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People should wear orange on National Unity Day on Wednesday as a show of opposition to bullying, according to Gundersen Health System

FORT McCOY -- Whitetail Ridge Ski Area is offering early bird specials on 2014-15 season passes until Dec. 22.

The La Crosse Warming Center is on target to open in its new digs Nov. 1, courtesy of a unique partnership between nonprofit and for-profit ventures, successful fundraising for the $375,000 pr…

Four-term Rep. Tim Walz has a healthy war chest heading into the November elections and his pursuit of a fifth term, with challenger Jim Hagedorn having less than a tenth of Walz has to spend …

La Crosse County has revised its manure management ordinance, with a few key additions to better align local rules with state regulations, county officials said.

VIROQUA — A five-month investigation culminated Friday uncovering a large clandestine marijuana operation in Vernon County.

La Crosse police cited, arrested and took more drunken festers for detoxification during this year’s Oktoberfest celebration compared with last year’s event.

From the realm of science fiction to reality, the past decade has seen a growing interest in drones and an increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s first visit to the Viterbo University campus provided students with an introductory course on conservative politics.

UW-La Crosse student Nicole Winkler jogs through Riverside Park on Thursday morning. Click here to see more fall color photos by readers and Tribune staff photographers -- and contribute your …

LANESBORO, Minn. -- Eagle Bluff Environment Learning Center is hosting the Haunted High Hopes Experience on Oct. 24.

The first “Science Saturday” of fall will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Visitor Center.

COON VALLEY -- Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center’s haunted hike, Ghoulees in the Coulees, starts with the pumpkin walk, a half-mile hike, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

A nonscary Halloween party for ages 1 to 9 will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Children's Museum of La Crosse.

Under the curious eye of a smiling Pope Francis at the Vatican, a couple from the La Crosse Diocese challenged the world’s Catholic bishops to devise new methods to address marriage and family…

MADISON — On Oct. 8, Mandy Wright held a fundraiser in Madison, at a bar across the street from the state Capitol. The event listing said “we will be accepting donations of $250 or $100” from …

Outdoor wood-fired furnaces would have to be farther away from neighboring homes, have higher smokestacks and older boilers updated to cleaner-burning models by the end of 2020 under a propose…

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

ONALASKA -- Valley View Rotary will sponsor its Bring Books event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Saturday in the Festival Foods parking lot in Crossing Meadows.

MADISON (AP) — Democrat Mary Burke and her supporters hope that Republican Gov. Scott Walker's adamant opposition to the minimum wage will help swing the governor's race in her favor, with pol…