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READSTOWN -- A 19-year-old Readstown man confessed to stealing a Christmas tree from the village park and leaving a note that read, "The grinch was here," according to the Vernon County Sherif…

La Crosse police are looking for a suspect who robbed a man of his wallet after assaulting him late Sunday on the city’s South Side.

Gundersen Partners, the Gundersen Health System’s auxiliary, is selling commemorative messages for its annual Love Light Tree in the lobby of the La Crosse hospital.

Criminal charges are pending against an Onalaska woman accused of stabbing another woman four times during a robbery.

A La Crosse woman who served prison time for helping her boyfriend flee the area after he fatally stabbed a man was arrested Sunday evening for drunken driving.

It was a "Grinch" of an idea that led to a 19-year-old Readstown man being arrested for stealing the village of Readstown's Christmas tree.

A new transportation study process to deal with traffic and safety improvements from Interstate 90 to downtown La Crosse will begin in January, said Joe Olson, Department of Transportation dir…

Flammable items placed too close to a space heater led to a garage fire at 917 Island St. on Sunday, according to the La Crosse Fire Department.

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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…

People with opinions on a proposed high-voltage power line between Holmen and Madison can add their voices to the record Tuesday when regulators hold a public hearing in Holmen.

WASHINGTON -- At a rally in front of the Capitol last week, U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachman returned to a style that, four years ago, made her a darling of the tea party movement.

THE WAY IT WAS: Ladders and hoses were plentiful as La Crosse firemen battled a blaze at the R.E. Osborne 5 and 10-cent Store on Dec. 13, 1954. The fire, which began in the basement of the Osb…

Kathy Gorman first staged “The Nutcracker Ballet” with the La Crosse Dance Centre in 1990 -- and it became the first ballet to be produced in La Crosse on an annual basis.

GUEYDAN, La. (AP) — Fourteen young whooping cranes have a new home in Vermilion Parish as part of an ongoing project to re-establish the endangered bird in the marshes of southwest Louisiana.

MADISON — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly say they want to spare the state’s land stewardship program from another round of cuts, but their Senate colleagues haven’t committed t…

Tom Schmidt makes do with two ancient stoves when he and his crew produce buffet-style community dinners for 100 or more people every Wednesday night at New Beginnings Christian Fellowship in …

A three-hour standoff ended peacefully Saturday night in Sparta, according to Sparta police.

SPARTA — Logan Fletcher had a life-changing moment unlike any other when his mother died in front of him on Jan. 27, 2013.

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…