La Crosse Tribune Local News

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.

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 …