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Catholic Charities will host an open house from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at its new La Crosse Warming Center and offices at 413 Third St. S.

Last week, the humans of Earth watched in awe as a team of scientists did something truly amazing — they landed a robotic spacecraft on the surface of a comet.

When it comes to miniature millinery, Kristin Royalty has the local market covered.

DRESBACH, Minn. — The search for 27-year-old Onalaska resident Joshua Hli Xiong might be wrapping up soon, as ice threatens to cover the river, authorities said Wednesday.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse biology professor Scott Cooper was surprised when he found out he was this year’s Wisconsin Professor of the Year. But he wasn’t shocked.

Mount La Crosse manager Darcie Breidel is dreaming of a green Christmas, with snow machines cranking out the white stuff to start cashing in on the site's target opening date of Thanksgiving weekend.

There will be an American twist to El Rodeo, the new Mexican restaurant on Fifth Avenue South, which plans to open Friday.

DRESBACH, Minn. – The $187.5 million Interstate 90 bridge taking shape over the Mississippi River is a confluence of man and machine.

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Catholic Charities will host an open house from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at its new Community Warming Center and offices at 413 S. Third St. in La Crosse.

A large explosion was reported today on the city's North Side. Early reports say it was near Loggers Field along Copeland Avenue, but reports are still coming in.

Holmen and West Salem high schools’ one-act plays advance to the state Wisconsin High School Forensics Association Theatre Festival this week.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Experts reviewing Minnesota’s civil commitment program for sex offenders issued dozens of recommendations in a report issued Tuesday, including individual evaluations of eac…

MADISON — Wisconsin's gun deer license sales are lagging behind last year's pace with less than a week before the season opens, according to state wildlife officials.

OK, it's cold. Not mid-January up north in Minnesota cold, but a long way from frost on the punkin' and a nip in the late fall air. Getting up to a morning that comes up 40 degrees short on th…

The La Crosse Common Council on Tuesday approved a $71 million budget for 2015 that will hold both the city tax levy and tax rate steady.

Winter's chill may have descended on La Crosse and Onalaska, but area school students are warming the community up with the spirit of giving.

The Dakota Area Community School needs $25,000 to continue current operations through the end of the year.

State Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, was appointed Tuesday the new Minnesota House tax chairman, as part of a leadership overhaul in the wake of Republicans retaking the body’s majority.

MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he is seriously considering whether to get into the race for president in 2016, but he hasn't decided yet whether he feels the call to run.