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Nine-term incumbent Congressman Ron Kind leads his Republican challenger with 16 percent of precincts reporting.

To help plug a budget deficit, the Holland Town Board asked voters Tuesday to approve $40,000 in additional revenue from property taxes. In response, voters resoundingly said no.

With nearly half of precincts reporting results of the 92nd State Assembly District race, incumbent Chris Danou continues to lead his Republican challenger Isaac Weix. As of 9:53 p.m., Danou h…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Rep. and former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been elected to a ninth term in Congress.

A developer looking to convert the La Crosse County Administrative Center into student housing would be allowed to have units on the ground floor under an ordinance change endorsed Tuesday by …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Al Franken has defeated Republican challenger Mike McFadden to earn a second term in the U.S. Senate.

La Crosse County voters approved two advisory referendums Tuesday by wide margins to accept federal money for Medicaid and to raise the minimum wage in Wisconsin.

Democratic incumbent Kathleen Vinehout retained her seat in Wisconsin’s 31st Senate District, defeating Republican challenger Mel Pittman by more than 2,800 votes.

WINONA, Minn. -- A Houston County man led Winona police on a high-speed chase that resulted in his arrest early Tuesday morning.

Al Kohnle, the property assessor in the tiny town of Carlton in Kewaunee County, admits he was “not qualified to do that big of a job.”

Family and friends of those jailed in Jackson County soon will be able to visit with inmates in a new way.

A developer looking to convert the La Crosse County Administrative Center into student housing would be allowed to have units on the ground floor under an ordinance change coming before city o…

Polls have opened in Wisconsin, where voters are deciding close gubernatorial and attorney general races, filling an open congressional seat and telling legislators whether money collected for…

Howard Sherpe, a local author and newspaper columnist, will present a beginner’s class in writing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 5-6 at Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center. The cost is $50, whi…

Ward Avenue between 28th and 29th streets will be closed for much of Wednesday so BNSF Railway can repair and replace track.

La Crosse County will get a very low interest rate on bonds to finance $3.835 million in road and highway work done or started in 2014.

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Viterbo University officials were hoping to collect 12,500 pounds of food to help those in need. Due to the generosity of two alumni, the university will be…

A coalition of groups opposed to a north-south corridor are calling on the La Crosse Area Planning Committee to reject a proposed modification to its resolution in support of a regional transp…

ONALASKA — Dozens of Gov. Scott Walker's supporters gathered Monday at L.B. White, with "We Stand with Walker" signs and "Made in America" and "Born in the USA" playing in the background.

Wisconsin voters had cast nearly 290,000 absentee ballots by Monday, easily surpassing absentee voting in any previous non-presidential election, including the 2012 gubernatorial recall, state…