La Crosse Tribune Local News

In order to help out those in poverty, a group of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students are conducting a winter clothing drive this month.

The Salvation Army Christmas Boutique opened this week, offering new and used holiday décor, trinkets and apparel in a fun and festive setting.

Fresh from a win Tuesday in the mid-term election and just four days after his last visit to the Coulee Region, Gov. Scott Walker was back in La Crosse on Thursday afternoon.

WINONA, Minn. -- Four internationally renowned comic book creators will visit Jimmy Jams this Saturday as part of the Winona store’s 20th anniversary celebration.

The second annual Global Initiatives Week launches in La Crosse today to present a world’s-eye view to the Coulee Region, as well as highlight local initiatives with international implications.

MADISON — A consultant who provided material to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke for her jobs plan spoke out for the first time Thursday about accusations of plagiarism, defending…

A Madison man told a judge Thursday he made “the biggest mistake of my life” when he nearly bludgeoned a man to death at a South Side La Crosse house last year.

ONALASKA -- The Onalaska High School Alumni Association will hold the Wall of Honor Dedication Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at Onalaska High School.

Prices Thursday for a gallon of regular gas:

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WASHINGTON — Weak and bleeding, a Union Army officer who stood fast commanding his artillery battery and was killed as thousands of Confederate forces advanced on his troops received an honor …

A La Crosse man who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old while on probation for another crime was sentenced Wednesday to five years on probation and electronic monitoriing.

A man who confessed to leading police on a high-speed pursuit through La Crosse County with a dead taxi driver in the trunk of a stolen cab was convicted Thursday of homicide after reaching an…

SPARTA -- By most accounts, Steven Johnson is a caring and responsible man, a single father working up to 60 hours a week to support his two kids and his ex-wife’s. He didn’t use drugs -- and …

A community American Red Cross blood drive is scheduled for 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the West Salem Presbyterian Church, 625 W. Franklin St.

A Madison man told a judge today he made “the biggest mistake of my life” when he nearly bludgeoned a man to death at a South Side La Crosse house last year.

A driver died Wednesday evening after turning into the path of an oncoming SUV on Hwy. 21 in the Monroe County town of Byron. 

MADISON — A Stoddard man whom a federal judge called “a substantial drug dealer,” was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to six years in prison for selling crack cocaine.

A new store opening is always an exciting time for Dick’s Sporting Goods community marketing manager Matt Teske, especially if the store is the first in a city.

About halfway through the political campaign season, I made a terrible life choice.