La Crosse Tribune Local News

WHITEHALL, Wis. — A Trempealeau County deputy accused of punching a former jailer in an Ettrick bar last year will avoid criminal conviction if he stays out of trouble for a year.

Investigators have yet to determine the cause of last week’s explosion at a North Side asphalt plant but say the tank containing liquid asphalt performed exactly as it was designed to.

Cordero Short drove to La Crosse from Chicago to kill someone he didn’t know.

A Madison man charged with shooting three people in La Crosse during a fight on the South Side in 2013 will be tried in March.

A Viroqua man accidentally shot a man in the leg Sunday when he was unloading his gun, authorities said.

The co-owner of a now shuttered La Crosse houseboat rental company was convicted of felony theft Monday after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.

Here are the area schools that have closed early today because of the snow:

A Chicago man who came to La Crosse to settle a score with a man he didn't know was sentenced to 10 years in prison this morning for shooting a woman in the back.

VIROQUA -- It’s a deer hunting story of three brothers and one monster buck.

Drizzle is turning into snow as temperatures fall in the Coulee Region, threatening to ice up roads as commuters begin the Thanksgiving holiday work week.

MINNESOTA CITY — A house caught fire Sunday afternoon in Minnesota City, though thankfully there were no injuries because of the quick actions of neighbors who rescued a family and baby using …

A La Crosse man was seriously injured Monday morning when he fled police and flipped his car at high speed over railroad tracks on the city’s North Side.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — For two summers, a visible sunflower patch along a business park off Highway 151 became a popular destination for pictures.

THE WAY IT WAS: A snowy day in 1909 with construction work underway on a new foundry building for the bygone La Crosse Plow Co. This old foundry, located on the west side of Second Street just…

The La Crosse County Library is offering a program of stories about gingerbread men and a chance to decorate a gingerbread cookie.

TOMAH — This year’s Mr. Ed’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner will begin at 11 a.m. with a community prayer and last till 1 p.m. or when the food is gone Thanksgiving Day at the American Legion, …

The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center recognized people and organizations that have had a positive impact on the area archaeology. This year’s awards went to:

ONALASKA — The Onalaska Center for Commerce and Tourism office that has been at 11th Avenue and Main Street since 2006 will soon have a change of scenery. By Dec. 19, the city’s tourism office…

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RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. — In Catlin Topel’s Dodge pickup truck sat four Pakistanis. She drove. Bushra Aziz rode in the middle front seat so she could videotape the entire 90-minute drive down Hw…