La Crosse Tribune Local News

MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s re-election secures his reputation as a conservative hero and possible presidential contender — and will make it more difficult for opponents to reverse…

A La Crosse County supervisor called Wednesday for an April referendum on a proposed vehicle registration fee to fund area transportation projects, a potential roadblock to a board vote on the…

She was beautiful. Cover of People magazine beautiful. And just short of her 30th birthday, Brittany Maynard is dead.

ONALASKA — City officials now have a rough idea of what it will cost to make the new vision of Black River waterfront development a reality, and it’s not cheap.

SPARTA — At a special meeting Wednesday evening, the Monroe County Board set its 2015 budget and tax levy. Along with a budget, the board also approved funding for bridge and culvert projects …

La Crosse’s metropolitan planning authority adopted a new resolution Wednesday in support a study that critics fear will pave the way for a new highway through the city and the La Crosse River marsh.

MADISON -- A former Tomah man who was part of a drug distribution ring will spend 16 years in prison for his role in a double homicide in Juneau County in 2007.

Accused

Felony charges are pending against a La Crosse man accused of leading police on a 2½-mile chase Tuesday afternoon from the lower North Side through downtown at nearly 100 mph.

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker wants to pass his second-term agenda quickly through a Legislature controlled by Republicans who tightened their grip on the majority with wins in the midterm election.

Although no Ebola cases have been reported in Wisconsin, state health officials have monitored 51 residents who have traveled from Ebola-affected areas of West Africa.

SPARTA — A judge Wednesday ordered a Tomah man to three months in jail for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.

WINONA, Minn. — Retired chief deputy Ron Ganrude will be walking into the Winona County Sheriff’s Office with a shiny new badge next year.

CALEDONIA, Minn. — Minnesota state trooper Mark Inglett defeated incumbent Houston County Sheriff Doug Ely by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in Tuesday’s election.

WEST ALLIS — Gov. Scott Walker won his third governor’s race in four years Tuesday, giving him a second term to overhaul state government with fellow Republicans — and setting the stage for a …

Nine-term incumbent Congressman Ron Kind cruised to another victory Tuesday even as Democrats took a beating nationwide.

It was a close race in Wisconsin's 70th Assembly District, with Republican challenger Nancy VanderMeer leading incumbent Democrat Amy Sue Vruwink by about 1,100 votes late Tuesday night.

MADISON (MCT) — Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel notched a win Tuesday in the race for attorney general, allowing that office to stay in Republican hands.

Rep. Lee Nerison easily held off challenger Pete Flesch Tuesday to win a sixth term in the Wisconsin Assembly.

DES MOINES (MCT) — Gov. Terry Branstad scored a resounding win over Democratic challenger Jack Hatch in Tuesday’s balloting, sending him to an unprecedented sixth term and the likelihood of be…