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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. agriculture has a big appetite for freer trade with Cuba. From wheat to rice to beans, the industry stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Ob…

The Federal Railroad Administration has released new documents on crumbling Mississippi River rail bridges that the agency says look bad but are safe for train traffic.

We’d like to give our heartfelt thanks to the staff at Hillside Animal Hospital. The care our dog Jazzy received was exceptional, especially the care she received during her last days. We’re a…

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped me fulfill the final wishes of Sammy Miller to live his final days in his own home.

I was pumping gas recently at Kwik Star when a young woman walked in front of my car and into the store.

The members of the North American Squirrel Association would like to thank the volunteers who helped with our Hixon Forest deer hunt for disabled hunters Dec. 6-7. These groups and individuals…

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Schmidt family and the entire staff at Schmidty’s for their generous hospitality during the benefit for Jan Olson on Dec. 13.

On Dec. 8, we went to the home of Rod Engebretson for dinner and to play cards. Upon arrival, we could see from the locked front door that our brother-in-law was in need of help.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boat launch area will remain closed this winter while the contractor continues work on the new Interstate 90 Dresbach Bridge, according to the Minnesota Depa…

GOODVIEW, Minn. — A 27-year-old man is in custody after a standoff with Goodview Police and Winona County Sheriff’s deputies Friday.

A citizen complaint about lack of response from La Crosse police has drawn howls of protest online, but public safety officials say the situation was handled appropriately. 

The husband of the Buffalo County woman accused of dunking a 6-year-old girl’s head into a toilet bowl to teach her a lesson, according to criminal charges, has now been charged as an accomplice.

One of four men accused in a string of 2013 burglaries on the South Side was sentenced Thursday to five years probation and nine months in jail.

The Mitrel Anderson trial was a difficult case because it involved a loss of life and another man fighting for his, one juror said.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin's top story in 2014 was a historic one, as the state joined the ranks of those that allow gay marriage. But plenty of other headlines are worth remembering from the …

The Myrick Hixon EcoPark may be no more, but the spirit of the organization will live on with the support of the La Crosse Community Foundation.

Several awards were announced Thursday at the 43rd annual La Crosse Area Development Corp. annual meeting at which Sen. Ron Johnson was the keynote speaker.

Tina and Erik Christianson are taking an upbeat approach to crafting new lives in the aftermath of a motorcycle crash in July that forced the amputation of Tina's left leg and a metal rod in E…

MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin is on track to record the lowest number of traffic fatalities statewide since 1943, transportation officials said.

A La Crosse County jury on Thursday acquitted Mitrel Anderson of four different homicide charges in the 2013 fatal stabbing of DeMario Lee at a La Crosse gas station.