La Crosse Tribune Local News

JANESVILLE, Wis. — It happens every year. People who were perfectly fine driving on snow in March go sliding all over the streets and highways when the first snowfall makes things slippery. Do…

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MINNEAPOLIS (TNS) — A.J. Paron-Wildes’ home, a walk-out rambler in suburban Oak Park Heights, Minn., is a study in calm — all clean, uncluttered spaces and earthy, neutral hues that echo the a…

It has been a cold November.

The spill-plagued Clear Horizons manure processing plant near Waunakee is now facing nearly 90 alleged air pollution violations on top of a slate of water pollution problems regulators want a …

LAKE SUNDOWN, Iowa (AP) — Lorin Hayden wandered beneath the massive wooden skeleton that had risen on the lakeshore and craned his neck to glance at the peak nearly 30 feet above.

Wisconsin’s 2014 whitetail gun deer season gave hunters another year of disappointment: After a soft 2013 season and a brutal 2013-14 winter, fewer hunters chased fewer deer.

FILLMORE, Calif. (TNS) — A new reality TV show unfolded this year in a cave in a sandstone cliff about 75 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

CHICAGO (TNS) — It was a shoulder injury during his junior year of high school that ended Derek Micheau’s dreams of being a pitcher. Later that season, a knee injury ended his hopes of playing…

Sister Leclare Beres devoted her life to helping others, especially the poor, the sick, the disadvantaged. Ministering to people, she told others, was the reason she believed God had called he…

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 — Hunters are four wolves shy of reaching Wisconsin’s statewide kill limit, raising doubts about whether anyone will be allowed to use dogs to hunt wolves once the gun season ends.

The La Crosse Skyrockers will begin lighting the heavens over Grandad Bluff Monday with nightly pyrotechnics counting down to the grand finale at midnight New Year’s Eve.

MADISON — Chances are, you do not have a clue as to the condition of your car’s tie rods and ball joints, but you do know what a lemon is.

Addy, Kaya and Kit will have to try again next year for a shot at induction into The Strong’s National Toy Hall of Fame.

WINONA — More than 86 million Americans are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and a new prevention program offered through the Winona Family YMCA aims to chip away at that statistic.

MINNEAPOLIS — At the end of each harvest season, farmer Dean Dostal of Hutchinson, Minn., carefully tends to his corn and soybean crops, preparing for the next year’s planting season.

MILWAUKEE — Some people wait for hours in the cold to buy cheap televisions or video games. People in Wisconsin do it for beer.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — A half-dozen potential Republican presidential contenders spent last week peacocking across the sprawling grounds of a pink-hued luxury resort, schmoozing with donors and si…

While waiting in line recently at Wal-Mart to purchase a Christmas gift for my sister, who is in a nursing home, I started talking to a college-age woman ahead of me.