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Kathy Chapiewsky left a literary legacy when she retired after a 45-year nursing career at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare.

Lincoln Middle School counselor Tanya Vaughn saw what a lack of winter clothing could mean for a child during last year’s brutally cold winter.

A new transportation study process will need the speed of a “Little Red Corvette” if a consensus can emerge in a year to replace the option formerly known as 5B1.

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

La Crosse County Circuit Court felonies:

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — New state rules and regulations to protect bats are restricting property owners who want the pests out of their homes.

City officials Monday gave an early nod to conceptual plans for establishing an eagle viewing area off Rose Street on La Crosse’s North Side but still will need to figure out how to fund the project.

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…