar from 1939 unti…

MADISON — Assembly Republicans want to limit government food aid used to buy junk food while acknowledging they will likely need to overcome opposition from powerful business groups and the fe…