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BLACK RIVER FALLS -- Peggy Perkins was blindsided when she was told her daughter died of a heroin overdose.

MADISON — No one in Wisconsin has been more forceful in demanding changes to the state’s Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections, campaign finance, ethics and lobbying, than …

Thursday night was Hazuki Noda’s first Thanksgiving meal, and the Japanese international student was looking forward to trying the turkey.

La Crosse County Circuit Judge Dale Pasell leaves the bench today after 15 years and decades in the county’s criminal justice system.

La Crosse’s Economic Development Commission agreed Thursday to refund nearly $30,000 in application fees after rejecting a developer’s request for assistance with redevelopment of a former ind…

Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance introduced a phone app today that is intended to enlist the public in saving victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

Nine La Crosse police cars were on the scene at the North Side Walgreens, 2626 Rose St., shortly after 1:30 p.m. today. There were reports that a man with a knife was inside the building.

Dairyland Power has named the head of two Midwestern natural gas utilities to serve as the La Crosse-based power cooperative’s first new president in 25 years.

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.